1949 Chinese zodiac, age & generation
People born in 1949 are 76 or 77 years old this year and turn 77 on their birthday in 2026.Babies born in 1949 will belong to Baby Boomers. 1949 is the Year of the Earth Ox 🐂 and belongs to Baby Boomers.
- Age this year
- Turns 77
- Chinese zodiac
- 🐂 Earth Ox
- Generation
- 📺 Baby Boomer
- Leap year
- No (365 days)
- Jan 1, 1949
- Saturday
- Chinese New Year
- January 29
How old is someone born in 1949?
Your exact age depends on whether you have had your birthday yet this year. Right now, someone born in 1949 is 76 or 77 years old. Use the age calculator for an exact answer in years, months and days.
Milestone birthdays for people born in 1949
- 10 in 1959
- 18 in 1967
- 21 in 1970
- 30 in 1979
- 40 in 1989
- 50 in 1999
- 60 in 2009
- 70 in 2019
- 80 in 2029
- 90 in 2039
- 100 in 2049
1949 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Ox 🐂
1949 is a Earth Ox year (Yin). The 1949 Chinese zodiac year began on January 29, 1949 and ended on February 16, 1950. People born in January or early February 1949, before Chinese New Year on January 29, belong to the previous zodiac year: the Year of the Rat.
The Ox symbolises hard work, strength and reliability. Ox-year people are traditionally seen as patient and steady, earning success through persistence rather than shortcuts.
People with the Earth element are traditionally described as stable, practical and patient.
What generation is 1949?
People born in 1949 are part of Baby Boomers, which covers birth years 1946–1964.
Baby Boomers are named after the sharp rise in births after World War II. Boomers lived through a period of economic growth, rock and roll, the civil rights movement and the space race.
Famous people born in 1949
- October 21, 1949Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949), (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
- June 22, 1949American actress
- March 19, 1949Russian singer
- April 30, 1949Secretary-General of the United Nations since 2017
- January 12, 1949Japanese writer (born 1949)
- October 8, 1949American actress (born 1949)
- June 18, 1949Polish politician, democratic oppositionist, ministry of justice, president of Poland (1949–2010)
- April 15, 1949Soviet-Russian singer, composer, and actress
- September 23, 1949American rock singer (born 1949)
- March 21, 1949Slovenian philosopher (born 1949)
- December 21, 1949President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987
- September 25, 1949Spanish filmmaker (born 1949)
- December 1, 1949Chilean entrepreneur and politician (1949–2024)
- September 9, 19496th President of Indonesia (2004—2014)
- October 22, 1949French football manager (born 1949)
- April 20, 1949American actress
- May 19, 1949President of Afghanistan from 2014 to 2021 (17 11 2006
- August 31, 1949American actor (born 1949)
- November 29, 1949American comedian (1949–2016)
- December 4, 1949American actor
- December 25, 1949Former prime minister of Pakistan
- April 13, 1949English American author and journalist (1949–2011)
- June 18, 194913th Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
- July 7, 1949American actress (1949–2024)
- July 26, 1949Prime Minister of Thailand form 2001 to 2006
- May 26, 1949British politician, leader of the Labour Party 2015 to 2020
- December 26, 19492nd and 5th President of East Timor, Nobel Prize laureate
- January 21, 1949Former president of Vietnam
- February 22, 1949Austrian former Formula 1 driver (1949–2019)
- May 23, 1949President of Peru (1985–1990 and 2006–2011)
- June 15, 1949American actor and comedian (1949–2000)
- June 20, 1949American singer, songwriter and actor
- July 15, 1949Monarch of Dubai and politician (born 1949)
- February 25, 1949Francophone Lebanese writer based in Frances
- July 26, 1949English musician, drummer of Queen (born 1949)
- February 14, 1949American politician (born 1949)
- March 5, 1949French entrepreneur
- April 25, 1949French economist
- June 22, 1949American politician (born 1949)
- December 25, 1949American actress
- April 6, 1949German physicist
- May 9, 1949American singer, songwriter, and pianist (born 1949)
- January 10, 1949American professional boxer (1949–2025)
- February 20, 1949Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
- March 26, 1949German writer and screenwriter
- August 31, 1949American physicist
- December 7, 1949American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1949)
- January 30, 1949American chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- May 26, 1949American computer programmer
- April 20, 1949Italian politician (born 1949)
- July 19, 1949President of South Africa, Deputy President of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and Secretary-General of the African National Congress
- July 24, 1949American actor and comedian
- August 1, 1949Kyrgyzstani politician
- April 7, 1949Russian politician
- October 28, 1949American media personality and retired decathlete
- January 20, 1949Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006
- July 15, 1949Swedish politician (1949-), prime minister 1991–1994, foreign minister 2006–2014
- July 24, 1949Spanish bishop
- August 12, 1949British musician (born 1949)
- August 25, 1949British novelist (1949–2023)
Other birth years
Frequently asked questions
How old is someone born in 1949?
Someone born in 1949 turns 77 in 2026, 80 in 2029, 90 in 2039, 100 in 2049. Before their birthday each year, they are one year younger.
What Chinese zodiac is 1949?
1949 is the Year of the Ox, with the Earth element (Earth Ox). The 1949 zodiac year runs from January 29, 1949 to February 16, 1950. People born in 1949 before January 29 belong to the previous year, the Year of the Rat.
What generation is 1949?
People born in 1949 belong to Baby Boomers (Baby Boomer), which includes birth years 1946 to 1964. Some sources use slightly different cut-off years.
Is 1949 a leap year?
No. 1949 is a common year with 365 days.