1944 births

American filmmaker and philanthropist (born 1944)

Prime Minister of India (1984-1989)

Michael Kirk Douglas is an American actor and film producer. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Honorary Palme d'Or and the AFI Life Achievement Award.

American author and activist (born 1944)

President of Sudan from 1989 to 2019

Czech politician, president of the Czech Republic from 2013 to 2023

President of Uganda since 1986

American actor, comedian, director and producer

American political activist, scholar, and author (born 1944)

Diana Ross is an American singer and actress. Known as the "Queen of Motown", she was the lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes, who became Motown's most successful act during the 1960s and one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. They remain the best-charting female group in history, with a total of 12 number-one pop singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

British singer (1944–2014)

peace activist (born 1944)

Soviet general, Chechen leader (1944-1996)

former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

English guitarist (born 1944)

Lawrence Joseph Ellison is an American businessman. He co-founded the software company Oracle Corporation, and was its CEO from 1977 to 2014. He now serves as its CTO and executive chairman. According to Forbes, as of early 2026, Ellison's estimated net worth is $201–203 billion, making him the world's sixth-richest person.

sixth President of the Republic of Ghana (1944-2012)

English actress

American boxer (1944–2011)

Albanian politician

American biochemist (1944–2019)

American attorney and politician (born 1944)

Dutch actor (1944–2019)

Prime Minister of Lebanon (1992–1998, 2000–2004)

president of Bangladesh in 2013-2023

Japanese theoretical physicist (1944–)

American filmmaker (1944–2017)

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (top leader) from 2011 to 2024

First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation

British filmmaker (1944–2020)

English guitarist (1944–2023)

French physicist, winner of Nobel Prize in Physics 2018

President of Kosovo (1944-2006)

Hungarian inventor (born 1944)

Serbian politician

Australian politician, 24th Prime Minister of Australia

English drummer

Robert Swan Mueller III was an American lawyer who served as the sixth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2001 to 2013.

Dutch architect (1944-)

1st and former President of Kyrgyzstan

German biophysicist

American actor and soldier (1944–2018)

German sociologist & scholar (1944–2015)

British-American actress

British film director and producer (1944–2012)

Native-Mexican American actor

English and American director, actor, and puppeteer

German association football player and coach, goalkeeper (born 1944)

American soul singer (1944–2003)

Welsh actor

Brazilian association football player and manager (1944-2016)

German writer

American-Dutch computer scientist

Australian film director (born 1944)

author and comparative religion scholar from Great Britain

Swiss immunologist (born 1944)

Michel Gérard Joseph Colucci (, ; 28 October 1944 – 19 June 1986), better known under his stage name Coluche (), was a French stand-up comedian, film actor, activist and philanthropist. He adopted Coluche as a stage name at age 26, as he began his entertainment career. He became known for his irreverent attitude towards politics and the establishment, and he incorporated this into much of his material.

American actress (1944–2024)

American economist (1944-)