Nicolae Zamfir

Romanian association football player and manager.

Born December 14th, 1944 in Craiova.

Died September 14th, 2022 at 77 years old

Araquem de Melo

Brazilian footballer (1944-2001).

Born July 7th, 1944 in Rio de Janeiro.

Died October 19th, 2001 at 57 years old in Miami.

Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev

Governor of saint petersburg.

Born November 25th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Olyokminsk.

Yuriy Istomin

Footballer (1944-1999).

Born July 3rd, 1944 in Kharkiv.

Died February 6th, 1999 at 54 years old in Moscow.

Svetlana Krachevskaya

Soviet shot putter.

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

Katsumi Matsumura

Japanese volleyball player.

Born March 8th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Yao.

Michel Vauzelle

French politician.

Born August 15th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Montélimar.

Pedro María Zabalza

Spanish footballer.

Born April 13th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Pamplona.

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]

Gennady Yevryuzhikhin

Soviet footballer (1944-1998).

Born February 4th, 1944 in Kinderle.

Died March 15th, 1998 at 54 years old in Moscow.

Soledad Becerril

Spanish politician.

Born August 16th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Madrid.

Ayo-Maria Atoyebi

Nigerian bishop.

Born December 3rd, 1944 in Ilorin.

Died March 8th, 2025 at 80 years old in Ibadan. ^[ref]

Marcello Bartolucci

Roman catholic archbishop.

Born April 9th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Bastia Umbra.

Jorge Ortiga

Portuguese roman catholic archbishop and the primate of hispânia (all iberian peninsula).

Born March 5th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Brufe.

Ülo Nugis

Estonian politician (1944-2011).

Born April 28th, 1944 in Tallinn.

Died November 18th, 2011 at 67 years old in Tallinn.

Dejan Dabović

Yugoslav water polo player (1944-2020).

Born August 3rd, 1944 in Herceg Novi.

Died December 6th, 2020 at 76 years old in Belgrade. ^[ref]

Dirk Schreyer

German rower.

Born July 28th, 1944 in Lauenburg/Elbe.

Died December 5th, 2025 at 81 years old ^[ref]

Valeri Zykov

Russian footballer.

Born February 24th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Nizhny Novgorod.

Charly Grosskost

French road bicycle racer (1944–2004).

Born March 5th, 1944 in Eckbolsheim.

Died June 19th, 2004 at 60 years old in Saverne (traffic collision).

Roberto Hodge

Chilean footballer (1944-1985).

Born July 30th, 1944 in La Serena.

Died August 12th, 1986 at 42 years old in Santiago (pancreatic cancer).

Juan Rodríguez

Chilean footballer (1944-2021).

Born January 16th, 1944 in Santiago.

Died September 1st, 2021 at 77 years old (liver cancer). ^[ref]

Pierre Trentin

French racing cyclist.

Born May 15th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Créteil.

Joseph Benz

Bobsledder (1944–2021).

Born May 20th, 1944 in Zurich.

Died February 5th, 2021 at 76 years old in Zurich (COVID-19). ^[ref]

Béla Katona

Hungarian politician.

Born February 9th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Budapest.

Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński

Polish sociologist, university teacher, and science fiction writer (1944–2015).

Born May 4th, 1944 in Sucha, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Died January 4th, 2015 at 70 years old in Warsaw.