page_title: 1949
section_title: July
hierarchical_section_title: 1949 / Births / July
caption_attribution_description: CAPE TOWN/SOUTH AFRICA, 11JUN2009 - Kglema Petrus Motlanthe, Deputy President of South Africa speaks with Robyn Curnow, Correspondent, CNN, South Africa at 2010: Building a Legacy for South Africa held During the World Economic Forum on Africa 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa, June 11, 2009
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: July 1
  Rosa Elena Galván Valles, Mexican politician
  Yoshihide Fukao, Japanese volleyball player
  Seninho, Portuguese-Angolan footballer
  Néjia Ben Mabrouk, Tunisian screenwriter, director
  John Farnham, Australian singer, recording artist and entertainer
  July 2
  David Eaton, American composer, conductor and producer
  Abderrahmane Benkhalfa, Algerian financial expert
  José Manuel Díaz Medina, Mexican politician
  Ben Verbong, Dutch film director, screenwriter
  July 3
  Mircea Chelaru, Romanian general and politician
  Jan Smithers, American actress
  Alfred Vierling, Dutch politician
  Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American vocalist (d. 2006)
  July 4 – Horst Seehofer, German conservative politician
  July 5 – Susan P. Graber, American attorney, jurist
  July 6
  Noli de Castro, Filipino broadcast journalist, radio commentator and Vice President of the Philippines
  Phyllis Hyman, American singer, actress (d. 1995)
  Grant McAuley, New Zealand rower
  July 7
  Shelley Duvall, American actress
  John Lippiett, British senior Royal Navy officer
  Monte Cater, American football coach
  July 8
  Jan Elvheim, Norwegian politician
  Jaroslav Jurka, Czech fencer
  Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-American celebrity chef, restaurateur, and occasional actor
  Carmel Cryan, English actress
  Dale Hoganson, Canadian ice hockey player
  July 9
  Raoul Cédras, former President of Haiti
  Jesse Duplantis, American televangelist
  Nigel Lythgoe, English television producer, personality
  Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi, Iranian intellectual, journalist, writer, traveler, translator, and university lecturer
  July 11
  Liona Boyd, English classical guitarist
  Émerson Leão, Brazilian footballer
  Ingrid Newkirk, English-born American-based animal rights activist
  Phil Braidwood, Manx politician
  July 13 – Helena Fibingerová, Czech athlete
  July 15
  Carl Bildt, 28th Prime Minister of Sweden, Minister for Foreign Affairs
  Trevor Horn, English pop singer, producer
  Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, 3rd Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates
  July 17
  Geezer Butler, English heavy metal bassist (Black Sabbath)
  William C. Faure, South African film director
  Andrei Fursenko, Russian politician, scientist and businessman
  Charley Steiner, American sportscaster
  July 19
  Kgalema Motlanthe, South African politician, President of South Africa
  Daniel Vaillant, French Socialist politician
  July 20 – Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor and environmentalist
  July 21 – Tengku Azlan, Malaysian politician
  July 22
  Alan Menken, American composer
  Lasse Virén, Finnish long-distance runner
  July 24
  Michael Richards, American actor, comedian (Seinfeld)
  Joan Enric Vives Sicília, Spanish archbishop
  July 25 – Francis Smerecki, French football player, manager (d. 2018)
  July 26
  Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand and businessman
  Roger Taylor, English rock musician (Queen)
  July 29 – Jamil Mahuad, President of Ecuador
  July 31
  Mike Jackson, American basketball player
  Susan Bennett, American voice-over artist
caption: Kgalema Motlanthe
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