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Born in 1949

2,174 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Tatyana Sarycheva

    volleyball player

    77 years old

    February 7 · 1949

    No external source identified

  2. Rolf Andreassen

    rower

    77 years old

    April 3 · 1949

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  3. Johannes Thomas

    coxswain

    77 years old

    September 11 · 1949

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  4. Vytautas Butkus

    rower, rowing coach

    76 years old

    December 20 · 1949

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  5. Alain Santy

    sport cyclist

    77 years old

    August 28 · 1949

    No external source identified

  6. Franklin Standard

    basketball player

    1949–2021

    June 8 · 1949

    No external source identified

  7. Fatima Zohra Karadja

    activist, diplomat

    77 years old

    April 20 · 1949

    No external source identified

  8. Kollo Daniel Sanou

    film director, screenwriter

    Born 1949

    1949

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  9. Klaus Ehl

    sprinter, athletics competitor

    77 years old

    August 16 · 1949

    No external source identified

  10. Rolf Bernhard

    athletics competitor

    76 years old

    December 13 · 1949

    Source: World Athletics database

  11. Walter Köberle

    author, ice hockey player

    77 years old

    January 13 · 1949

    No external source identified

  12. Karl-Heinz Menz

    biathlete

    76 years old

    December 17 · 1949

    No external source identified

  13. Henryk Rozmiarek

    handball player

    1949–2021 · aged 72

    January 13 · 1949

    No external source identified

  14. Harold Dimke

    rower

    76 years old

    November 21 · 1949

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  15. Péter Vépi

    association football player, association football coach

    76 years old

    October 20 · 1949

    Source: Transfermarkt

  16. Seiko Shimakage

    volleyball player

    77 years old

    February 16 · 1949

    No external source identified

  17. Aldo di Cillo Pagotto

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1949–2020 · aged 70

    September 16 · 1949

    No external source identified

  18. Marusya Ivanova Lyubcheva

    politician

    77 years old

    July 20 · 1949

    Source: Strazha.bg

  19. Juan Alberto Puiggari

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    76 years old

    November 21 · 1949

    No external source identified

  20. Viktor Poganovsky

    equestrian

    76 years old

    November 23 · 1949

    No external source identified

  21. Jerzy Melcer

    handball player

    77 years old

    March 10 · 1949

    No external source identified

  22. Erdal Merdan

    stage actor, playwright

    1949–2010 · aged 60

    April 8 · 1949

    No external source identified

  23. Yuri Shurkalov

    rower

    77 years old

    September 18 · 1949

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  24. Wolfgang Baumgart

    field hockey player

    1949–2011 · aged 61

    October 23 · 1949

    No external source identified

  25. Rüdiger Kunze

    rower

    77 years old

    September 2 · 1949

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  26. Yuri Merzlyakov

    diplomat

    77 years old

    April 9 · 1949

    No external source identified

  27. Elżbieta Katolik*

    athletics competitor

    Date disputed

    January 9 · 1949

    Source: Tilastopaja

  28. Rita Tani Iddi

    teacher, politician

    77 years old

    September 14 · 1949

    Source: Ghana Parliamentary Register (2004-2008)

  29. Josef Paleček

    ice hockey player, ice hockey coach

    77 years old

    May 5 · 1949

    Source: Regional Database of the Central Bohemian Research Library in Kladno

  30. Gérard Lelièvre

    athletics competitor

    76 years old

    November 13 · 1949

    Source: World Athletics database

  31. François Suchanecki

    fencer

    76 years old

    December 23 · 1949

    No external source identified

  32. Gennadi Korshikov

    rower

    77 years old

    February 19 · 1949

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  33. Mikhail Bronshteyn

    electrical engineer, writer

    77 years old

    July 7 · 1949

    No external source identified

  34. Mariya Litoshenko

    handball player

    77 years old

    September 24 · 1949

    No external source identified

  35. Mikhail Bariban

    athletics competitor

    1949–2016 · aged 67

    February 25 · 1949

    Source: World Athletics database

  36. Oscar Varona Varona

    basketball player

    77 years old

    July 22 · 1949

    No external source identified

  37. Yuriy Lahutyn

    handball player

    1949–1978 · aged 29

    February 15 · 1949

    No external source identified

  38. Yekaterina Kuryshko

    canoeist, kayaker

    77 years old

    April 12 · 1949

    No external source identified

  39. Lars-Göran Carlsson

    sport shooter

    1949–2020 · aged 71

    July 24 · 1949

    Source: sok.se

  40. Mansueto Bianchi

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1949–2016 · aged 66

    November 4 · 1949

    No external source identified

  41. Jacqueline Rouvier

    alpine skier

    76 years old

    October 26 · 1949

    No external source identified

  42. Luigi Moretti

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    77 years old

    February 7 · 1949

    No external source identified

  43. Edith Eckbauer

    rower

    76 years old

    October 27 · 1949

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  44. Lyubov Holota

    writer, journalist

    76 years old

    December 31 · 1949

    No external source identified

  45. Philippe Ranaivomanana

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1949–2022 · aged 73

    May 12 · 1949

    No external source identified

  46. Dmitri Bekhterev

    rower

    76 years old

    November 4 · 1949

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  47. Horst Dröse

    field hockey player

    76 years old

    November 23 · 1949

    No external source identified

  48. Marie-Sœurette Mathieu

    novelist, poet

    1949–2023 · aged 73

    August 10 · 1949

    Source: ile-en-ile.org

  49. Adriano Ciocca Vasino

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    77 years old

    July 8 · 1949

    No external source identified

  50. Bernard Quilfen

    sport cyclist, sporting director

    1949–2022 · aged 72

    April 20 · 1949

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  51. Alfredo Chinetti

    sport cyclist

    77 years old

    July 11 · 1949

    Source: firstcycling.com

  52. Göran Färm

    journalist, writer

    76 years old

    October 17 · 1949

    No external source identified

  53. Klaus Bruengel

    musician, music arranger

    77 years old

    October 2 · 1949

    No external source identified

  54. Ricardo Cabot

    field hockey player

    77 years old

    February 7 · 1949

    No external source identified

  55. Virginia Bonci

    athletics competitor

    1949–2020 · aged 71

    January 5 · 1949

    No external source identified

  56. Klavdija Koženkova

    rower

    77 years old

    March 22 · 1949

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  57. Wolfgang Weise

    volleyball player

    77 years old

    June 12 · 1949

    No external source identified

  58. Anna Pasokha

    rower

    77 years old

    February 1 · 1949

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  59. Jadwiga Szosler-Wilejto

    archer

    77 years old

    January 22 · 1949

    No external source identified

  60. Jean-Claude Olry

    canoeist, kayaker

    76 years old

    December 28 · 1949

    No external source identified

  61. Claude Buchon

    sport cyclist

    1949–2024 · aged 75

    February 9 · 1949

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  62. Larysa Briukhovetska*

    film critic, film scholar

    Date disputed

    January 7 · 1949

    Source: Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine

  63. Dieter Semetzky

    coxswain

    76 years old

    November 3 · 1949

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  64. José Luis Cruz*

    association football coach, association football player

    Date disputed

    June 12 · 1949

    Source: hondusports.com

  65. Ali al-Qaradaghi

    university teacher, politician

    Born 1949

    1949

    No external source identified

  66. Paul Kouassivi Vieira

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1949–2019 · aged 69

    July 14 · 1949

    No external source identified

  67. Mary Morrissey

    writer

    Born 1949

    1949

    No external source identified

  68. Valentina Starikova

    pianist, music educator

    77 years old

    February 24 · 1949

    No external source identified

  69. Agustinus Agus

    Catholic priest, archbishop

    76 years old

    October 22 · 1949

    Source: Catholic-Hierarchy.org

  70. Fred Smith*

    musician, guitarist

    Date disputed

    September 14 · 1949

    Source: SNAC

  71. Javier Navarro Rodríguez

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    76 years old

    October 27 · 1949

    No external source identified

  72. Josep Maria Abella Batlle

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    76 years old

    November 3 · 1949

    Source: religiondigital.org

  73. Giovanni Paolo Benotto

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    77 years old

    September 23 · 1949

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  74. Vladimiras Prudnikovas

    politician, musicologist

    77 years old

    April 10 · 1949

    No external source identified

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