1949 (people)


 * 16 January - Actor Caroline Munro was born.
 * 26 January - Actor Deep Roy was born.
 * 6 February - Actor Carmen Gómez was born.
 * 11 February - Actor Brian Capron was born.
 * 27 February - Actor Peter Sowerbutts was born.
 * 5 March - Make-up designer Dorka Nieradzik was born.
 * 7 March - Writer Pat Mills was born.
 * 15 March - Actor John Duttine was born.
 * 5 April - Actor Sorcha Cusack was born.
 * 14 April - Artist Dave Gibbons was born.
 * 14 April - Actor Christopher Whittingham was born.
 * 20 April - Writer John Ostrander was born.
 * 29 April - Actor Anita Dobson was born.
 * 13 May - Actor Zoë Wanamaker was born.
 * 22 May - Actor Cheryl Campbell was born.
 * 24 May - Actor Rob Edwards was born.
 * 24 May - Actor Jim Broadbent was born.
 * 28 May - Actor Sue Holderness was born.
 * 1 June - Actor Geoffrey Leesley was born.
 * 3 June - Actor Ian Gelder was born.
 * 10 June - Actor Andrew Johns was born.
 * 11 June - Writer Steve Moore was born.
 * 11 June - Actor Nicholas Young was born.
 * 13 June - Actor Simon Callow was born.
 * 21 June - Actor Stacey Tendeter was born.
 * 3 July - Actor Susan Penhaligon was born.
 * 11 July - Actor Eden Phillips was born.
 * 22 July - Magic consultant Geoffrey Durham was born.
 * 4 August - Assistant floor manager Russ Karel was born.
 * 11 August - Visual effects designer Mickey Edwards was born.
 * 23 August - Actor Christopher Blake was born.
 * 29 August - Actor Sharon Morgan was born.
 * 12 September - Actor Guy Paul was born.
 * 23 September - Actor Floella Benjamin was born.
 * 26 September - Actor Anne Robinson was born.
 * 9 October - Actor Maggie Ollerenshaw was born.
 * 30 November - Actor Nicholas Woodeson was born.
 * 10 December - Actor Martyn Whitby was born.
 * 12 December - Actor Bill Nighy was born.
 * 18 December - Actor Jeananne Crowley was born.
 * 19 December - Actor Jan Chappell was born.
 * Unknown - Costume Designer Amy Roberts was born.
 * Unknown - Actor Keith Skinner was born.