List of Famous people who born in 1949

Mary Jesse Walton is an American actress, best known for her role as Kelly Harper in CBS soap opera Capitol and as Jill Abbott on the CBS soap opera, The Young and the Restless. Also she starred in the 2018 movie Christmas with a View.

Armin Shimerman is an American actor and author. He is known for his work as the Ferengi bartender Quark on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Principal Snyder on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Judge Brian Hooper in the first 7 episodes of Boston Legal in its third season in 2006. He is also known for his voice work as General Skarr and Stomach in Grim & Evil, Evil Con Carne, and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Dr. Achilles Milo in Justice League Unlimited and reprised the role in Batman: Arkham Underworld, Prof. Mark Haley and Ace Morgan in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Zilius Zox in Justice League Action, Doctor Nefarious in the Ratchet & Clank series and Andrew Ryan from BioShock. He also voiced various characters such as Dr. Henry and many others in the Cartoon Network animated series Regular Show.

Juan Antonio Gossaín Abdallah is a Colombian radio national news director, chief editor, and journalist, as well as a novelist. He wrote the novel "The Ballad of María Abdala." He is well known for directing the RCN Radio Network from around 1984 to 2010 and during that time had his own radio program that was regularly broadcast in Colombia. Gossaín was a two-time winner in the radio journalism category of the Premio Nacional de Periodismo Simón Bolívar, a national award for Colombian journalism.

Sandy Martin is an American actress, playwright, theater director, and producer. She is best known for her roles in the film Napoleon Dynamite and the TV series Ray Donovan, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Big Love.

Chan Kam-lam, GBS, JP is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the Kowloon East constituency. He is also a core member of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), the largest pro-Beijing party in Hong Kong.

John Victor Shea III is an American actor, film producer and stage director. His career began on Broadway where he starred in Yentl, subsequently winning his first major award, the 1975 Theatre World Award. Shortly after his Off-Broadway career began, Lee Strasberg invited Shea to join the Actors Studio where he spent several years studying method acting.

Geoff Pierson is an American actor known for his starring television roles on Dexter, Unhappily Ever After, Grace Under Fire, 24, Ryan's Hope, and Designated Survivor. He has guest-starred in dozens of other TV shows.

Chen Chun, also known as Sean Chen in English, is a Taiwanese politician who was the former Premier of the Republic of China,. He is a member of the Kuomintang.

Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser is Saudi Arabia's Minister of transport, appointed by a royal decree on 23 October 2019.

Shen Lyu-shun is a Taiwanese diplomat. He served as the representative of the Republic of China to the United States from 2014 to 2016.