List of Famous people who born in 1949

Gail Katz is a film, television, and theatrical producer. Katz heads Gail Katz Productions. Katz has worked at New World Pictures, where she was Vice President of Finance, then Vice President of Production. After leaving New World, Katz began producing films, starting with Shattered. She partnered with director Wolfgang Petersen throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, the two directed/produced many films. She has served as CEO of Radiant Productions, and as a founder of Red Cliff Productions. She was an executive producer on the ABC drama/comedy Cashmere Mafia, which Gail Katz Productions produced. She has a B.A. in economics from the University of California at Berkeley and a M.B.A from the Yale School of Management. Katz is currently a Professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Katz was born in Los Angeles and raised in Beverly Hills, California. Katz is Jewish.

Al Overton Jr. is an American sound engineer. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards in the category Best Sound. He has worked on over 40 films between 1969 and 1991. His father, Al Overton, was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound.

Bo Persson is a sound mixer. On 24 January 2012 he was nominated for an Academy Award for the film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Barry Kemp is a television producer, director and writer, and a movie producer. He has written for numerous TV shows, but his two best-known creations are Newhart, which lasted for eight seasons on CBS (1982–1990) and Coach, which lasted for nine seasons on ABC (1989–1997). He also wrote for Taxi for four seasons and was the creator of Fresno and Delta. Kemp's movie productions include Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Patch Adams and Catch Me If You Can.

B. Tennyson Sebastian II is an American sound engineer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film Back to the Future. He has worked on more than 40 films since 1980.

Ana Jorge is a pediatrician, and a Portuguese politician and member of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS), who served as Minister of Health.

Lee Chien-lung is a Taiwanese politician from New Taipei City and a member of the Kuomintang (KMT). He is the current Secretary-General of Kuomintang serving under Chairman Johnny Chiang. Lee previously served as the Chairman of the KMT New Taipei City Chapter, Commissioner of the New Taipei City Department of Civil Affairs, and Mayor of Sanchong City, Taipei County. Lee ran unsuccessfully for a New Taipei City seat in the Legislative Yuan during both the 2012 and 2016 Taiwanese legislative election.