José Luis Garci

Spanish film director.

Born January 20th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Madrid.

Daniel Johnson

Quebec politician.

Born December 24th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Montreal.

Chi Cheng

Taiwanese track and field athlete and republic of china politician.

Born March 15th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Shinchiku City.

Mauro Piacenza

Catholic cardinal.

Born September 15th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Genoa.

Raoul Lambert

Belgian footballer.

Born October 20th, 1944 (age 81 years) in Oostkamp.

Renate Blume

German actress.

Born May 3rd, 1944 (age 81 years) in Bad Wildungen.

Albin Planinc

Slovenian chess grandmaster.

Born April 18th, 1944 in Briše.

Died December 20th, 2008 at 64 years old in Ljubljana. ^[ref]

Kamal Kharazi

Iranian academic and politician.

Born December 1st, 1944 (age 81 years) in Tehran.

David M. Walker

American astronaut (1944-2001).

Born May 20th, 1944 in Columbus.

Died April 23rd, 2001 at 56 years old in Houston (stroke).

Vlastimil Hort

Czech-german chess player.

Born January 12th, 1944 in Kladno. ^[ref]

Died May 12th, 2025 at 81 years old in Eitorf. ^[ref]