Famous People Born in 1949 (Part 5)

Birthdays 801 - 939 of 939

Nov 17 Thomas Lionel Hill, American 110m hurdler (Olympic bronze 1972), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
Nov 18 Bonnie St. Claire [Bonje Cornelia Swart], Dutch singer ("Tame Me Tiger"; "I Won't Stand Between Them"), born in Rozenburg, Netherlands
Nov 18 Herman Rarebell [Hermann Erbel], German rock drummer and lyricist (Scorpions - "Rock You Like A Hurricane"), born in Schmelz, West Germany
Nov 18 Ted Sator, NHL coach (NY Rangers, Buffalo Sabres), born in Utica, New York
Nov 19 Ahmad Rashad [Bobby Moore], American NFL receiver (Minnesota Vikings) and sportscaster, bon in Portland, Oregon
Nov 20 Billy Jones, American rock guitarist (The Outlaws), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan (d. 1995)
Nov 20 Juha Mieto, Finnish 15KM skier (Olympic silver 1980), born in Kurikka, Finland
Nov 20 Ray Vitte, American actor (Doc, Cody-Quest), born in NYC, New York
Nov 20 Thelma Drake, American politician, US Rep, Virginia (2005-09), born in Elyria, Ohio
Nov 21 Anatoliy Kuksov, Ukrainian soccer midfielder (8 caps USSR; FC Zorya Luhansk 489 games) and manager, born in Luhansk, Ukraine (d. 2022)
Nov 21 Barbara Jo Rubin, American jockey (first women to win a race on a major US track), born in Highland, Illinois
Nov 21 Basil Williams, West Indian cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 100s; century on debut 1978), born in Caymanas Estate, St Catherine, Jamaica (d. 2015)
Nov 21 Judith Shatin, American contemporary classical and electronic composer (Hark My Love; Ice Becomes Water), and educator (University of Virginia)
Nov 21 Nickolas Grace, British stage and screen actor (Brideshead Revisited; Heat and Dust; Robin of Sherwood), born in West Kirby, Cheshire, England
Nov 22 David Pietrusza, American baseball historian
Nov 22 Richard Carmona, 17th Surgeon General of the United States (2002-06), born in NYC, New York
Nov 23 Charlie Black, American country music songwriter (Anne Murray - "Shadows in the Moonlight"; K.T. Oslin - "Come Next Monday"), born in Cheverly, Maryland (d. 2021)
Nov 23 Gayl Jones, American novelist (Corregidora), and poet (Song for Anninho), born in Lexington, Kentucky
Nov 24 Anita Louis, American singer (Soul Children, I'll Be the Other Woman), born in Memphis, Tennessee
Nov 24 Jim Warren, American artist whose work includes album art for Bob Seger and Prince, born in Long Beach, California

Nov 24 Martin Duiser, pop producer (Vanessa, Lee Towers)
Nov 24 Shane Bourne, Australian comedian and actor
Nov 25 Kerry O'Keeffe, cricketer (Australian leg-spinner 1971-77)
Nov 25 Rita Jenrette (née Carpenter), wife of US Congressman John Jenrette (D-SC), born in San Antonio, Texas
Nov 25 [Boris] Alexander Godunov, Sakhalin USSR, dancer/actor (Die Hard)
Nov 26 Ivan Patzaichin, Romanian canoeist (Olympic gold C-2 1000m 1968, 80, 84; C-1 1000m 1972; World C'ship gold x 8), born in Crișan, Tulcea County, Romania (d. 2021)
Nov 26 Juanin Clay, American actress (The Legend of the Lone Ranger), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1995)
Nov 26 Maggie Donnelly, London bag lady (d. 1996)
Nov 26 Shlomo Artzi, Israeli folk-rock singer-songwriter ("Yareakh" / "Moon"), born in Alonei Abba, Israel
Nov 27 Masanori Sekiya, Japanese racing driver, born in Ikawa, Japan
Nov 28 Alexander Godunov, Russian composer/dancer (Bolshoi) defected 1979
Nov 28 Hugh McKenna, British rock keyboardist (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band), born in Coatsbridge, England (d. 2019)
Nov 28 Paul Shaffer, Canadian keyboardist (SNL, 1975-80), orchestra leader (David Letterman, 1982-2015; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame), and songwriter ("It's Raining Men"), born in Thunder Bay, Ontario
Nov 28 Victor Ostrovsky, Canadian/Israel, Mossad agent (By Way of Deception)
Nov 29 Garry Shandling, American comedian (It's Garry Shandling's Show, Larry Sanders Show), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2016)
Nov 29 Jerry Lawler, American professional wrestler (WWE), born in Memphis, Tennessee
Nov 29 Kenneth D. Cameron, American Lt Colonel and astronaut (STS 37, 56, 74), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Nov 29 Stan Rogers, Canadian folk musician and songwriter, born in Hamilton, Ontario (d. 1983)
Nov 29 Wayne Cowan [Dutch Mantel], American wrestler, born in South Carolina
Nov 30 Arthur Lee Washington Jr, murderer (FBI Most Wanted), born in Neptune Township, New Jersey

Nov 30 Bill Reichenbach Jr., American jazz and session trombonist, and euphonium player born in Takoma Park, Maryland
Nov 30 Billy Drago, American character actor, specializing in roles as a villain (Pale Rider; The Untouchables), born in Hugoton, Kansas (d. 2019)
Nov 30 Margaret Whitton, American actress (Good & Evil; Major League), born in Meade, Maryland (d. 2016)
Nov 30 Ruby Starr [Constance Henrietta Mierzwiak], American rock singer (Black Oak Arkansas), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1995)

Pablo Escobar (1949-1993)

Dec 1 Colombian drug lord, born in Rionegro, Colombia

Dec 1 Sebastián Piñera, Chilean businessman and politician, President of Chile (2010-14, 2018-), born in Santiago, Chile
Dec 2 Ron Raines, American actor (Alan Spaulding-Guiding Light), born in Texas City, Texas
Dec 3 Christopher John Seward, aid worker
Dec 3 Heather Menzies-Urich, Canadian actress (The Sound of Music; Piranha), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2017)
Dec 3 John Akii-bua, Ugandan athlete (Olympic gold 400m hurdles 1972), born in Abako, Uganda (d. 1997)
Dec 3 Mickey Thomas, American rock vocalist (Jefferson Starship - "Jane"; Starship -"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"), born in Cairo, Georgia

Jeff Bridges (73 years old)

Dec 4 American actor (Stay Hungry, Against All Odds), born in Los Angeles, California

Dec 4 Pamela Stephenson, New Zealand-born Australian actress (Superman 3, Sat Night Live), born in Takapuna, Auckland
Dec 5 Bruce E Melnick, American Cmdr USCG/astronaut (STS 41, STS 49), born in NYC, New York
Dec 5 Enrico Pieranunzi, Italian classically trained jazz pianist, and composer, born in Rome, Italy
Dec 5 Lanny Wadkins, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1977), born in Richmond, Virginia
Dec 5 Lewis Arlt, American actor (Littlest Victims, Ken-Another World), born in Kingston, New York
Dec 5 Ray Comfort, New Zealand evangelist, born in Christchurch, New Zealand
Dec 6 Doug Marlette, American editorial cartoonist (Kudzu), born in Greensboro, North Carolina (d. 2007)
Dec 6 Linda Creed, American singer and songwriter ("The Greatest Love Of All"; "You Make Me Feel Brand New"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1986) [1]
Dec 6 Peter Willey, English cricketer (England batsman late 70's early 80's), born in Sedgefield, County Durham, England

Tom Waits (73 years old)

Dec 7 American singer-songwriter, pianist (Small Change; Blue Valentine; "Jersey Girl"), and actor (Ironweed; Down By Law), born in Pomona, California

Dec 8 Mary Gordon, American author
Dec 8 Ray Shulman, British musician, born in Portsmouth
Dec 8 Robert Sternberg, Proposed the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence
Dec 9 Nando Parrado, Uruguayan survivor of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 (crashed in the Andes mountains on 13 October 1972), born in Montevideo, Uruguay

Tom Kite (73 years old)

Dec 9 American golfer (US Open 1992; 19 PGA Tour titles, The Tradition 2000), born in McKinney, Texas

Dec 10 Ismail "Pops" Mohamed, South African jazz multi-instrumentalist and producer, born in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
Dec 11 Noel Campbell, Irish soccer midfielder (11 caps; St Patrick's Athletic FC, SC Fortuna Köln, Shamrock Rovers FC), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2022)
Dec 12 Bill Nighy, English actor (The Men's Room, Gideon's Daughter), born in Caterham, Surrey, England
Dec 12 Ricardo Luis Carreras, American bantamweight boxer (Olympic bronze 1972), born in NYC, New York
Dec 13 Mark Elf, American Jazz guitarist (Trickynometry), and educator, born in Queens, New York City
Dec 13 Nana Alexandria, Georgian International Woman's Chess Grandmaster (1976), born in Poti, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Dec 13 Paula Wilcox, English actress (Man About the House), born in Manchester, Lancashire, England
Dec 13 R. A. MacAvoy, American sci-fi author (Damiano's Lute, Raphael), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Dec 13 Randy Owen, American country music star (Alabama - "Mountain Music"), born in Fort Payne, Alabama
Dec 13 Robert Lindsey, English actor (My Family, Citizen Smith), born in Ilkeston, England
Dec 13 Tom Verlaine [Miller], American rock guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist (Television - "Marquee Moon"), born in Denville, New Jersey (d. 2023)
Dec 14 Bill Buckner, American MLB 1st baseman (1986 World Series infamous fielding error; NL batting champ 1980), born in Vallejo, California (d. 2019)
Dec 14 Cliff Williams, English rock bassist (AC/DC), born in Romford, Essex, England
Dec 15 Don Johnson, American actor (Miami Vice - "Sonny Crockett"; Nash Bridges), and pop singer ("Heartbeat"), born in Flatt Creek, Missouri
Dec 15 Ton Sijbrands, Dutch world checkers champion, born in Amsterdam
Dec 16 Billy Gibbons, American blues-rock guitarist (Moving Sidewalks; ZZ Top - "Cheap Sunglasses"; "Legs"), born in Houston, Texas
Dec 16 Sugar Blue [Jimmie Whiting], American touring and session blues harmonica player (Louisiana Red; Rolling Stones), born in Harlem, New York City
Dec 17 Paul Rodgers, English-Canadian rock singer and musician (Bad Company - "Feel Like Makin' Love", "Rock and Roll Fantasy"; The Firm; + Queen), born in Middlesbrough, England
Dec 17 Sotiris Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer
Dec 18 Joni Flynn, Indian actress (Octopussy, Monty Python and the Holy Grail), born in Assam, India
Dec 19 Claudia A Kolb, American 200m breast stroke swimmer (Olympic silver 1964)
Dec 19 Lenny White, American jazz-fusion drummer (Return to Forever), born in Queens, New York City
Dec 19 Nancy Kyes, American actress
Dec 19 Sebastian [Knud Torben Christensen], Danish musician and composer, born in Sønderborg, Denmark
Dec 20 Cecil Cooper, American baseball player, born in Brenham, Texas
Dec 20 Claudia Jennings [Mary Ellen Chestrerton], American actress and Playboy playmate (Nov 1969, Playmate of the year 1970), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 1979)
Dec 20 Soumaïla Cissé, Malian politician, born in Timbuktu, Mali
Dec 21 Nikolaos Sifounakis, Greek politician, born in Rethymno, Greece
Dec 21 Thomas Sankara, Burkinabé revolutionary and politician, President of Burkina Faso (1983-87), born in Yako, Upper Volta (d. 1987)

Maurice Gibb (1949-2003)

Dec 22 English rock-pop-disco singer-songwriter and bassist (Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever), born in Douglas, Isle of Man

Dec 22 Michael Osborne, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Axe), born in Florida (d. 1984)
Dec 22 Ray Guy, American College-Pro Football HOF punter (Southern Miss; Super Bowl 1976, 80, 84; 6 × First-team All-Pro; 7 × Pro Bowl; Oakland/LA Raiders), born in Swainsboro, Georgia (d. 2022)

Robin Gibb (1949-2012)

Dec 22 English rock-pop-disco singer-songwriter and producer (Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever), born in Douglas, Isle of Man

Dec 23 Luther Grosvenor, English rock musician (Spooky Tooth), born in Evesham, United Kingdom
Dec 23 Wally Edwards, Australian cricket batsman (3 Tests; West Australia CA), born in Perth, Australia
Dec 23 [Steven] Adrian Belew, American new wave and progressive rock singer and guitarist (Frank Zappa; David Bowie; King Crimson, 1981-2009; The Bears), born in Covington, Kentucky
Dec 24 Randy Neugebauer, American politician, born in St. Louis, Missouri
Dec 24 Ray Colcord III, American film & television composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 2016)
Dec 24 Warwick Brown, Australian racing driver, born in Sydney, Australia
Dec 25 Joe Louis Walker, American electric blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, born in San Francisco, California
Dec 25 Mustafa Cengiz, Turkish businessman and sports administrator (president Galatasaray S.K. 2018-21), born in Nizip, Turkey (d. 2021)

Nawaz Sharif (73 years old)

Dec 25 Pakistani politician, Prime Minister (1990-93, 1997-99, 2013-17), born in Lahore, Pakistan

Dec 25 Serhiy Novikov, Russian judoka (Olympic gold heavyweight 1976), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2021)
Dec 25 Simone [Bittencourt de Oliveira], Brazilian pop-samba singer born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Sissy Spacek (73 years old)

Dec 25 American Actress (Carrie, Badlands, Coal Miner's Daughter), born in Quitman, Texas

Dec 26 George Winston, American pop-instrumental pianist and composer (Autumn; December; Winter Into Spring), born in Hart, Michigan
Dec 26 Ira Newborn, American orchestra leader (Manhattan Transfer), born in NYC, New York
Dec 26 José Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor, Nobel laureate
Dec 28 Gheorghe Berceanu, Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold light-flyweight 1972, silver 1976; World C'ship gold 1969, 72), born in Cârna, Romania (d. 2022)
Dec 29 Syed Kirmani, Indian cricketer (Indian keeper after Engineer), born in Chennai, India
Dec 30 Bruce Davidson, equestrian 3-day (Olympic silver 1996)
Dec 30 Bruce Fairbairn, Canadian musician and record producer (Loverboy; Bon Jovi; Aerosmith), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 1999)
Dec 30 Jim Flaherty, Canadian politician, Minister of Finance (2006-2014), born in Lachine, Quebec (d. 2014)
Dec 31 Ellen Datlow, American editor, born in NYC, New York
Dec 31 Sara K. [Wooldridge], American musician (Gypsy Alley), born in Dallas, Texas
Dec 31 Susan Shwartz, American author, born in Youngstown, Ohio

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