Ticky Holgado

French actor (1944-2004).

Born June 24th, 1944 in Toulouse.

Died January 22nd, 2004 at 59 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (cancer, lung cancer).

Bobo Stenson

Swedish jazz pianist.

Born August 4th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Västerås.

Nexhat Daci

Kosovan politician.

Born July 26th, 1944 in Veliki Trnovac.

Died January 1st, 2026 at 81 years old in Pristina. ^[ref]

Enrique Irazoqui

Spanish actor (1944–2020).

Born July 5th, 1944 in Barcelona.

Died September 16th, 2020 at 76 years old in Barcelona. ^[ref]

Antonio Cantafora

Italian actor (1944–2024).

Born February 2nd, 1944 in Crotone.

Died April 20th, 2024 at 80 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Don E. Wilson

American mammalogist.

Born April 30th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Davis.

Vlastimil Hort

Czech-german chess player.

Born January 12th, 1944 in Kladno. ^[ref]

Died May 12th, 2025 at 81 years old in Eitorf. ^[ref]

Kamal Kharazi

Iranian academic and politician.

Born December 1st, 1944 in Tehran.

Died April 9th, 2026 at 81 years old in Tehran (airstrike). ^[ref]

Dennis Russell Davies

American conductor and pianist.

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

Salvatore Samperi

Italian film director (1944–2009).

Born July 26th, 1944 in Padua.

Died March 5th, 2009 at 64 years old in Rome.

John Komlos

Academic.

Born December 28th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Budapest.

José Luis Garci

Spanish film director.

Born January 20th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Madrid.

Chi Cheng

Taiwanese track and field athlete and republic of china politician.

Born March 15th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Shinchiku City.

Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro

Cape verdean politician and former president of cape verde (1944-2016).

Born February 16th, 1944 in Ribeira da Barca. ^[ref]

Died September 16th, 2016 at 72 years old in Praia. ^[ref]

Renate Blume

German actress.

Born May 3rd, 1944 (age 82 years) in Bad Wildungen.

Hassan Moustafa

Egyptian handball player.

Born July 28th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Cairo.

Fatiha Boudiaf

Algerian activist.

Born November 28th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Oran.

Raoul Lambert

Belgian footballer.

Born October 20th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Oostkamp.

Roberto Fontanarrosa

Argentinian cartoonist and writer (1944-2007).

Born November 26th, 1944 in Rosario.

Died July 19th, 2007 at 62 years old in Rosario (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). ^[ref]

Brian Farrell

Irish roman catholic bishop (born 1944).

Born February 8th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Dublin.

Aldo Agroppi

Italian footballer and manager (1944–2025).

Born April 14th, 1944 in Piombino.

Died January 2nd, 2025 at 80 years old in Piombino. ^[ref]

Clyde Lee

American former professional basketball player.

Born March 14th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Nashville.

David M. Walker

American astronaut (1944-2001).

Born May 20th, 1944 in Columbus.

Died April 23rd, 2001 at 56 years old in Houston (stroke).

Bohuslav Svoboda

Czech politician and physician.

Born February 8th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Prague.

Joachim Kühn

German jazz pianist.

Born March 15th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Leipzig.