Famous People Born in 1949 (Part 3)

Birthdays 401 - 600 of 939

Jun 15 Russell Hitchcock, Australian rock vocalist (Air Supply), born in Melbourne, Victoria
Jun 15 Simon Callow, English actor (Four Weddings and a Funeral), born in London, England
Jun 16 Caju [Paulo César Lima], Brazilian footballer (Marseille), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jun 16 Kale Browne, American actor (Michael Hudson-Another World), born in San Rafael, California
Jun 16 Peppy Castro [Emil Thielhelm], American rock vocalist (Balance), born in NYC, New York
Jun 18 "Prince" Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter ("Humanity"; "Daughters Of Zion"), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1999)
Jun 18 Chris Van Allsburg, American author and illustrator
Jun 18 Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Polish lawyer and politician (head of Law and Justice party), born in Warsaw, Poland
Jun 18 Lech Kaczyński, Polish president (2005-10), born in Warsaw, Poland
Jun 18 William Randolph Hearst III, American publisher and editor
Jun 20 Bob Andrews, English rock keyboardist and producer (Brinsley Schwarz; The Rumour), born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Jun 20 Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan politician (President of Sri Lanka 2019-22), born in Palatuwa, Ceylon

Lionel Richie (73 years old)

Jun 20 American singer (Commodores, 1968-82; "Easy"; "Three Times A Lady"; solo -"Hello"; "All Night Long"), and TV personality (American Idol, 2018-22), born in Tuskegee, Alabama

Jun 20 Paul Shaw, Collingwood Ontario, trap shooter (Olympics 1996)
Jun 21 Jim Bacchus, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida), born in Nashville, Tennessee
Jun 22 Alan Osmond, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie), born in Ogden, Utah

Elizabeth Warren (73 years old)

Jun 22 American academic and US Senator (D-Massachusetts 2013-), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Jun 22 Gary Moffet, rock guitarist (April Wine), born in Montreal, Quebec
Jun 22 Junior Marvin [Donald Hanson Marvin Kerr Richards Jr.] Jamaican reggae and session guitarist (The Wailers), born in Kingston, Jamaica
Jun 22 Larry Junstrom, American rock bassist (.38 Special), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2019)
Jun 22 Lindsay Wagner, American actress (Bionic Woman, Paper Chase, Nighthawks), born in Los Angeles, California

Meryl Streep (73 years old)

Jun 22 American actress (French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice), born in Summit, New Jersey

Jun 22 Russell Ebert, Australian Rules midfielder (4 x Magarey Medals; 6 x Port Adelaide FC B&F; Australian Football HOF) and coach (SA 1996-98), born in Berri, Australia (d. 2021)
Jun 23 Gordon Bray, Australian sports broadcaster
Jun 24 John Illsley, British rock bassist (Dire Straits), born in Leicester, England
Jun 25 Brenda Sykes, American actress (Ozzie's Girls; Getting Straight), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
Jun 25 Kene Holliday, American actor (Tyler-Matlock, Carter Country), born in NYC, New York
Jun 25 Michael Barbiero, American disco and heavy metal sound engineer, mixer, record producer, and studio owner, born in New York City
Jun 25 Patrick Tambay, French auto racer (Can Am Challenge Cup Series 1977, 80; 123 x F1 GP 1977-86), born in Paris, France (d. 2022)
Jun 25 Phyllis George, American beauty queen (Miss America, 1971), sportscaster (CBS, 1974-85), and First Lady of Kentucky, 1979-83, born in Denton, Texas (d. 2020)
Jun 27 Vera Wang, American fashion designer (Vera Wang Fashions), born in New York City
Jun 28 Don Baylor, American baseball player (Rockies, 1979 AL RBI leader, 267 HBP), born in Austin, Texas
Jun 28 Edward Totah, art dealer
Jun 29 Ann Veneman, 5th Executive Director of UNICEF and 27th United States Secretary of Agriculture, born in Modesto, California
Jun 29 Dan Dierdorf, American football offensive lineman and sportscaster (Monday Night Football), born in Canton, Ohio
Jun 29 Joan Clos, Spanish politician (116th Mayor of Barcelona & Minister of Industry), born in Parets del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain
Jun 30 Andrew "Andy" Scott, Welsh musician and songwriter (Sweet - "Love Is Like Oxygen"), born in Wrexham, Wales
Jun 30 Bùi Thanh Liêm, Vietnamese cosmonaut, born in Hanoi, Vietnam (d. 1981)
Jun 30 Eric Goetz, American shipbuilder (America's Cup 1995), born in NYC, New York
Jul 1 John Farnham, English-Australian singer (Age of Reason), born in Dagenham, Essex, England
Jul 2 Hanno Pöschl, Austrian actor
Jul 2 Roy Bittan, American rock piano and accordion player (E Street Band), sometimes referred to as "The Professor", born in Queens, New York City
Jul 3 Jan Smithers, American actress (WKRP in Cincinnati - "Bailey"), born in Hollywood, California
Jul 3 Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (Heatwave - "Always and Forever"), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 2006)
Jul 3 Susan Penhaligon, British actress (Dracula, Nasty Habits), born in Manila, Philippines
Jul 4 James Stroud, American session drummer, keyboard player, and record producer, born in Shreveport, Louisiana
Jul 4 Tonio K. [Steven Krikorian], American singer (Romeo Unchained; 16 Tons of Monkeys), born in Palm Desert, California
Jul 5 Benny Stolovitz, fictional character on LA Law
Jul 5 Marilyn Cole, English Playmate model (Jan, 1972, Playmate of the Year 1973), born in Portsmouth, England
Jul 5 Tommy Eyre, British touring and session keyboardist, and musical director (Joe Cocker, Gerry Rafferty, Wham!), born in Sheffield, England (d. 2001)
Jul 6 Michael Shrieve, American drummer, percussionist, and composer (Santana), born in San Francisco, California
Jul 6 Shelley Hack, American actress (Tiffany Welles-Charlie's Angel), born in Greenwich, Connecticut

Shelley Duvall (73 years old)

Jul 7 American actress (Popeye, Faery Tale Theater), born in Houston, Texas

Jul 8 Colin Walker, British cellist (Electric Light Orchestra, 1972-73; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House), born in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England
Jul 8 Dale Hoganson, Canadian ice hockey player
Jul 8 Frank Delima, American comedian
Jul 8 Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-born celebrity chef, born in Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria
Jul 10 Dave Smalley, American power pop guitarist and bassist (Raspberries - "Go All The Way"; "Tonight"), born in Oil City, Pennsylvania
Jul 10 Greg Kihn, American pop musician ("The Break-Up Song (They Don't Write 'Em)"; "Jeopardy"), radio personality (KFOX, 1996-2012), and novelist, born in Baltimore, Maryland
Jul 10 John C. Whitehead, American R&B singer (McFadden & Whitehead - "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"), born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 2004)
Jul 10 Mark Shera, American actor (SWAT; Barnaby Jones), born in Bayonne, New Jersey

Sunil Gavaskar (73 years old)

Jul 10 Indian cricket batsman and captain (125 Tests, 10,122 runs @ 51.12; 34 x 100, HS 236no; Bombay CA, Somerset CCC), born in Bombay, India

Jul 11 Liona Boyd, Canadian classical and new-age guitarist, and composer of Spanish and English heritage, born in London, England
Jul 12 Rick Hendrick, American NASCAR team owner (Hendrick Motorsports; 7 x NASCAR Cup Series titles), born in Palmer Springs, Virginia
Jul 13 Helena Fibingerova, Czech, shot putter (Olympic bronze 1976)
Jul 14 Niel Barnard, South African head of South Africa secret service (NIS), born in Otjiwarongo, South-West Africa
Jul 14 Tommy Mottola, American music executive (Casablanca Records), born in The Bronx, New York
Jul 15 Aritana Yawalapiti, Brazilian indigenous cacique (leader) of Yawalapiti people, who sought to preserve the Amazon, born in Brazil (d. 2020)
Jul 15 Carl Bildt, Swedish politician (Prime Minister of Sweden 1991-94), born in Halmstad, Sweden
Jul 15 John Arthur Casken, British composer (The Dream of the Rood), born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England
Jul 15 Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and ruler of the United Arab Emirates (2006-present), born in Al Shindagha, Dubai, Trucial States
Jul 15 Trevor Horn, British rock musician/producer (Buggles - "Video Killed The Radio Star"; Yes - Drama; Frankie Goes To Hollywood), born in Durham, England
Jul 15 WiIlliam Faure, South African film producer (Shaka Zulu), born in South Africa (d. 1994)
Jul 16 Alan "Fitz" Fitzgerald, American rock bassist (Sammy Hagar), and keyboardist (Night Ranger)
Jul 16 Cyndy Garvey, wife of Steve Garvey, talk show host (AM LA), born in Detroit, Michigan
Jul 16 Ray Major, rock guitarist (British Lions)
Jul 17 (Terence) "Geezer" Butler, English rock bassist (Black Sabbath), born in Birmingham, England
Jul 17 Charlie Steiner, American sports broadcaster, born in Malverne, New York
Jul 17 Gennadi Touretski, Russian swimming coach (Soviet Union, Australia national teams; Alexander Popov, Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 2020)
Jul 17 Mike Vale [Vucish], American rock bassist and songwriter (Tommy James & The Shondells - "Crystal Blue Persuasion")
Jul 18 Craig Fuller, American singer-songwriter (Pure Prairie League, 1970-73, 1985-88, 2005-11 - "Amie"; Little Feat,1987-93 - "Hate To Lose Your Lovin'"), born in Portsmouth, Ohio
Jul 18 Dennis Lillee, Australian cricket fast bowler (1971-84), born in Subiaco, Western Australia
Jul 18 Wally Bryson, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Fotomaker; Raspberries), born in Gastonia, North Carolina
Jul 19 Ivar Kants, Australian actor (A Country Practice), born in Adelaide, Australia
Jul 21 Al Hrabosky, American MLB player (St. Louis Cardinals), born in Oakland, California
Jul 21 Ludmila Smirnova, Russian pairs figure skater (Olympic silver USSR 1972; World C'ship silver x 5), born in Moscow, Russia

Alan Menken (73 years old)

Jul 22 American 8-time Academy Award-winning composer (Disney's Aladdin; Disney's Beauty and the Beast), born in New Rochelle, New York

Jul 22 Lasse Viren, Finland, 5K/10K runner (Olympic gold 1972, 76)
Jul 23 Clive Rice, South African cricket all-rounder (WSC 1978-79, ODI 1991; Nottinghamshire), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province (d. 2015)
Jul 23 Sławomir Czarnecki, Polish composer and teacher, born in Jelenia Góra, Poland
Jul 24 Graham Lear, British-Canadian session and touring rock drummer (Gino Vanneli, 1975-76; Santana, 1976-87, REO Speedwagon, 1988-89), born in Plymouth, England
Jul 24 Marjanne Sint, Dutch director and politician (PvdA), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jul 24 Michael Richards, American comedian (Fridays, Kramer-Seinfeld), born in Los Angeles, California
Jul 25 Denman Maroney, American jazz pianist and composer (Hyperpiano), born in New Jersey
Jul 26 Roger Taylor, English rock drummer (Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"), born in Norfolk, England
Jul 26 William M Shepherd, American Navy SEAL and NASA astronaut (STS 27, 41, 52), born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Jul 27 André Dupont, Quebec ice hockey player, born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
Jul 27 David Muse, American rocker (Firefall - "You Are The Woman"), born in Rome, Georgia
Jul 27 Jeremy Thomas, British film producer and actor (Family Life), born in London

Maureen McGovern (73 years old)

Jul 27 American Academy Award-winning pop singer ("The Morning After"), born in Youngstown, Ohio

Jul 28 Peter Doyle, Australian pop singer (The New Seekers - "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing"), born in Melbourne (d. 2001)
Jul 28 Randall Wallace, American screenwriter and film producer (Braveheart), born in Jackson, Tennessee
Jul 28 Simon Kirke, British rock drummer (Bad Company), born in London, England
Jul 28 Steve Peregrin Took, English musician (Tyrannosaurus Rex), born in London (d. 1980)
Jul 28 Vida Blue, American baseball pitcher (6 x MLB All Star; Cy Young Award, AL MVP 1971; World Series 1972-74, Oakland A's; SF Giants, KC Royals), born in Mansfield, Louisiana
Jul 29 Leslie Easterbrook, American actress (The Devil's Rejects, Police Academy), born in Los Angeles, California
Jul 29 Marilyn Tucker Quayle, American novelist and wife of Vice President Dan Quayle (1989-93), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
Jul 29 Stephen Burleigh, American actor (Love & Betrayal, Afterburn), born in Wheeling, West Virginia
Jul 30 Joyce Jones, American soul singer (First Choice), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jul 30 Richard "Duck" Baker, American acoustic guitarist, born in Washington, D.C.
Aug 1 Keto Losaberidze, Georgian archer (Olympic gold USSR women's individual 1980; World C'ship gold team 1973, 81), born in Tqibuli, Georgia (d. 2022)
Aug 1 Kurmanbek Bakiyev, 2nd President of Kyrgyzstan (2005-10), born in Masadan, Kyrgyzstan
Aug 1 Nigel Finch, English TV director and film-maker, born in Tenterden, Kent (d. 1995)
Aug 2 "Fat" Larry James, American R&B drummer and bandleader (Fat Larry's Band), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1987)
Aug 2 Bertalan Farkas, Hungarian cosmonaut (Soyuz 36/35), born in Gyulaháza, Hungary
Aug 2 James Fallows, American writer and journalist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aug 2 Madeleine Smith, English actress (Vampire Lovers), born in Sussex, England
Aug 3 Morris "B. B." Dickerson, American bassist (War - "Why Can't We Be Friends?"; "Low Rider"), born in Torrence, California (d. 2021)
Aug 3 Reed Waller, American comic book author (Omaha the Cat Dancer)
Aug 3 Valeri Vasiliev, Soviet ice hockey defenceman (2x Olympic gold), born in Gorky, Soviet Union (d. 2012)
Aug 4 John Riggins, NFL running back (NY Jets, Wash Redskins)
Aug 6 Alan Campbell, Northern Irish clergyman
Aug 6 Clarence Richard Silva, Catholic Bishop of Honolulu
Aug 6 Dino Bravo, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1993)
Aug 6 Joyce McKinney, Avery County NC, Miss Wyoming (1972)
Aug 7 Carlo Novi, Mexican songwriter and saxophone player (Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes), born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 2010)
Aug 7 Tim Renwick, British rock guitarist (Sutherland Brothers & Quiver), born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Aug 7 Walid Jumblatt, Lebanese political leader, born in Moukhtara, Lebanon
Aug 8 Airrion Love, American singer (Stylistics - "16 Bars")
Aug 8 Bela Magyari, Hungarian cosmonaut
Aug 8 Keith Carradine, San Mateo California, actor (Young Guns, Pretty Baby)
Aug 8 Ricardo Londoño, Colombian racing driver
Aug 9 Brie Howard-Darling, American musician (Boxing Gandhis; Fanny), artist and cake designer, born in Stockton, California
Aug 9 Jonathan Kellerman, American writer (Alex Delaware novels), born in New York City
Aug 9 Ted Simmons, American Baseball HOF catcher (8 x MLB All Star; Silver Slugger Award 1980; St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, Atlanta Braves), born in Highland Park, Michigan
Aug 10 Gene Johnson, American country singer (Diamond Rio - "Meet in the Middle"), born in Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania
Aug 11 Eric Carmen, rocker (All by Myself), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Aug 11 Ian Charleson, actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
Aug 11 Sandra Scheuer, American student, killed by soldiers of the Ohio Army National Guard at Kent State University while protesting against US military, born in Youngstown, Ohio (d. 1970)
Aug 11 Tim Hutchinson, American politician (Rep-R-Arkansas 1997-2003), born in Bentonville, Arkansas
Aug 12 Anthony Akerman, South Africa, director
Aug 12 Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil (1990-92)
Aug 12 Mark Knopfler, British singer-songwriter, guitarist (Dire Straits - "Walk Of Life"; "Sultans Of Swing"; The Notting Hillbillies), and film score composer (Local Hero; Princess Bride), born in Glasgow, Scotland
Aug 12 Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek politician
Aug 13 Bobby Clarke, Canadian NHL player and coach (Philadelphia Flyer), born in Flin Flon, Manitoba
Aug 13 Cliff Fish, English bassist (Paper Lace - "The Night Chicago Died"), born in Ripley, Derbyshire
Aug 13 Peter Visclosky, American politician (Rep-D-Indiana, 1985-2021), born in Gary, Indiana
Aug 13 Sheralee, American vocalist (Your Hit Parade, 1974-75), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Aug 14 Bob Backlund, American wrestler, born in Princeton, Minnesota
Aug 14 John Tarrant, 1st Australian born Zen teacher, born in Tasmania, Australia
Aug 15 Ann Ryerson, American actress (Pvt Carol Winter-Pvt Benjamin), born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Aug 15 Beverly Burns, American pilot and 1st woman to captain a Boeing 747, born in Baltimore, Maryland
Aug 15 Carlien Brouwer, translator/missing since Jan 6, 1994
Aug 15 Kate Taylor, American singer and songwriter ("It's In His Kiss"), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Aug 15 Richard Deacon, Welsh sculptor, born in Bangor, Wales
Aug 16 Bill "Sputnik" Spooner, American rock guitarist (The Tubes - "Talk To Ya Later"), born in Phoenix, Arizona
Aug 16 Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor (Zinda Bhaag, Masoom, Paar), born in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh
Aug 17 Norm Coleman, American politician (Senator(R)-Minnesota 2003-09), born in New York City
Aug 17 Sib Hashian, American rock drummer (Boston - "More Than A Feeling"), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Aug 18 John O'Leary, Irish golfer (Irish Open 1982; Ryder Cup 1975; director European Tour 1985-2019), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2020)
Aug 18 Nigel Griggs, British rock bassist (Split Enz; Khan; Octopus), born in Hatfield, England
Aug 20 Alan Hardwick, English TV presenter, born in Staveley, Derbyshire, England
Aug 20 Katiana Balanika [Aikaterini Athaniti], Greek actress (On Air) and singer
Aug 20 Nikolas Asimos, Greek counter-culture composer and singer, born in Thessaloniki, Greece (d. 1988)
Aug 20 Norman Featherstone, South African cricketer, born in Que, Que, Southern Rhodesia
Aug 20 Phil Lynott, Irish rock singer and bass player (Thin Lizzy - "The Boys Are Back In Town"), born in West Bromwich, England. (d. 1986)
Aug 21 Loretta Devine, American actress (Boston Public), born in Houston, Texas
Aug 22 Alfred Musema, Rwandan genocidaire, born in Byumba, Rwanda
Aug 22 Diana Nyad, American journalist and long-distance swimmer (1st to swim Bahamas to Fla-1979), born in NYC, New York
Aug 22 Doug Bair, American baseball player, born in Defiance, Ohio
Aug 22 Þórarinn Eldjárn, Icelandic writer (The Blue Tower), born in Reykjavik, Iceland
Aug 23 Christopher Blake, English actor (Alexa), born in Chingford, London
Aug 23 Geoff Capes, British shot putter, born in Holbeach, England
Aug 23 John Bauldie, British music journalist (The Telegraph (magazine); Q), born in Bolton, England (d. 1996)
Aug 23 Norah Ellen O'Neill, first woman pilot for Alaska Central Air (1974), born in Seattle, Washington
Aug 23 Rick Springfield [Springthorpe], Australian singer ("Speak to the Sky"; "Jessie's Girl") and actor (General Hospital, 1981-83 and 2004-08 - "Noah Drake"), born in Balmain, New South Wales
Aug 23 Shelley Long, American actress (Diane in Cheers, Money Pit), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Aug 23 Woody Paul [Paul Chrisman], American singer (Riders in the Sky), born in Nashville, Tennessee
Aug 24 Anna Lee Fisher [Tingle], American chemist, emergency physician and astronaut (STS 51-A), born in St Albans, New York
Aug 24 Joe Regalbuto, American actor (Knots Landing; Murphy Brown - "Frank"), born in Brooklyn, New York
Aug 24 Stephen Paulus, American composer (To Be Certain of the Dawn) and co-founder of the American Composer's Forum, born in Summit, New Jersey (d. 2014)
Aug 25 (Reinhold) Mack, German audio engineer (Electric Light Orchestra) and record producer (Queen; Sparks), born in West Germany
Aug 25 Fariborz Lachini, Iranian film score composer, born in Tehran, Iran
Aug 25 Gene Simmons [Chaim Witz], Israeli-American rock guitarist (KISS, Rock and Roll All Nite), born in Tirat Carmel, Israel

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