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In the year 1944

1,502 Notable birthdays

Carlos Villagrán

Mexican actor and comedian.

Born January 12th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Mexico City.

Frazer Hines

English actor and cancer survivor.

Born September 22nd, 1944 (age 81 years) in Horsforth.

Andrew Loog Oldham

English record producer, talent manager, impresario and author.

Born January 29th, 1944 (age 82 years) in London.

Ernest Moniz

13th united states secretary of energy.

Born December 22nd, 1944 (age 81 years) in Fall River.

Frank McRae

American actor (1944–2021).

Born March 18th, 1944 in Memphis. [ref]

Died April 29th, 2021 at 77 years old in Santa Monica. [ref]

Mike d'Abo

English singer and songwriter.

Born March 1st, 1944 (age 82 years) in Betchworth.

Claude-Michel Schönberg

Breton composer of musical theater.

Born July 6th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Vannes.

Millie Jackson

American singer.

Born July 15th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Thomson.

W. G. Sebald

German writer and academic (1944-2001).

Born May 18th, 1944 in Wertach. [ref]

Died December 14th, 2001 at 57 years old in Norfolk (car collision). [ref]

Bernie Worrell

American musician (1944–2016).

Born April 19th, 1944 in Long Branch.

Died June 24th, 2016 at 72 years old in Everson (lung cancer).

Jean-Pierre Léaud

French actor.

Born May 28th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Paris. [ref]

Jesse Winchester

American-canadian singer-songwriter, producer.

Born May 17th, 1944 in Bossier City. [ref]

Died April 11th, 2014 at 69 years old in Charlottesville (esophageal cancer). [ref]

Sali Berisha

Albanian politician.

Born October 15th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Viçidol.

Jennifer Salt

American actress, writer and producer.

Born September 4th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Los Angeles.

Julian Holloway

British actor (1944–2025).

Born June 24th, 1944 in Watlington.

Died February 16th, 2025 at 80 years old in Bournemouth. [ref]

Charlie Musselwhite

American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader.

Born January 31st, 1944 (age 82 years) in Kosciusko.

Michael David Jackson

British army officer (1944–2024).

Born March 21st, 1944 in Sheffield. [ref]

Died October 15th, 2024 at 80 years old (prostate cancer). [ref]

Maureen Tucker

American musician.

Born August 26th, 1944 (age 81 years) in New York City.

Susan Howard

American actress.

Born January 28th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Marshall.

Kathy Acker

American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (1947–1997).

Born April 18th, 1944 in New York City.

Died November 30th, 1997 at 53 years old in Tijuana (cancer, breast cancer).

Richard Gant

American actor.

Born March 10th, 1944 (age 82 years) in San Francisco.

Ahmed Chalabi

Iraqi politician (1945–2015).

Born October 30th, 1944 in Kadhimiya.

Died November 3rd, 2015 at 71 years old in Baghdad (myocardial infarction).

Victoria Vetri

American playboy model.

Born September 26th, 1944 (age 81 years) in San Francisco.

Eric Bloom

American singer, songwriter and musician.

Born December 1st, 1944 (age 81 years) in New York City.

Kevin Ayers

English singer-songwriter, record producer.

Born August 16th, 1944 in Herne Bay. [ref]

Died February 20th, 2013 at 68 years old in Montolieu. [ref]

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