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In the year 1944

1,618 Notable birthdays

Deng Pufang

Son of deng xiaoping.

Born April 16th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Zuoquan County.

Élisabeth Badinter

French author, historian, and professor.

Born March 5th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Boulogne-Billancourt.

Serge Haroche

French physicist, nobel laureate.

Born September 11th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Casablanca. [ref]

Rory Byrne

South african engineer.

Born January 10th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Pretoria.

Boris Mikhailov

Soviet ice hockey player.

Born October 6th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Moscow.

Louie Dampier

American basketball player-coach.

Born November 20th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Indianapolis.

Ian Wilmut

British embryologist (1944–2023).

Born July 7th, 1944 in Hampton Lucy.

Died September 10th, 2023 at 79 years old (Parkinson's disease). [ref]

Sergei Belov

Soviet professional basketball player (1944-2013).

Born January 23rd, 1944.

Died October 3rd, 2013 at 69 years old in Perm.

Jon Hiseman

English drummer and sound engineer (1944-2018).

Born June 21st, 1944 in London.

Died June 12th, 2018 at 73 years old in London Borough of Sutton (surgical complications).

Terry Cooper

English footballer (born 1944).

Born July 12th, 1944 in Brotherton. [ref]

Died July 31st, 2021 at 77 years old in Leeds. [ref]

Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza

British academic, life peer (born 1944).

Born April 18th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Sussex.

Monty Alexander

Jamaican pianist (born 1944).

Born June 6th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Kingston.

Paul Reaney

English footballer (born 1944).

Born October 22nd, 1944 (age 81 years) in London.

Sandy Posey

American pop singer (1944–2024).

Born June 18th, 1944 in Jasper.

Died July 20th, 2024 at 80 years old in Lebanon (dementia). [ref]

Wild Man Fischer

American musician (1944-2011).

Born November 6th, 1944 in Los Angeles.

Died June 16th, 2011 at 66 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure). [ref]

Paul Madeley

English footballer (1944-2018).

Born September 20th, 1944 in Leeds.

Died July 23rd, 2018 at 73 years old in Leeds (Parkinson's disease). [ref]

Roberta Collins

American actress (1944-2008).

Born November 17th, 1944 in United States.

Died August 16th, 2008 at 63 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Adriano Galliani

Italian football executive and politician.

Born July 30th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Monza.

Catherine Leroy

French photojournalist (1944-2006).

Born August 27th, 1944 in Sannois. [ref]

Died July 8th, 2006 at 61 years old in Santa Monica (lung cancer). [ref]

Steve Daskewisz

American actor (1944-2018).

Born March 14th, 1944 in United States.

Died December 18th, 2018 at 74 years old in Florida (diabetes).

Jonelle Allen

American actress, singer, and dancer.

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

Tomohiro Nishikado

Japanese video game designer, creator of the video game "space invaders" (born 1944).

Born March 31st, 1944 (age 82 years) in Kishiwada.

Adenan Satem

Fifth chief minister of sarawak, malaysia.

Born January 27th, 1944 in Kuching.

Died January 11th, 2017 at 72 years old in Kota Samarahan (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Thom Mayne

American architect (b.1944).

Born January 19th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Waterbury.

Susan Davis

American politician.

Born April 13th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Cambridge.

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