A list of events in 1949 related to serial killers.
January[]
- 25 — Donnie Burl Lemons is born.
- 31 — Victor Awwad died.
- 31 — Robert Berdella is born.
February[]
- 5 — Donald Blom is born.
- 10 — Howard Allen is born.
- 18 — Gary Ridgway is born.
- 24 — Randy Greenawalt is born.
- 27 — Gary Muehlberg is born.
March[]
- 1 — Donald Harding is born.
- 9 — Anthony Cook is born.
- 14 — Dennis Bowman is born.
- 29 — Lutz Reinstrom is born.
April[]
May[]
- 2 — Brian Alpress Hunt is born.
- 4 — Marvin Irvin is born.
- 9 — Arthur Ream is born .
June[]
- 8 — David Meirhofer is born.
- 15 — Jeffrey Paul Cutlip is born.
- 15 — Joe Clarence Smith is born.
- 27 — Mark Alan Smith is born.
- 29 — Warren Forrest is born.
July[]
- 5 — Larry Ralston is born.
- 12 — David Likens is born.
- 15 — Jake Bird died.
- 25 — Chen Jui-chin is born.
August[]
- 3 — Leslie Burchart is born.
- 4 — David Mark Pruett is born.
- 10 — John Haigh died.
- 14 — Ray Gardner is apprehended.
September[]
- 11 — James Kinney is born.
- 17 — Harvey Carignan is apprehended.
October[]
- 4 — Marion Albert Pruett is born.
- 5 — Yoshio Kodaira died.
- 9 — Thomas Maupin is born.
- 22 — Houston Roberts is apprehended.
- 24 — Robert Pickton is born.
- 29 — Mike Mageau (victim) is born.
- 30 — Larry Bell is born.
November[]
- 22 — Charles Floyd is apprehended.
December[]
- 3 — Fernando Caro is born.
- 16 — Koos Hertogs is born.
Unknown[]
- ? — Ai Hongguang is born.
- ? — Tom Begeja is born.
- ? — Robert Edward Brown is born.
- ? — Alexander Bushuyev is born.
- ? — Ricardo Caputo is born.
- ? — Ulisa Chavers is born.
- ? — Karel Dvořák is born.
- ? — John Haigh is apprehended.
- ? — Valdek Laas is born.
- ? — Florentino Lluva Macho is apprehended.
- ? — Michael Nicholaou is born.
- ? — Carl Patton is born.
- ? — Vladimir Sarenpya is born.
- ? — Brandon Tholmer is born.
- ? — James Walraven is born.
- ? — Kiyoshi Watanabe is born.
- ? — Kurt-Werner Wichmann is born.
- ? — Laron Williams is born.