Willie Morgan

Scottish footballer (born 1944).

Born October 2nd, 1944 (age 81 years) in Alloa.

Evan Parker

English saxophonist.

Born April 5th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Bristol.

Yasuko Konoe

Japanese former princess; eldest child of takahito, prince mikasa, and yuriko, princess mikasa.

Born April 26th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Numazu Imperial Villa.

Edward Yourdon

American software engineer and pioneer in the software engineering methodology (1944-2016).

Born April 30th, 1944.

Died January 20th, 2016 at 71 years old

Karl Maka

Hong kong actor, producer and film director.

Born February 29th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Taishan. ^[ref]

Uschi Glas

German actress.

Born March 2nd, 1944 (age 82 years) in Landau an der Isar.

Naná Vasconcelos

Brazilian percussionist (1944–2016).

Born August 2nd, 1944 in Recife.

Died March 9th, 2016 at 71 years old in Recife (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Salvador Moncada

British pharmacologist (1944-).

Born December 3rd, 1944 (age 81 years) in Tegucigalpa.

Luis Ladaria Ferrer

Spanish roman catholic cardinal (born 1944).

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

Pierre Bachelet

French singer-songwriter.

Born May 25th, 1944 in Paris.

Died February 15th, 2005 at 60 years old in Suresnes (lung cancer).

Alain Souchon

French recording artist, singer, songwriter and actor.

Born May 27th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Casablanca.

Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri

Italian comic writer.

Born February 29th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Venice.

Alan Woods

British political theorist.

Born October 23rd, 1944 (age 81 years) in Swansea.

John Surman

British saxophonist and clarinetist.

Born August 20th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Tavistock. ^[ref]

William Dear

Film director.

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

Stanley Fung

Hong kong and taiwanese actor, screenwriter, and film director (1944–2025).

Born November 8th, 1944 in Shunde County.

Died October 31st, 2025 at 80 years old in Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. ^[ref]

Nelson Freire

Brazilian pianist (1944–2021).

Born October 18th, 1944 in Boa Esperança. ^[ref]

Died November 1st, 2021 at 77 years old in Rio de Janeiro. ^[ref]

Colin Blakemore

British neurobiologist (1944–2022).

Born June 1st, 1944 in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Died June 27th, 2022 at 78 years old in Oxford. ^[ref]

George Armstrong

English footballer and manager (1944-2000).

Born August 9th, 1944 in Belfast.

Died November 1st, 2000 at 56 years old in Hemel Hempstead (cerebral hemorrhage). ^[ref]

Jean-Pierre Castaldi

French actor.

Born October 1st, 1944 (age 81 years) in Grenoble.

Daniel Pennac

French author.

Born December 1st, 1944 (age 81 years) in Casablanca.

Ivica Račan

7th prime minister of croatia (1944–2007).

Born February 24th, 1944 in Ebersbach, Ebersbach-Neugersdorf.

Died April 29th, 2007 at 63 years old in Zagreb (kidney cancer). ^[ref]

Iêda Maria Vargas

Brazilian model (1944–2025).

Born December 31st, 1944 in Porto Alegre.

Died December 22nd, 2025 at 80 years old in Gramado. ^[ref]

Martin Potter

British actor.

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

Joan Gaspart

Spanish businessman.

Born October 11th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Barcelona.