Anthony Heald

Actor.

Born August 25th, 1944 (age 81 years) in New Rochelle.

Peter Asher

English guitarist, singer, manager and record producer.

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

Rafiq Hariri

Prime minister of lebanon (1992–1998, 2000–2004).

Born November 1st, 1944 in Sidon.

Died February 14th, 2005 at 60 years old in Beirut (suicide car bombing).

Dzhokhar Dudayev

Soviet general, chechen leader (1944-1996).

Born February 15th, 1944 in Yalkhoroy.

Died April 21st, 1996 at 52 years old in Gekhi-Chu (missile strike).

Nǃxau

Bush farmer, actor.

Born December 16th, 1944 in Tsumkwe.

Died July 5th, 2003 at 58 years old in Tsumkwe (tuberculosis).

Shibu Soren

Indian politician and former chief minister of jharkhand.

Born January 11th, 1944 in Ramgarh district.

Died August 4th, 2025 at 81 years old in Delhi. ^[ref]

Booker T. Jones

American musician.

Born November 12th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Memphis.

Arthur Brown

English singer (born 1942).

Born June 24th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Whitby.

John Kay

American rock musician.

Born April 12th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Sovetsk.

Earl Monroe

American basketball player.

Born November 21st, 1944 (age 81 years) in Philadelphia.

Kiri Te Kanawa

New zealand opera singer.

Born March 6th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Gisborne.

William F. Garrison

United states army officer.

Born June 27th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Texas.

Gennady Zyuganov

Russian politician.

Born June 26th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Mymrino.

Ren Zhengfei

Chinese businessman.

Born October 25th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Zhenning Buyei and Miao Autonomous County.

Paul Wellstone

American politician (1944-2002).

Born July 21st, 1944 in Washington, D.C..

Died October 25th, 2002 at 58 years old in Eveleth (aviation accident).

Cathy Lee Crosby

American actress.

Born December 2nd, 1944 (age 81 years) in Los Angeles.

Brian Tracy

American motivational speaker and writer.

Born January 5th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Charlottetown.

Leila Khaled

Palestinian refugee, former militant, and member of the popular front for the liberation of palestine.

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

Gabrielle Drake

British actress.

Born March 30th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Lahore.

Tommie Smith

American track and field athlete.

Born June 6th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Clarksville.

Ravindra Jain

Indian composer (1944–2015).

Born February 28th, 1944 in Aligarh.

Died October 9th, 2015 at 71 years old in Mumbai (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). ^[ref]

Terry Brooks

American writer (b. 1944).

Born January 8th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Sterling.

Rocío Dúrcal

Spanish singer and actress (1944–2006).

Born October 4th, 1944 in Madrid.

Died March 25th, 2006 at 61 years old in Torrelodones (uterine cancer). ^[ref]

Steve Beshear

61st governor of kentucky.

Born September 21st, 1944 (age 81 years) in Dawson Springs.

Jim Capaldi

English musician and songwriter.

Born August 2nd, 1944 in Evesham.

Died January 28th, 2005 at 60 years old in London (stomach cancer). ^[ref]