The following lists events that happened during 1949 in Poland.

• President - Bolesław Bierut^[1]
• Prime Minister - Józef Cyrankiewicz

• 2 September - The Society of Fighters for Freedom and Democracy is established.
• The Three-Year Plan ends.

• 15 April – Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm, writer
• 25 April – Grażyna Tyszko, politician
• 4 May – Stanisław Stolarczyk, journalist, reporter, writer
• 18 June
  • Jarosław Kaczyński, Prime Minister of Poland
  • Lech Kaczyński, Prime Minister of Poland (died 2010)
• 3 October 1949 – Svika Pick, Israeli pop singer, songwriter, composer, and television personality (died 2022)

• 5 June - Emilia Malessa, Freedom and Independence member, committed suicide in prison (born 1907)
• 24 July - Konstanty Skirmunt, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1921-1922 (born 1866)
• 27 December - Antoni Ponikowski, politician (born 1878)