1949 in Spain

Incumbents

• Caudillo: Francisco Franco

Births

• June 15 – Albert Tarantola, physicist
• July 24 – Joan Enric Vives Sicília, archbishop
• September 17 – Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, conductor and composer
• November 2 – José Viejo, cyclist

Deaths

• January 14 – Joaquín Turina, composer
• February 18 – Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, lawyer and politician
• June 25 – Alejandro Lerroux, politician
• Francesca Bonnemaison i Farriols, educator and promoter of female education