List of Famous people who born in 1949

Hugh David Politzer is an American theoretical physicist and the Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology. He shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics with David Gross and Frank Wilczek for their discovery of asymptotic freedom in quantum chromodynamics.

Pradip Krishen, is an Indian filmmaker and environmentalist. He has directed three films, Massey Sahib in 1985, In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones in 1989 and Electric Moon for Channel 4, UK in 1991. His films have won significant Indian and international awards, and In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones acquired cult status in the years after it was made. He was married to Arundhati Roy who also acted in his films. He subsequently gave up filmmaking, and since 1995, has worked as a naturalist and environmentalist.

General Raymond (Ray) Roland Joseph Henault, CMM, MSC, CD is a retired Canadian Air Force officer. He was the Chief of the Defence Staff of Canada from June 28, 2001. On November 7, 2004, Henault was voted to become the next chairman of NATO's military committee, a position he held until 2008, when he retired.

Ennio Coltorti is an Italian actor and voice actor.

Roger David Blandford, FRS, FRAS is a British theoretical astrophysicist, best known for his work on black holes.

Rodney Graham is an artist and musician born in Abbotsford, British Columbia. He is most often associated with the Vancouver School.