List of Famous people who born in 1949

Song Binbin, also known as Song Yaowu, was a senior leader in the Chinese Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution. She is known for beating her deputy principal Bian Zhongyun to death with wooden sticks, along with other students.

Ian Fok Chun-wan, SBS, JP is the Chief Executive of the Fok Ying Tung Foundation and the life honorary chairman of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce. He is the incumbent Hong Kong delegate to the National People's Congress.

Chen Po-chih is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development of the Executive Yuan from 20 May 2000 until 1 February 2002.

Chi Kuan-chun born June 14, 1949, also known as Chik Goon-Gwan, is a Hong Kong-based Chinese actor, martial artist, and Hung Ga practitioner. He is best known for playing Shaolin rebel Hu Huei Chien in several martial arts films in the 1970s. He also co-starred with Alexander Fu in many films at that time.

Adang Daradjatun is an Indonesian politician and former police general who currently serves as a member of the People's Representative Council.

Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed al-Muwali aka Khadr al-Sabahi is a former senior member of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party. Ahmed currently has a million dollar bounty placed on his head as one of Iraq's most wanted men accused of funding and leading resistance operations. He is the leader of al-Awda; an underground Ba'athist movement in Iraq.

His Excellency Abdullah al-Roumi is Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait and Minister of Justice. Kuwait has never appointed a Deputy Prime Minister outside the Royal Family until April 2021 when Abdullah al-Roumi was appointed. Although the al-Roumi family do not rule Kuwait; they are one of the most high level and wealthy families in the oil rich country. Prior to 2021; he was a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly from the first district. Born in 1949, al-Roumi worked as a lawyer before being elected to the National Assembly in 1985. Al-Roumi is considered an independent, liberal-leaning member.

Hüseyin Özer is a Turkish British executive chef and restaurateur, who owns a restaurant chain based in London.

Raam Lalchand Pridhani is an entrepreneur and film producer from Indonesia. He was born in Surabaya, Indonesia, 4 November 1949. He is the owner of production house Soraya Intercine Films.

Su Xiaokang is an influential intellectual, writer, journalist, political activist and in 1989 was named one of China's seven most-wanted dissident intellectuals. His most notable work River Elegy paved the way to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, and his participation in the protest also forced him into the exile in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Su currently resides in Delaware, in the United States.