page_title: 1949
section_title: May
hierarchical_section_title: 1949 / Births / May
caption_attribution_description: En presencia del presidente de la República, Alan García Pérez, el Canciller José A. García Belaunde, condecoró al reconocido fotógrafo peruano Mario Testino con Orden Al Mérito por Servicios Distinguidos
context_page_description: 1949 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1949th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 949th year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1940s decade.
context_section_description: May 1 – Gavin Christopher, American singer (d. 2016)
  May 2 – Alan Titchmarsh, English gardener
  May 3 – Leopoldo Luque, Argentine soccer player
  May 4 – John Force, American race car driver
  May 9
  Billy Joel, American singer, songwriter and pianist
  Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, military President of Niger (d. 1999)
  May 10 – Mahfuzur Rahman Khan, Bangladeshi cinematographer (d. 2019)
  May 13 – Zoë Wanamaker, American-British actress
  May 14 – Sverre Årnes, Norwegian writer
  May 16 – Rick Reuschel, American professional baseball player
  May 18
  Joseph R. Cistone, American Catholic prelate (d. 2018)
  Rick Wakeman, English rock musician, songwriter
  Bill Wallace, Canadian rock musician (The Guess Who)
  May 19
  Dusty Hill, American bassist (ZZ Top)
  Archie Manning, former American football player, father of Peyton and Eli Manning
  May 20 – Dave Thomas, Canadian actor, comedian (Second City Television)
  May 22
  Chris Butler, American musician, songwriter (The Waitresses)
  Jesse Lee Peterson, American radio show host and religious minister
  May 23 – Alan García, President of Peru (d. 2019)
  May 24
  Jim Broadbent, English actor
  Tomaž Pisanski, Slovenian mathematician
  May 26
  Arlene Klasky, American animator
  Jeremy Corbyn, British politician
  Pam Grier, African-American actress
  Philip Michael Thomas, African-American actor (Miami Vice)
  Hank Williams, Jr., American country singer
  May 27
  Jo Ann Harris, American actress
  Alma Guillermoprieto, Mexican journalist
  May 28
  Shelley Hamlin, American professional golfer (d. 2018)
  Martin Kelner, British journalist, author, comedian, singer, actor and radio presenter
  Susan Fitzgerald, Irish actress (d. 2013)
  May 29
  Francis Rossi, English rock guitarist, singer (Status Quo)
  Robert Axelrod, American voice actor (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) (d. 2019)
  May 30 – Bob Willis, English cricketer (d. 2019)
  May 31 – Tom Berenger, American actor (Platoon)
caption: Alan García
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