List of Famous people who born in 1949

John Michael Beck Taylor, commonly known as Michael Beck, is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Swan in The Warriors (1979) and Sonny Malone in Xanadu (1980).

Eman al-Nafjan is a Saudi Arabian blogger and women's rights activist. She was detained by Saudi authorities in May 2018 along with Loujain al-Hathloul and five other women's rights activists in what Human Rights Watch interpreted as an attempt to frighten her and the other activists, during the 2018–2019 Saudi crackdown on feminists.

Zeineb Benzina, whose full name is Zeïneb Benzina Ben Abdallah, born in Tunis, Tunisia, is an archeologist, and Director of Research at the Institut national du patrimoine based in Tunis.

Seyoum Mesfin Gebredingel was an Ethiopian politician and diplomat. He was Ethiopia's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1991 until September 2010 and worked as Ethiopia's Ambassador to the People's Republic of China. The circumstances of Seyoum's death, during the Tigray War, were disputed: Ethiopian authorities stated that Seyoum was killed while refusing to surrender, while Europe External Programme with Africa (EEPA) stated that he was first taken to Senafe in Eritrea before being returned to Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) control and extrajudicially executed.

María Begoña Aranguren Gárate is a Spanish journalist and writer, the niece of the philosopher José Luis López Aranguren.

Noureddine Bahbouh was the Algerian minister of agriculture in the 1995 government of Mokdad Sifi. He was born in Bordj Bou Arréridj, Algeria, France.

Marc Ravalomanana, GCSK is a Malagasy politician who was the President of Madagascar from 2002 to 2009. Born into a farming Merina family in Imerinkasinina, near the capital city of Antananarivo, Ravalomanana first rose to prominence as the founder and CEO of the vast dairy conglomerate TIKO, later launching successful wholesaler MAGRO and several additional companies.

Wong Kwok-hing BBS MH is a Hong Kong trade unionist and a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the New Territories West constituency from 2008 to 2012, and representing the Hong Kong Island from 2012 to 2016.

Paula Jacques is a French novelist, journalist, and host of the program Cosmopolitaine on the French public station France Inter.

Fernando "Pecoso" Castro Lozada is a Colombian football manager and former player. He has won two Primera A titles as a manager, most recently in 2015 with Deportivo Cali. He most recently managed América de Cali in the Colombian Categoría Primera A.