Enrique Irazoqui

Spanish actor (1944–2020).

Born July 5th, 1944 in Barcelona.

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

Oleksandr Moroz

Ukrainian politician.

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

Don E. Wilson

American mammalogist.

Born April 30th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Davis.

José Luis Garci

Spanish film director.

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

Daniel Johnson

Quebec politician.

Born December 24th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Montreal.

Chi Cheng

Taiwanese track and field athlete and republic of china politician.

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

Mauro Piacenza

Catholic cardinal.

Born September 15th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Genoa.

Raoul Lambert

Belgian footballer.

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

Renate Blume

German actress.

Born May 3rd, 1944 (age 81 years) in Bad Wildungen.

Albin Planinc

Slovenian chess grandmaster (1944–2008).

Born April 18th, 1944 in Briše.

Died December 20th, 2008 at 64 years old in Ljubljana. ^[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]

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer (1944–2021).

Born August 18th, 1944 in Zelenogradsk. ^[ref]

Died November 22nd, 2021 at 77 years old in Hamburg (cancer). ^[ref]

David M. Walker

American astronaut (1944-2001).

Born May 20th, 1944 in Columbus.

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

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).

Vlastimil Hort

Czech-german chess player.

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

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

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]

Joachim Kühn

German jazz pianist.

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

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]

Hui Liangyu

Chinese politician.

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

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.

James van Hoften

American astronaut.

Born June 11th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Fresno.

Clyde Lee

American former professional basketball player.

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

Matan Vilnai

Israeli politician.

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

John F. Burns

British journalist.

Born October 4th, 1944 in Nottingham. ^[ref]

Died March 12th, 2026 at 81 years old in Cambridgeshire (pneumonia). ^[ref]