Editing 1949 in television (section)

== Births ==
*January 7 – [[Steven Williams]], American actor, (''[[21 Jump Street]]'')
*January 8 – [[Anne Schedeen]], American actress, (''[[ALF (TV series)|ALF]]'')
*January 13 – [[Brandon Tartikoff]], American executive (died 1997)
*January 16 – [[Caroline Munro]], English actress and model
*January 17 – [[Andy Kaufman]], American actor and comedian (died 1984)
*January 24 – [[John Belushi]], American actor and comedian, (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'') (died 1982)
*February 2 – [[Brent Spiner]], American actor, (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'')
*February 3 – [[Brenda Dickson]], American actress, (''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
*February 8 – [[Brooke Adams (actress)|Brooke Adams]], American actress
*February 9 – [[Judith Light]], American actress, (''[[One Life to Live]]'', ''[[Who's The Boss?]]'')
*February 14 – [[István Vágó]], Hungarian television host and political activist (died 2023)
*February 18 – [[Jess Walton]], American actress, (''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
*February 25 – [[Ric Flair]], American pro wrestler
*February 26 – [[Tim Brant]], American sportscaster
*February 28 – [[Ilene Graff]], American actress and singer, (''[[Mr. Belvedere]]'')
*March 2 – [[Gates McFadden]], American actress and choreographer, (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'')
*March 16 
**[[Erik Estrada]], American actor, (''[[CHiPs]]'')
**[[Victor Garber]], Canadian actor and singer, (''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'', ''[[Legends of Tomorrow]]'')
*March 17 – [[Patrick Duffy]], American actor, (''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'', ''[[Step by Step (TV series)|Step by Step]]'')
*March 26 
**[[Vicki Lawrence]], American actress and comedian, (''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]'', ''[[Mama's Family]]'')
**[[Ernest Lee Thomas]], American actor, (''[[What's Happening!!]]'', ''[[What's Happening Now!!]]'')
*April 14 – [[John Shea]], American actor
*April 17 – [[Michael J. Stull]], American songwriter (died 2002)
*April 19 – [[Forrest Sawyer]], American broadcast journalist
*April 20 – [[Veronica Cartwright]], English-born actress
*April 23 – [[Joyce DeWitt]], American actress, (''[[Three's Company]]'')
*April 28 – [[Paul Guilfoyle]], American actor, (''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'')
*May 1 – [[Douglas Barr]], actor, (''[[The Fall Guy]]'')
*May 9
**[[Billy Joel]], American singer-songwriter
**Beverly Penberthy, actress (''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'')
*May 26
**[[Jeremy Corbyn]], British politician<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-05-23 |title=The Jeremy Corbyn story: Profile of Labour leader |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2017-39807055 |access-date=2024-09-02 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
**[[Philip Michael Thomas]], actor, (''[[Miami Vice]]'')
*June 3 – [[John Rothman]], actor
*June 11 – [[Sherman Howard]], actor, (''[[Superboy (TV series)|Superboy]]'', ''[[Jumanji (TV series)|Jumanji]]'', ''[[Batman Beyond]]'') 
*June 12 – [[Roger Aaron Brown]], actor, (''[[The District]]'')
*June 15 – [[Jim Varney]], actor and comedian (died 2000)
*June 16 
**[[Geoff Pierson]], actor, (''[[Ryan's Hope]]'', ''[[Unhappily Ever After]]'', ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'')
**[[Arnold Diaz]], American television consumer watchdog journalist (died 2023)
*June 20 – [[Lionel Richie]], singer
*June 22 
**[[Lindsay Wagner]], actress, (''[[The Bionic Woman]]'')
**[[Rand Morrison]], producer
*June 25 
**[[Kene Holliday]], actor, (''[[Matlock (1986 TV series)|Matlock]]'')
**[[Phyllis George]], actress, (died 2020)
*July 3 – [[Jan Smithers]], actress, (''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'')
*July 8 – [[Carmel Cryan]], actor
*July 9 – [[Nigel Lythgoe]], British TV director and producer (''[[American Idol]]'', ''[[So You Think You Can Dance (American TV series)|So You Think You Can Dance]]'')
*July 10 – [[Mark Shera]], actor, (''[[Barnaby Jones]]'', ''[[S.W.A.T. (1975 TV series)|S.W.A.T.]]'')
*July 11 – [[Jay Johnson (ventriloquist)|Jay Johnson]], ventriloquist, actor, (''[[Soap (TV series)|Soap]]'')
*July 16 – [[Cyndy Garvey]], American television personality
*July 24 – [[Michael Richards]], actor, (''[[Seinfeld]]'')
*July 27 – [[Maureen McGovern]], actress
*August 21 
**[[Loretta Devine]], actress and singer, (''[[Boston Public]]'', ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'')
**[[Josephine Abady]], American stage director (died 2002)
*August 23 
**[[Rick Springfield]], Australian singer-songwriter and actor
**[[Shelley Long]], actress, (''[[Cheers]]'')
*August 24 
**[[Joe Regalbuto]], actor, (''[[Murphy Brown]]'')
**[[Patricia Shevlin]], producer
*August 25 – [[John Savage (actor)|John Savage]], actor, (''[[Dark Angel (2000 TV series)|Dark Angel]]'')
*September 10 
**[[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]], television journalist, host, (''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'')
**[[Tony Evans (pastor)|Tony Evans]], television pastor
*September 16 – [[Ed Begley, Jr.]], actor, (''[[St. Elsewhere]]'')
*September 20 – [[Anthony Denison]], actor
*September 23
**[[Floella Benjamin]], Trinidad-born British actress, children's TV presenter, (''[[Play School (British TV series)|Play School]]'')
**[[Bruce Springsteen]], American singer-songwriter
*September 25 – [[Anson Williams]], actor and director, (''[[Happy Days]]'')
*September 28 – [[Vernee Watson-Johnson]], actress
*September 30 – [[Ann Risley]], actress and comedian, (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
*October 3 – [[Norm Abram]], master carpenter, (''[[This Old House]]'')
*October 4 – [[Armand Assante]], actor
*October 8 – [[Sigourney Weaver]], actress
*October 9 – [[Shera Danese]], actress, (''[[Columbo]]'')
*October 10 – [[Jessica Harper]], actress
*October 14 – [[Katy Manning]], English actress
*October 15 – [[Tanya Roberts]], actress, (died 2021)
*October 21
**[[LaTanya Richardson Jackson]], actress
**[[Benjamin Netanyahu]], Israeli politician<ref>{{Cite web |last=AFP and ToI Staff |title=Milestones of Benjamin Netanyahu's political rise and fall |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/milestones-of-benjamin-netanyahus-political-rise-and-fall/ |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
*October 28
**[[Caitlyn Jenner]], American Olympic athlete and reality TV personality<ref>{{Cite web |title=The incredible life of Caitlyn Jenner|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/the-incredible-life-of-caitlyn-jenner/slidelist/47507962.cms |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Business Insider |language=en}}</ref>
**[[Sandra Sade]], Israeli actress ([[Sabri Maranan (TV series)|Sabri Maranan]])
*November 1 – [[Belita Moreno]], actress, (''[[Perfect Strangers (TV series)|Perfect Strangers]]'', ''[[George Lopez (TV series)|George Lopez]]'')
*November 3 – [[Mike Evans (actor)|Mike Evans]], actor, (''[[All in the Family]]'', ''[[The Jeffersons]]'' and creator of ''[[Good Times]]'') (died 2006)
*November 4 – [[Berlinda Tolbert]], actress, (''[[The Jeffersons]]'')
*November 5 – [[Armin Shimerman]], actor, (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
*November 11 – [[Denise Gordy]], actress
*November 17 – [[John Boehner]], politician<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2013-02-21 |title=John Boehner Fast Facts |url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/02/21/us/john-boehner-fast-facts/index.html |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
*November 19 – [[Ahmad Rashad]], Sportscaster and former [[NFL]] football player
*November 23 – [[Jerry verDorn]], soap opera actor (''[[Guiding Light]]'', ''[[One Life to Live]]'') (died 2022)
*November 24 – [[Damon Evans (actor)|Damon Evans]], actor, (''[[The Jeffersons]]'')
*November 28 – [[Paul Shaffer]], singer
*November 29
**[[Jerry Lawler]], [[WWE]] commentator and pro wrestler
**[[Garry Shandling]], actor and comedian, (''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]'') (died 2016)
*December 2 – [[Ron Raines]], American actor, (''[[Guiding Light]]'')
*December 3 – [[Heather Menzies]], Canadian actress, (''[[Logan's Run (TV series)|Logan's Run]]'') (died 2017)
*December 4 – [[Pamela Stephenson]], New Zealand actress and comedian
*December 5 – [[Lanny Wadkins]], `American golfer
*December 12 – [[Moses Lim]], Singaporean actor (died 1949)
*December 15 – [[Don Johnson]], American actor, (''[[Miami Vice]]'', ''[[Nash Bridges]]'')
*December 19 – [[Rita Taggart]], American actress
*December 21 – [[Michael Horse]], American actor, (''[[Twin Peaks]]'')