Ahmed Chalabi

Iraqi politician (1945–2015).

Born October 30th, 1944 in Kadhimiya.

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

Susan Howard

American actress.

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

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]

Seán Patrick O'Malley

Roman catholic cardinal.

Born June 29th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Lakewood.

Victoria Vetri

American playboy model.

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

Richard Gant

American actor.

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

Kevin Ayers

English singer-songwriter, record producer (1944–2013).

Born August 16th, 1944 in Herne Bay.

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

Eric Bloom

American singer, songwriter and musician.

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

Tabassum

Indian film actress.

Born July 9th, 1944 in Mumbai.

Died November 18th, 2022 at 78 years old (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Vernor Vinge

American mathematician, computer scientist, and science fiction writer (1944–2024).

Born October 2nd, 1944 in Waukesha.

Died March 20th, 2024 at 79 years old in La Jolla. ^[ref]

Jan Schakowsky

American politician.

Born May 26th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Chicago.

John Newcombe

Australian tennis player.

Born May 23rd, 1944 (age 82 years) in Sydney.

Richard Leakey

Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist, and politician (1944-2022).

Born December 19th, 1944 in Nairobi.

Died January 2nd, 2022 at 77 years old in Nairobi. ^[ref]

Elizabeth Loftus

American cognitive psychologist.

Born October 16th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Los Angeles.

Brooke Bundy

American actress.

Born August 8th, 1944 (age 81 years) in New York City.

David Trimble

First minister of northern ireland from 1998 to 2002.

Born October 15th, 1944 in Belfast.

Died July 25th, 2022 at 77 years old in Belfast. ^[ref]

Jacques Doillon

Film director (born 1944).

Born March 15th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Paris.

Brian Weiss

American psychiatrist.

Born November 6th, 1944 (age 81 years) in New York City.

Jane Lapotaire

British stage and film actress (1944–2026).

Born December 26th, 1944 in Ipswich.

Died March 5th, 2026 at 81 years old ^[ref]

Michael Nyman

English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist.

Born March 23rd, 1944 (age 82 years) in Stratford.

Pik-Sen Lim

Malaysian-british actress.

Born September 15th, 1944 in Penang.

Died June 9th, 2025 at 80 years old in Ludlow. ^[ref]

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

American-dutch computer scientist.

Born March 16th, 1944 (age 82 years) in New York City. ^[ref]

Joe Eszterhas

Hungarian-american screenwriter.

Born November 23rd, 1944 (age 81 years) in Csákánydoroszló.

George McCrae

American musician.

Born October 19th, 1944 (age 81 years) in West Palm Beach.