Keith Erickson

American basketball player.

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

Paula Danziger

American children's writer (1944–2004).

Born August 18th, 1944 in Washington, D.C..

Died July 8th, 2004 at 59 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).

Wan Muhammad Noor Matha

President of the parliament and speaker of the house of the representatives of thailand.

Born May 11th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Yala. ^[ref]

Nawshirwan Mustafa

Iraqi kurdish politician (1944–2017).

Born December 22nd, 1944 in Sulaymaniyah.

Died May 19th, 2017 at 72 years old in Sulaymaniyah (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Zianon Paźniak

Belarusian politician.

Born April 24th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Subotniki.

Malcolm Bruce

British politician (born 1944).

Born November 17th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Birkenhead.

David Mark Berger

Us-israeli weightlifter, victim of the 1972 olympic assassination attempt.

Born June 24th, 1944 in Shaker Heights.

Died September 6th, 1972 at 28 years old in Munich (smoke inhalation injury).

Brad Cox

American computer scientist (1944–2021).

Born May 2nd, 1944 in Fort Benning. ^[ref]

Died January 2nd, 2021 at 76 years old in Manassas. ^[ref]

Ignatius Joseph III Younan

Syrian-catholic patriarch.

Born November 15th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Hasakah.

Michael Grätzel

Swiss chemist (1944–).

Born May 11th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Dorfchemnitz.

Bruno Vespa

Italian television and newspaper journalist (born 1944).

Born May 27th, 1944 (age 82 years) in L'Aquila.

Rolf M. Zinkernagel

Swiss immunologist (born 1944).

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

Amnon Lipkin-Shahak

15th chief of general staff of the israel defense forces (1944–2012).

Born March 18th, 1944 in Tel Aviv. ^[ref]

Died December 19th, 2012 at 68 years old in Jerusalem (leukemia). ^[ref]

Costa Cordalis

Greek-german singer (1944–2019).

Born May 1st, 1944 in Elateia.

Died July 2nd, 2019 at 75 years old in Santa Ponça. ^[ref]

Christopher Browning

American historian of the holocaust.

Born May 22nd, 1944 (age 82 years) in Durham.

Bassam Tibi

Syrian-german social and political scientist and university lecturer.

Born April 4th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Damascus.

Peter Bieri

Swiss philosopher and writer (1944–2023).

Born June 23rd, 1944 in Bern.

Died June 27th, 2023 at 79 years old in Berlin. ^[ref]

Blago Zadro

Croatian army officer (1944–1991).

Born March 31st, 1944 in Donji Mamići.

Died October 16th, 1991 at 47 years old in Borovo Naselje.

Robert James Carlson

American roman catholic prelate.

Born June 30th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Minneapolis.

Rudi Assauer

German football player and executive (1944–2019).

Born April 30th, 1944 in Sulzbach.

Died February 6th, 2019 at 74 years old in Herten (Alzheimer's disease). ^[ref]

Sergio Markarián

Uruguayan football manager.

Born November 1st, 1944 (age 81 years) in Montevideo.

Kim Yong-il

Premier of north korea from 2007 to 2010.

Born May 2nd, 1944 (age 82 years) in North Korea.

Neroli Fairhall

New zealand paralympic archer (1944–2006).

Born August 26th, 1944 in Christchurch.

Died June 11th, 2006 at 61 years old in Wellington.

Martine Brochard

French actress.

Born April 2nd, 1944 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Died October 18th, 2025 at 81 years old in Morlupo. ^[ref]

George Cables

American jazz pianist.

Born November 14th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Brooklyn.