Hwang Jang-lee

South korean martial artist and film actor.

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

Joe Grifasi

American actor.

Born June 14th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Buffalo.

Patrick Depailler

French racecar driver (1944-1980).

Born August 9th, 1944 in Clermont-Ferrand.

Died August 1st, 1980 at 35 years old in Hockenheim (traffic collision).

Arthur J. Nascarella

American actor.

Born November 18th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Suffolk County.

Kevin B. MacDonald

American psychologist and academic.

Born January 24th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Oshkosh.

Aguila Saleh Issa

Libyan politician.

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

Askar Akayev

1st and former president of kyrgyzstan.

Born November 10th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Kyzylbayrak.

Lucía Topolansky

Former political prisoner and uruguayan legislator.

Born September 25th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Montevideo.

Dennis Berry

Film director, actor, screenwriter (1944-2021).

Born August 11th, 1944 in Hollywood.

Died June 12th, 2021 at 76 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. ^[ref]

Simon Winchester

British journalist and popular historian.

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

Celeste Yarnall

American actress (1944-2018).

Born July 26th, 1944 in Long Beach.

Died October 7th, 2018 at 74 years old in Westlake Village (cancer). ^[ref]

James Heckman

American economist.

Born April 19th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Chicago.

Zafarullah Khan Jamali

15th prime minister of pakistan (1944–2020).

Born January 1st, 1944 in Dera Murad Jamali.

Died December 2nd, 2020 at 76 years old in Rawalpindi (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Mary Archer

British chemist (born 1944).

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

Nino Bravo

Spanish recording artist; singer (1944-1973).

Born August 3rd, 1944 in Aielo de Malferit.

Died April 16th, 1973 at 28 years old in Villarrubio (car collision).

Timmy Thomas

American musician (1944–2022).

Born November 13th, 1944 in Evansville.

Died March 11th, 2022 at 77 years old in Miami. ^[ref]

Max Romeo

Jamaican reggae musician (1944–2025).

Born November 22nd, 1944 in Saint James Parish. ^[ref]

Died April 11th, 2025 at 80 years old in Saint Andrew Parish. ^[ref]

Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

British politician (1944–2023).

Born July 7th, 1944 in Roade.

Died December 3rd, 2023 at 79 years old in London (Alzheimer's disease). ^[ref]

Bob Riley

American politician.

Born October 3rd, 1944 (age 81 years) in Ashland.

Karl Marlantes

American businessman and novelist.

Born December 24th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Astoria.

Michael Johnson

American pop, country and folk singer-songwriter and guitarist (1944-2017).

Born August 8th, 1944 in Alamosa.

Died July 25th, 2017 at 72 years old in Minneapolis.

Gregory Hoblit

American film director, television director and television producer (born 1944).

Born November 27th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Abilene.

Patrice Chéreau

French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer (1944-2013).

Born November 2nd, 1944 in Lézigné.

Died October 7th, 2013 at 68 years old in Clichy (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Cazzie Russell

American basketball player.

Born June 7th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Chicago.

George Baker

Dutch singer-songwriter.

Born December 8th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Hoorn.