List of Famous people who born in 1949

Ludwig Schick is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of Fulda from 1998 till 2002, when he became archbishop of Bamberg.

Jorge Jamil Mahuad Witt is an Ecuadorian lawyer, academic and former politician, he was the 41st President of Ecuador from August 10, 1998 to January 21, 2000.

Jean-Claude Biver is a Luxembourgish watchmaker, cheesemaker, and businessman previously serving as the chief executive officer (CEO) of TAG Heuer. From 2014 until 2018, he was the president of LVMH's watchmaking division until his retirement after 43 years in the industry.

Bärbel Dieckmann is a German politician who was elected mayor of Bonn in 1994 and was in office until 2009. She is the first woman and Social Democrat to become mayor of Bonn.

Pierre Cardo is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Yvelines department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. As of 2010, he is president of Autorité de Régulation des Activités Ferroviaires.

Ichirō Kamoshita is a Japanese politician and doctor, who served as Minister of the Environment in Yasuo Fukuda's cabinet.

Floyd "Jumbo" Cummings is a retired American heavyweight boxer best known for his fight with Joe Frazier.

Delia Owens is an American author and zoologist. Her debut novel Where the Crawdads Sing topped The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2019 and The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2020 for 32 non-consecutive weeks and on the list for 124 weeks. The book has been on The New York Times Best Seller list for more than two years. She has also written the memoirs Cry of the Kalahari, The Eye of the Elephant, and Secrets of the Savanna, with her then-husband, Mark, about their time studying animals in Africa.

Helmut Bellingrodt is a Colombian Olympic sports shooter who won two Olympic silver medals. He participated in the 1972 Munich, 1976 Montreal, and 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games. He was the first Colombian athlete to win two Olympic medals, as well as the Colombian athlete with the most until Jackeline Rentería Castillo tied with a second bronze in wrestling - 55kg at the London 2012 Summer Olympics.

Clementina Ródenas Villena is a Spanish politician from the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) who was Mayor of Valencia between 1989 and 1991.