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1949 births
- François-Xavier DillmannFrançois-Xavier Dillmann was born on the 27th of November 1949, and he has spent his career doing something very few scholars attempt: mastering the…
- Kentarō HanedaKentarō Haneda entered the world in Tokyo, Japan. His musical journey began at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. He completed his formal studies there before…
- Meryl StreepMeryl Streep walked into a casting meeting with Dino De Laurentiis in 1976, hoping to audition for his King Kong remake.
- Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Warren once described her childhood family as teetering "on the ragged edge of the middle class" and "kind of hanging on at the edges by our…
- Tim DysonTim Dyson was born in 1949. This date marks the start of a life that would eventually reshape how scholars understand India's population growth.
- Nicholas CraftsNicholas Francis Robert Crafts entered the world on the 9th of March 1949 in Nottingham, England. He attended Brunts Grammar School in Mansfield before…
- Marcus JunkelmannMarcus Junkelmann grew up inside a palace. Born on the 2nd of October 1949 in Munich, he spent his formative years at Lustheim Palace in Schleißheim, where…
- Gil Scott-HeronGil Scott-Heron was born on the 1st of April, 1949, in Chicago, and by the time he died on the 27th of May, 2011, he had changed American music in ways that…
- John Madden (director)John Philip Madden entered the world on the 8th of April 1949 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. His early education took place at Clifton College in Bristol.
- Artis GilmoreArtis Gilmore stood 7 feet 2 inches tall and played 670 consecutive professional basketball games without missing a single one.
- John Guy (historian)John Alexander Guy was born on the 16th of January 1949 in Warragul, Victoria, Australia, and went on to become one of Britain's most celebrated historians…
- Lawrence KasdanLawrence Edward Kasdan was born on the 14th of January 1949 in Miami Beach, Florida. He grew up in Morgantown, West Virginia during the fifties.
- David W. BlightDavid William Blight was born on the 21st of March 1949 in Flint, Michigan. He grew up inside a mobile home park during those early years.
- Simon CallowSimon Callow was born on the 15th of June 1949 in Streatham, South London, and his path into acting began not in a classroom or a casting office, but with a…
- Arsène WengerArsène Wenger was born on the 22nd of October 1949 in Strasbourg, in the Alsace region of France, the youngest of three children.
- Teófilo CubillasTeófilo Cubillas was born on the 8th of March 1949, in Peru, and by the time he was 20 years old, Pelé himself had declared him his successor.
- Gregg PopovichGregg Popovich was born on the 28th of January 1949 in East Chicago, Indiana, the son of a Serbian father and a Croatian mother.
- Alla PugachevaAlla Pugacheva sold more than 250 million records over the course of her career. That number places her not in a regional category but in a conversation with…
- Moto HagioMoto Hagio was born on the 12th of May 1949 in Ōmuta, Fukuoka, the second of four siblings, to a father who worked the docks and a mother who kept the home.
- Shigeru MatsuzakiShigeru Matsuzaki is a Japanese singer and actor whose voice reached places he never expected. A catchy tune recorded for a Glico almond commercial in 1987…