Heikki Westerinen

Finnish chess player.

Born April 27th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Helsinki.

Jean-Marie Klinkenberg

Belgian linguist and semiotician.

Born October 8th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Verviers.

Christine Schorn

German actress.

Born February 1st, 1944 (age 82 years) in Prague.

Jesús Aranguren

Spanish football player and manager (1944-2011).

Born December 26th, 1944 in Portugalete.

Died March 21st, 2011 at 66 years old in Barakaldo (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Vincenzo Silvano Casulli

Italian astronomer (1944-2018).

Born August 25th, 1944 in Putignano.

Died July 24th, 2018 at 73 years old in Fonte Nuova. ^[ref]

László Tahi Tóth

Hungarian actor (1944-2018).

Born January 23rd, 1944 in Budapest.

Died February 22nd, 2018 at 74 years old in Budapest (cerebrovascular disease). ^[ref]

Juan Ignacio Basaguren

Mexican footballer.

Born July 21st, 1944 (age 81 years) in Mexico City.

Enrique Porta

Footballer aragon winner once the pichichi trophy..

Born December 17th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Aragon, Villanueva de Gállego.

Jan Verheyen

Belgian footballer.

Born July 9th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Hoogstraten.

Per Ivar Moe

Norwegian speed skater.

Born November 11th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Ålesund Municipality.

Miroslav Poljak

Croatian water polo player (1944-2015).

Born September 3rd, 1944 in Zagreb.

Died November 2nd, 2015 at 71 years old in Zagreb.

Ymer Pampuri

Albanian weightlifter.

Born April 20th, 1944 in Tirana.

Died January 18th, 2017 at 72 years old in Tirana. ^[ref]

Klaus Wedemeier

German politician, mayor of bremen.

Born January 12th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Hof.

Nelson Prudêncio

Athletics competitor (1944–2012).

Born April 4th, 1944 in Lins.

Died November 23rd, 2012 at 68 years old in São Paulo (lung cancer).

Franco Cordova

Italian footballer.

Born June 21st, 1944 (age 81 years) in Forlì.

Spartaco Landini

Italian footballer (1944-2017).

Born January 31st, 1944 in Terranuova Bracciolini. ^[ref]

Died April 16th, 2017 at 73 years old in Genoa. ^[ref]

Mary Shannon

English table tennis player.

Born February 12th, 1944 (age 82 years) in England.

Flávio Minuano

Brazilian footballer and manager.

Born July 9th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Porto Alegre. ^[ref]

Dariush Mostafavi

Iranian footballer (1944-2025).

Born September 8th, 1944 in Tehran.

Died August 1st, 2025 at 80 years old ^[ref]

Stoyan Yordanov

Bulgarian footballer.

Born January 29th, 1944 in Sofia.

Died November 14th, 2025 at 81 years old ^[ref]

Nasr El-Deen Abbas

Sudanese footballer.

Born August 13th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Omdurman.

Juan Carlos Touriño

Footballer (1944–2017).

Born July 14th, 1944 in Buenos Aires.

Died March 7th, 2017 at 72 years old in Buenos Aires (pancreas disease).

Volodymyr Kaplychnyi

Ukrainian footballer (1944-2004).

Born February 26th, 1944 in Kamianets-Podilskyi.

Died April 19th, 2004 at 60 years old in Kyiv.

Wojciech Marczewski

Polish film director.

Born February 28th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Łódź.

Fethi Heper

Turkish association football player (1944–2025).

Born February 3rd, 1944 in Eskişehir.

Died February 13th, 2025 at 81 years old in Odunpazarı. ^[ref]