Derrick de Kerckhove

Canadian scholar of language and society (born 1944).

Born May 30th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Wanze.

Sverre Anker Ousdal

Norwegian actor.

Born July 18th, 1944 in Flekkefjord Municipality.

Died January 3rd, 2026 at 81 years old ^[ref]

Dick Lowry

American director and film producer.

Born October 15th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Oklahoma. ^[ref]

Joy Fleming

German singer.

Born November 15th, 1944 in Rockenhausen.

Died September 27th, 2017 at 72 years old in Sinsheim. ^[ref]

Boris Klyuyev

Soviet and russian actor (1944-2020).

Born July 13th, 1944 in Moscow.

Died September 1st, 2020 at 76 years old in Moscow (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Tommy Wright

English footballer (1944-2026).

Born October 21st, 1944 in Liverpool.

Died January 20th, 2026 at 81 years old ^[ref]

Anders Petersen

Swedish photographer (born 1944).

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

Mike Silliman

Basketball player (1944-2000).

Born May 5th, 1944 in Louisville.

Died June 16th, 2000 at 56 years old in Louisville.

Zhanna Bichevskaya

Soviet and russian singer and folk musician.

Born June 17th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Moscow.

Rowena Morrill

American artist (1944–2021).

Born September 14th, 1944 in Mississippi.

Died February 11th, 2021 at 76 years old ^[ref]

Bernd Meinunger

German songwriter (1944–2025).

Born September 30th, 1944 in Meiningen.

Died October 17th, 2025 at 81 years old in Grünwald. ^[ref]

Alzhan Zharmukhamedov

Kazakh basketball player (1944–2022).

Born October 2nd, 1944 in Bostanliq District.

Died December 3rd, 2022 at 78 years old in Moscow. ^[ref]

Jules Deelder

Dutch poet (1944-2019).

Born November 24th, 1944 in Rotterdam. ^[ref]

Died December 19th, 2019 at 75 years old in Rotterdam (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Bohuslav Svoboda

Czech politician and physician.

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

Ismail Serageldin

Egyptian academic.

Born May 9th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Giza.

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]

Yona Wallach

Israeli poet (1944–1985).

Born June 10th, 1944 in Tel Aviv.

Died September 26th, 1985 at 41 years old in Kiryat Ono (breast cancer).

Michael Aschbacher

American mathematician.

Born April 8th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Little Rock.

Lucian Boia

Romanian historian.

Born February 2nd, 1944 (age 82 years) in Bucharest.

Lucio Russo

Italian historian and scientist.

Born November 22nd, 1944 in Venice. ^[ref]

Died July 12th, 2025 at 80 years old in Bologna. ^[ref]

Frei Betto

Brazilian dominican friar, writer and activist.

Born August 25th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Belo Horizonte.

Rustam Inoyatov

Uzbek government official.

Born June 22nd, 1944 (age 81 years) in Shirabad.

Sergei Solovyov

Soviet and russian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor (1944—2021).

Born August 25th, 1944 in Kem.

Died December 13th, 2021 at 77 years old in Moscow. ^[ref]

Lee Joo-sil

South korean actress (1944–2025).

Born March 8th, 1944 in Bucheon.

Died February 2nd, 2025 at 80 years old in Uijeongbu (stomach cancer). ^[ref]

Sigiswald Kuijken

Belgian musician.

Born February 16th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Dilbeek.