Chico Mendes

Brazilian trade union leader and environmentalist (1944–1988).

Born December 15th, 1944 in Xapuri.

Died December 22nd, 1988 at 44 years old in Xapuri (gunshot wound).

Jim McCarty

English drummer.

Born July 25th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Liverpool.

Emanuel Cleaver

U.s. representative from missouri.

Born October 26th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Waxahachie.

Glen Cook

American fiction writer.

Born July 9th, 1944 (age 81 years) in New York City.

Robert C. Merton

American economist.

Born July 31st, 1944 (age 81 years) in New York City.

Chris Wood

British rock musician; member of the english rock band traffic.

Born June 24th, 1944 in Birmingham. ^[ref]

Died July 12th, 1983 at 39 years old in Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (pneumonia). ^[ref]

Paul Koslo

German-born canadian actor.

Born June 27th, 1944 in Germany.

Died January 9th, 2019 at 74 years old in Lake Hughes (pancreatic cancer).

Gigi Riva

Italian association football player (1944–2024).

Born November 7th, 1944 in Leggiuno.

Died January 22nd, 2024 at 79 years old in Cagliari (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Donald Tsang

Hong kong politician (born 1944).

Born October 7th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.

Christopher Browning

American historian of the holocaust.

Born May 22nd, 1944 (age 81 years) in Durham.