Evan Parker

English saxophonist.

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

Willie Morgan

Scottish footballer (born 1944).

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

Pepe Romero

Spanish musician (born 1944).

Born March 8th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Málaga.

Alan Woods

British political theorist.

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

Mordechai Spiegler

Israeli footballer and manager.

Born August 19th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Asbest.

Bruno Platter

Grand master of the teutonic knights.

Born March 21st, 1944 (age 82 years) in Ritten.

Karl Maka

Hong kong actor, producer and film director.

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

Alain Souchon

French recording artist, singer, songwriter and actor.

Born May 27th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Casablanca.

William Dear

Film director.

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

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.

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]

Pierre Bachelet

French singer-songwriter.

Born May 25th, 1944 in 12th arrondissement of Paris.

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

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]

Luis Ladaria Ferrer

Spanish roman catholic cardinal (born 1944).

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

John Surman

British saxophonist and clarinetist.

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

Jean-Pierre Castaldi

French actor.

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

Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri

Italian comic writer.

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

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

Laurence Owen

Figure skater (1944–1961).

Born May 9th, 1944 in Berkeley.

Died February 15th, 1961 at 16 years old in Brussels (aviation accident).

Nicoletta Machiavelli

Italian actress (1944-2015).

Born September 8th, 1944 in Ravarino.

Died November 15th, 2015 at 71 years old in Seattle (disease). ^[ref]

Joan Gaspart

Spanish businessman.

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

Martin Potter

British actor.

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

Daniel Pennac

French author.

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