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In the year 1944

1,618 Notable birthdays

John Pasquin

Film director.

Born November 30th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Beloit.

El Anatsui

Ghanaian painter and sculptor (born 1944).

Born June 13th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Anyako, Ghana.

Gary Goldman

American film director and producer (born 1944).

Born November 17th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Oakland.

Francisco Sagasti

President of peru from 2020 to 2021.

Born October 10th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Lima. [ref]

John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith

Scottish politician.

Born October 4th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Glasgow.

Karin Schubert

German mainstream and pornographic actress (1944-).

Born November 26th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Hamburg.

Andrew G. Vajna

Hungarian film producer (1944–2019).

Born August 1st, 1944 in Budapest. [ref]

Died January 20th, 2019 at 74 years old in Budapest (disease). [ref]

Eric Bogle

Scottish born australian folk musician.

Born September 23rd, 1944 (age 81 years) in Peebles.

Peter Fechter

German bricklayer (1944-1962).

Born January 14th, 1944 in Berlin.

Died August 17th, 1962 at 18 years old in Checkpoint Charlie (gunshot wound).

Garo Yepremian

American football player (1944-2015).

Born June 2nd, 1944 in Larnaca.

Died May 15th, 2015 at 70 years old in Media (brain cancer). [ref]

Oh Yeong-su

South korean actor (born 1944).

Born October 19th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Kaepung-gun. [ref]

Bob Brown

Australian greens politician, medical doctor, environmentalist.

Born December 27th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Oberon.

Linda Gary

American voice actor (1944-1995).

Born November 4th, 1944 in Los Angeles.

Died October 5th, 1995 at 50 years old in North Hollywood (heart failure, brain cancer).

Roberto D'Aubuisson

Extreme-right salvadoran soldier, politician and death-squad leader (1944-1992).

Born August 23rd, 1944 in Santa Tecla.

Died February 20th, 1992 at 47 years old in San Salvador (tongue cancer).

Francis Lee

English footballer (1944–2023).

Born April 29th, 1944 in Westhoughton.

Died October 2nd, 2023 at 79 years old in Manchester (cancer). [ref]

Ayad Allawi

Prime minister of iraq from 2004 to 2005.

Born May 31st, 1944 (age 81 years) in Baghdad.

John Abercrombie

American jazz guitarist (1944–2017).

Born December 16th, 1944 in Port Chester. [ref]

Died August 22nd, 2017 at 72 years old in Cortland (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Günter Netzer

German association football player (born 1944).

Born September 14th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Mönchengladbach.

George Graham

Scottish footballer (born 1944).

Born November 30th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Glasgow.

Vojislav Koštunica

Serbian politician.

Born March 24th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Belgrade.

Mel Daniels

American basketball player and coach (1944-2015).

Born July 20th, 1944 in Detroit.

Died October 30th, 2015 at 71 years old in Sheridan (surgical complications).

Aguila Saleh Issa

Libyan politician.

Born January 1st, 1944 (age 82 years) in Al Qubbah.

Hwang Jang-lee

South korean martial artist and film actor.

Born December 21st, 1944 (age 81 years) in Aomori Prefecture.

Mary Archer

British chemist (born 1944).

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

Simon Winchester

British journalist and popular historian.

Born September 28th, 1944 (age 81 years) in London.

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