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.

Yuriy Istomin

Footballer (1944-1999).

Born July 3rd, 1944 in Kharkiv.

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

Pedro María Zabalza

Spanish footballer.

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

Marcello Bartolucci

Roman catholic archbishop.

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

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]

Gennady Yevryuzhikhin

Soviet footballer (1944-1998).

Born February 4th, 1944 in Kinderle.

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

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.

Valeri Zykov

Russian footballer.

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

Soledad Becerril

Spanish politician.

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

Dirk Schreyer

German rower.

Born July 28th, 1944 in Lauenburg/Elbe.

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

Daniel Yuste

Spanish cyclist (1944-2020).

Born November 17th, 1944 in Leganés.

Died March 26th, 2020 at 75 years old in Leganés (COVID-19). ^[ref]

Joseph Benz

Bobsledder (1944–2021).

Born May 20th, 1944 in Zurich.

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

Pierre Trentin

French racing cyclist.

Born May 15th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Créteil.

Ronald Joseph

American pair skater.

Born October 9th, 1944 in Chicago.

Died January 20th, 2026 at 81 years old in Ponte Vedra Beach. ^[ref]

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).

Larry Hough

American rower.

Born April 4th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Janesville.

Gérard Farison

French footballer (1944–2021).

Born March 15th, 1944 in Terrenoire, Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds.

Died September 8th, 2021 at 77 years old in Saint-Raphaël (Alzheimer's disease). ^[ref]

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.

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).

Béla Katona

Hungarian politician.

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

Yoshitada Yamaguchi

Japanese association football player.

Born September 28th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Fujieda. ^[ref]

Serghei Covaliov

Canoe racer (1944-2011).

Born October 14th, 1944 in Mila 23.

Died May 16th, 2011 at 66 years old in Letea. ^[ref]

Gerrit Berveling

Dutch esperanto author.

Born April 1st, 1944 (age 82 years) in Vlaardingen. ^[ref]

Juan José Lucas

Spanish politician.

Born May 10th, 1944 (age 81 years) in El Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma.