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In the year 1944

1,618 Notable birthdays

Ron Huldai

Mayor of tel aviv.

Born August 26th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Hulda.

Barbara Thompson

English jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer (1944–2022).

Born July 27th, 1944 in Oxford. [ref]

Died July 9th, 2022 at 77 years old [ref]

Ralph MacDonald

Trinbagonian-american percussionist, songwriter, musical arranger, record producer, steelpan virtuoso and philanthropist.

Born March 15th, 1944 in New York City.

Died December 18th, 2011 at 67 years old in Stamford (lung cancer). [ref]

Jackie Lomax

English recording artist; guitarist and singer-songwriter.

Born May 10th, 1944 in Wallasey.

Died September 15th, 2013 at 69 years old in Wirral Peninsula. [ref]

Wolfgang Joop

German fashion designer.

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

Cyril Knowles

Footballer and manager (1944-1991).

Born July 13th, 1944 in Fitzwilliam.

Died August 30th, 1991 at 47 years old in Middlesbrough.

Abdul Hamid

President of bangladesh in 2013-2023.

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

Anjana Bhowmick

Indian actress.

Born December 30th, 1944 in Cooch Behar.

Died February 17th, 2024 at 79 years old in Kolkata. [ref]

Amien Rais

Indonesian politician (born 1944).

Born April 26th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Surakarta.

Dan Glickman

American businessman and politician.

Born November 24th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Wichita.

Witi Ihimaera

New zealand writer.

Born February 7th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Gisborne.

Anthony Barnes Atkinson

British economist (1944–2017).

Born September 4th, 1944 in Caerleon.

Died January 1st, 2017 at 72 years old in Oxford (bone cancer). [ref]

Jean-Louis Gassée

French businessman.

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

John Holdren

American scientist and presidential advisor.

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

Bernard Tschumi

Swiss architect (born 1944).

Born January 25th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Lausanne.

Morgan Paull

Actor (1944-2012).

Born December 15th, 1944 in New York City.

Died July 17th, 2012 at 67 years old in Ashland (stomach cancer). [ref]

Alex Acuña

Peruvian musician.

Born December 12th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Pativilca.

Oleg Yankovsky

Soviet and russian actor (1944-2009).

Born February 23rd, 1944 in Karsakpay.

Died May 20th, 2009 at 65 years old in Moscow (pancreatic cancer).

Piet Oudolf

Dutch landscape architect (born 1944).

Born October 27th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Haarlem.

Ulli Lommel

German actor, film director and screenwriter (1944-2017).

Born December 21st, 1944 in Sulęcin.

Died December 2nd, 2017 at 72 years old in Stuttgart (heart failure). [ref]

Grandpa Elliott

American musician (1944–2022).

Born July 10th, 1944 in New Orleans.

Died March 8th, 2022 at 77 years old in Jefferson. [ref]

Roy Bhaskar

British philosopher (1944-2014).

Born May 15th, 1944 in Teddington.

Died November 19th, 2014 at 70 years old in Leeds.

Lamberto Bava

Italian film director.

Born April 3rd, 1944 (age 82 years) in Rome.

Alan Stivell

Breton musician.

Born January 6th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Riom.

Christian Boltanski

French sculptor, photographer, painter and film maker (1944–2021).

Born September 6th, 1944 in Paris, 7th arrondissement of Paris.

Died July 14th, 2021 at 76 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.

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