List of Famous people who born in 1949

Thomas Wingett Corbett Jr. is an American politician and attorney who served as the 46th governor of Pennsylvania from January 18, 2011 to January 20, 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Yeh Chu-lan is a Taiwanese politician. She served as acting mayor of Kaohsiung and Vice Premier of the Republic of China.

Ng Leung-sing is a former member of the Provisional Legislative Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong from for Election Committee constituency and Finance functional constituency from 1997 to 2004 and 2012 to 2016. He was also the Vice-chairman of the China & South Sea Bank Limited. He supported Leung Chun-ying in the 2012 Chief Executive race and is seen as an ally of CY Leung in the Legislative Council.

Nikolaus Brender is a German journalist. He was the commissiong editor of the German public broadcasting station ZDF between 2000 and 2010.

Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, known as Tutut Suharto, is an Indonesian politician who is the eldest daughter of former Indonesian president Suharto.

Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah is a Moroccan gastroenterologist and politician. He served as Minister of Health in the government of Driss Jettou from 2002 to 2007. He has been secretary general of the Authenticity and Modernity Party since February 2009.

Safia El Emari, is an Egyptian actress. She was assigned as ambassador of Goodwill with the United Nations in 1997 until her resignation in 2006 as a protest on 2006 Lebanon War. She began her career as a journalist, after graduating from the Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University. She studied Russian language and worked as an interpreter at international conferences. She participated in many Egyptian movies and TV series.

John Benjamin Toshack MBE is a Welsh former professional football player and manager.

Kazunori Tanaka is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and Minister of Reconstruction. A native of Toyoura District, Yamaguchi and graduate of Hosei University he was elected for the first time in 1996 after serving in local assemblies. Tanaka was elected seven times in Kanagawa, prefecture 10th district Tanaka is general director of the Liberal Democratic Party International bureau in 2015.

Ronald Fournier is a Quebec-born radio host and sport journalist. He is also a retired professional hockey referee.