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In the year 1944

1,618 Notable birthdays

Anna Lizaran

Catalan actress (1944–2013).

Born August 31st, 1944 in Esparreguera.

Died January 12th, 2013 at 68 years old in Barcelona (cancer).

Carl Wolmar Jakob von Uexküll

Swedish-german writer, lecturer, philanthropist, activist, philatelist and politician of baltic german origin (born 1944).

Born August 19th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Uppsala. [ref]

Jesper Svenbro

Swedish poet, classical philologist, and member of the swedish academy.

Born March 10th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Landskrona.

Valmir Louruz

Brazilian association football player and manager (1944–2015).

Born March 13th, 1944 in Porto Alegre.

Died April 29th, 2015 at 71 years old in Porto Alegre. [ref]

Cas Janssens

Dutch footballer (1944–2024).

Born August 3rd, 1944 in Tilburg.

Died July 4th, 2024 at 79 years old in Nîmes. [ref]

Anthea Stewart

Field hockey player.

Born November 20th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Blantyre.

Séamus Freeman

Irish bishop (1944–2022).

Born February 23rd, 1944 in County Tipperary.

Died August 20th, 2022 at 78 years old in Dublin.

Přemysl Sobotka

Czech politician, surgeon and radiologist.

Born May 18th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Mladá Boleslav.

Yelena Volchetskaya

Soviet and belarusian artistic gymnast.

Born December 4th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Hrodna. [ref]

Martin Jellinghaus

German athlete.

Born October 26th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Lauf an der Pegnitz.

John S. Tanner

American politician (born 1944).

Born September 22nd, 1944 (age 81 years) in Halls.

Agustín Tamames

Racing cyclist.

Born October 19th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Monterrubio de Armuña.

Werner Nekes

German film director (1944–2017).

Born April 29th, 1944 in Erfurt, Mülheim an der Ruhr.

Died January 22nd, 2017 at 72 years old in Mülheim an der Ruhr. [ref]

Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu

Romanian foil fencer and sport leader (1944–2022).

Born September 22nd, 1944 in Bucharest.

Died April 6th, 2022 at 77 years old in Bucharest. [ref]

Jean-Pierre Mahé

French historian, armenologist and philologist.

Born March 21st, 1944 (age 82 years) in Paris.

Akbar Kargarjam

Iranian footballer (1944-2025).

Born December 26th, 1944 in Tehran.

Died October 26th, 2025 at 80 years old in Tehran (cancer). [ref]

Alberto Demiddi

Argentine rower (1944–2000).

Born April 11th, 1944 in Buenos Aires.

Died October 25th, 2000 at 56 years old in San Fernando.

Omar Pkhakadze

Soviet racing cyclist (1944–1993).

Born August 12th, 1944 in Kutaisi.

Died May 21st, 1993 at 48 years old in Tbilisi.

Liesel Westermann

German discus thrower.

Born November 2nd, 1944 (age 81 years) in Sulingen.

Jon Edward Ahlquist

American molecular biologist, ornithologist (1944–2020).

Born July 27th, 1944. [ref]

Died May 7th, 2020 at 75 years old in Huntsville. [ref]

Nicolae Zamfir

Romanian association football player and manager.

Born December 14th, 1944 in Craiova.

Died September 14th, 2022 at 77 years old

Hugh Foley

American rower.

Born March 3rd, 1944 in Seattle.

Died November 9th, 2016 at 72 years old

Ioan Robu

Roman catholic archbishop.

Born November 6th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Târgu Secuiesc.

Svetlana Krachevskaya

Soviet shot putter.

Born November 23rd, 1944 (age 81 years) in Shyroke.

Jacques Beurlet

Belgian footballer (1944–2020).

Born December 21st, 1944 in Marche-en-Famenne.

Died September 26th, 2020 at 75 years old in Marche-en-Famenne. [ref]

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