Famous People Born in 1944 (Part 5)

Birthdays 801 - 946 of 946

Tim Rice (78 years old)

Nov 10 British lyricist (Jesus Christ Superstar; Evita; Chess; The Lion King), born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England

Nov 11 Kemal Sunal, Turkish actor (Saban the Cow,), born in Istanbul, Turkey (d. 2000)

Al Michaels (78 years old)

Nov 12 American sportscaster (Miracle on Ice, American Football), born in Brooklyn, New York

Nov 12 Booker T. Jones, American soul and rock organist (Booker T & MGs - "Green Onions"), born in Memphis, Tennessee
Nov 12 Johan van Doorn [Johnny the Selfkicker], Dutch poet (War & Porridge)
Nov 13 Ken Shuttleworth, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 12 wickets, BB 5/37; Lancashire CCC, Leicestershire CCC), born in St Helens, England
Nov 13 Timmy Thomas, American singer and songwriter ("Why Can't We Live Together"), born in Evansville, Indiana (d. 2022)
Nov 13 Wouter R van Romondt, Dutch/Dutch Antillean cartoonist
Nov 14 Aditya Biria, industrialist
Nov 16 David O'Sullivan, New Zealand cricket left-arm spinner (in 11 Tests 1973-76), born in Palmerston North, New Zealand
Nov 16 Hugo Dittberner, German writer, born in Gieboldehausen, Germany
Nov 16 Jay Hammer, American actor (Fletcher Reade-Guiding Light), born in San Francisco, California
Nov 16 Oliver Braddick, British psychologist (research on infant visual perception)
Nov 17 (Harold Eugene) Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter (The Byrds - "Eight Miles High"), born in Tipton, Missouri (d. 1991)

Danny DeVito (78 years old)

Nov 17 American Emmy Award-winning actor (Taxi - "Louie"; Ruthless People; Twins; It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - "Frank"), born in Neptune Township, New Jersey

Nov 17 Jim Boeheim, Basketball Hall of Fame coach (Syracuse; John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award 2006), born in Lyons, New York

Lorne Michaels (78 years old)

Nov 17 Canadian TV producer, actor and comedy writer (Saturday Night Live), born in Toronto, Ontario

Nov 17 Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect (Pritzker Prize 2000), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Nov 17 Sarolta Monspart, Hungarian orienteering competitor (first non-Scandinavian female to win World C'ship 1972; 14 x national titles), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2021)

Tom Seaver (1944-2020)

Nov 17 American Baseball HOF pitcher (NL Cy Young Award 1969, 73, 75; 12 x MLB All Star; NY Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago WS), born in Fresno, California [1]

Nov 19 Charlie Coe, American rock guitarist and bassist (Paul Revere & The Raiders, 1963-68), born in Boise, Idaho
Nov 19 Dennis Hull, Canadian ice hockey player
Nov 20 Anthea Stewart, Zimbabwean field hockey coach and player (Olympic gold 1980), born in Blantyre, Nyasaland
Nov 21 Dick Durbin, American politician (Rep-D-IL, 1983-97, Senator-D-IL, 1997-), born in East St. Louis, Illinois
Nov 21 Earl "the Pearl" Monroe, American basketball HOF guard (4 x NBA All-Star; NBA C'ship 1973 NY Knicks; NBA Rookie of the Year 1968 Baltimore Bullets), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nov 21 Harold Ramis, actor and director (SCTV, Stripes), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2014)
Nov 21 Marcia "Marcy" Carsey, TV executive/producer
Nov 22 Max Romeo [Smith], Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter, born in St. D'Acre, St. Ann, Jamaica
Nov 22 Robert Iliffe, English publisher (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
Nov 23 Joe Eszterhas, American screenwriter (Basic Instinct, Showgirls), born in Csákánydoroszló, Hungary
Nov 23 Jose Torikens, Dutch journalist (Parool, NRC)
Nov 23 Peter Lindbergh [Brodbeck], German fashion photographer and director, born in Lissa, German occupied Poland (d. 2019)
Nov 24 Candy Darling [James Slattery], American transgender actress (Flesh, Women in Revolt), born in Queens, New York (d. 1974)
Nov 24 Claudia Dreifus, interviewer/author (7 Stories)
Nov 24 Dan Glickman, American politician (US Sec of Agriculture 1995-2001, Rep-D-KS, 1977-95), born in Wichita, Kansas
Nov 24 Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian scholar
Nov 24 Jules Deelder, Dutch poet (T of Vondel)
Nov 25 Ben Stein, American actor
Nov 25 Mark Minkov, Russian/Soviet theater and film score composer, born in Moscow (d. 2012)
Nov 26 Alan Henderson, Irish rock bassist (Them), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 2017)
Nov 26 Jean Terrell, American singer (The Supremes, 1970-73), born in Belzoni, Mississippi
Nov 27 Martin Corbett, English gay rights activist (Gay Liberation Front, OutRage!), born in London (d. 1996)
Nov 27 Mickey Leland, American politician (Rep-D-TX, 1979-89), born in Lubbock, Texas (d. 1989)
Nov 27 Trevor Ward-Davies 'Dozy', British rock bassist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich), born in Enford, Wilshire (d. 2015)
Nov 28 Rita Mae Brown, American poet, novelist (Rubyfruit Jungle), screenwriter (Long Hot Summer), and mystery writer (Mrs. Murphy), born in Hanover, Pennsylvania
Nov 28 Ronald Bertram "R.B." Greaves, American pop singer ("Take A Letter Maria"), born in Georgetown, Guyana (d. 2012)
Nov 28 Timothy Krajcir, American serial killer, born in West Mahanoy Township, Pennsylvania
Nov 30 Dian Parkinson [Dianna Lynn Batts], American model (The Price Is Right) and Miss USA 1965, born in Jacksonville, North Carolina
Nov 30 Luther T Ingram, American singer-songwriter ("I'll Be Your Shelter")
Nov 30 Rob Grill, American rock bassist/vocalist (Grass Roots), born in Los Angeles, California
Dec 1 Daniel Pennac, French writer, born in Casablanca, Morocco
Dec 1 Eric Bloom, American rock vocalist/guitarist (Blue Öyster Cult), born in Brooklyn, New York City
Dec 1 Michael Hagee, American 33rd Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, born in Hampton, Virginia
Dec 1 Pierre Arditi, French film and stage actor, born in Paris, France
Dec 1 Tahar Ben Jelloun, Moroccan writer (L’Enfant de Sable (The Sand Child)), born in Fes, Morocco
Dec 2 Botho Strauß, German author, born in Naumburg, Germany
Dec 2 Cathy Lee Crosby, American actress (Coach, That's Incredible), born in Los Angeles, California
Dec 2 Gabriel Mekler, Israeli-American songwriter and record producer (Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night, Janis Joplin, Etta James), born in Palestine (d. 1977)
Dec 2 Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovar nationalist writer and President of Kosovo (1992-2006), born in Crnce, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) (d. 2006)
Dec 2 Roger Omond, journalist
Dec 3 António Variações [António Joaquim Rodrigues Ribeiro], Portuguese singer-songwriter (Dar & Receber), born in Braga, Portugal (d. 1984)
Dec 4 Anna McGarrigle, Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, born in Montreal, Quebec
Dec 4 Chris Hillman, American bluegrass, folk-rock, and country bassist, mandolin player, guitarist and singer-songwriter (The Byrds; The Flying Burrito Brothers, Desert Rose Band) - Turn Turn Turn), born in Los Angeles, California
Dec 4 Craig Doerge, American session keyboard player, session musician, songwriter (Crosby, Stills & Nash; Jackson Browne), and record producer, born in Cleveland, Ohio
Dec 4 Dennis Wilson, American drummer and vocalist (The Beach Boys), born in Hawthorne, California (d. 1983)
Dec 4 François Migault, French auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1976 runner-up; 16 F1 GP), born in Le Mans, France (d. 2012)
Dec 4 Lynford "Hux" Brown, Jamaican session and touring guitarist (Jimmy Cliff; Paul Simon; Toots and the Maytals), born in Port Antonio, Jamaica (d. 2020)
Dec 5 Jeroen Krabbé, Dutch actor (The Fugitive), born in Amsterdam
Dec 6 David "Fritz" Fryer, British pop guitarist and songwriter (The Four Pennies -"Juliet"), born in Oldham, Lancashire (d. 2007)
Dec 6 Jonathan King, English singer and songwriter ("Everyone's Gone To The Moon") and record producer, born in London
Dec 7 Daniel Chorzempa, American organist, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 7 Jamiel Chagra, American drug trafficker, born in El Paso, Texas (d. 2008)
Dec 8 George Baker [Johannes Bouwens], Dutch singer and songwriter (Paloma Blanca, Little Green Bag), born in Hoorn, Netherlands
Dec 9 Bob O'Connor, American politician (Mayor of Pittsburgh, 2006), born in Greenfield, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2006)
Dec 9 Guy Darrell [John Swail], British singer (I've Been Hurt), born in Kent, England
Dec 9 Ki Longfellow, American novelist (The Secret Magdalene), born in Staten Island, New York
Dec 10 Tisha Sterling, American actress (Coogan's Bluff), born in Hollywood, California
Dec 11 Brenda Lee [Brenda Mae Tarpley], American pop and country singer ("I'm Sorry"; "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"), born in Atlanta, Georgia
Dec 11 David Ashley White, American composer and educator, born in San Antonio, Texas
Dec 11 Jon Garrison, American tenor, born in Higginsville, Missouri
Dec 11 Lynda Day George, American actress (Casey-Mission Impossible), born in San Marcos, Texas
Dec 11 Teri Garr, American actress (Mr. Mom, Young Frankenstein), born in Lakewood, Ohio (or 1947)
Dec 12 (Alejandro) "Alex" Acuña, Peruvian-American session and touring drummer and percussionist (Weather Report, Lee Ritenour; Joni Mitchell), educator and producer, born in Pativilca, Peru
Dec 12 Jean Doré, Canadian politician (39th Mayor of Montreal), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2015)
Dec 12 Kenneth Cranham, Scottish actor (Hellbound: Hellraiser II), born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dec 12 Rob Tyner [Robert Derminer], American hard rock singer (MC5 - Kick Out The Jams), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1991)
Dec 13 Dick Dees, Dutch politician, born in Oostburg, Netherlands

Chico Mendes (1944-1988)

Dec 15 Brazilian environmental activist and rubber tapper, born in Xapuri, Brazil

Dec 15 Stan Bahnsen, American baseball pitcher (AL Rookie of the Year 1968, NY Yankees), born in Council Bluffs, Iowa
Dec 16 John Abercrombie, American jazz guitarist, born in Portchester, New York (d. 2017)
Dec 16 Yosemite Sam, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Friz Freleng, (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "Stage Door Cartoon"
Dec 17 Bernard Hill, English actor (Yosser Hughes-Boys from the Blackstuff, King Théoden-The Lord of the Rings), born in Manchester, England
Dec 17 Ference Bene, Hungarian record 12 soccer goals (Olympic gold 1964)
Dec 17 Giedrė Lukšaitė-Mrázková, Lithuanian–Czech harpsichord player, organist, and educator, born in Kaunas, Lithuania
Dec 17 Jack L[aurence] Chalker, American sci-fi author (Saga of Well World)
Dec 18 (Roger) "Deke" Leonard, Welsh rock musician (Man), born in Llanelli, Wales (d. 2017)
Dec 19 Alvin Lee, British rock vocalist and guitarist (10 Years After), born in Nottingham, England (d. 2013)
Dec 19 Mitchell Feigenbaum, American mathematical physicist
Dec 19 Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist and politician, born in Nairobi, Kenya
Dec 19 Steve Tyrell [Bilao], American jazz and standards singer ("The Way You Look Tonight"), and Grammy Award-winning record producer (Rod Stewart; B.J. Thomas), born in Palo Pinto, Texas
Dec 19 Tim Reid, American actor and comedian (WKRP in Cincinnati - "Venus Flytrap"; Frank's Place), born in Norfolk, Virgina
Dec 19 William Christie, American-born director of Les Arts Florissants
Dec 19 Zal Yanovsky, Canadian rock guitarist (Lovin' Spoonful - "Do You Believe in Magic?"), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2002)
Dec 20 Gernot Wolfgruber, Austrian writer, born in Gmünd, Lower Austria
Dec 20 Jean Fergusson, English actress, born in Wakefield, United Kingdom
Dec 20 Robert "Bobby" Colomby, American rock drummer (Blood Sweat & Tears - "Spinning Wheel"), born in NYC, New York
Dec 21 Hwang Jang Lee, Korean martial artist and film actor, born in Aomori, Japan
Dec 21 Jared Martin, American actor (Varian-Fantastic Voyage, Dusty-Dallas), born in NYC, New York
Dec 21 Michael Tilson Thomas, American conductor (San Francisco Symphony, 1995-2020), and composer (Shówa/Shoáh), born in Los Angeles, California
Dec 21 Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese bureaucrat, born in Fuzhou, China (d. 2007)
Dec 22 (Michael) "Mo" Foster, British session and touring rock bassist and producer, born in Byfleet, Surrey, England
Dec 22 Colin "Barry" Jenkins, English rock drummer (Animals - "House of the Rising Sun"), born in Leicester, United Kingdom

Steve Carlton (78 years old)

Dec 22 American Baseball HOF pitcher (NL Cy Young Award 1972, 77, 80, 82; Triple Crown 1972; 10 x MLB All Star; St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies), born in Miami, Florida

Dec 23 Wesley Clark, American military officer, born in Chicago, Illinois
Dec 24 Barry Chuckle [Barry Patton Elliott], British entertainer, writer and actor (ChuckleVision, The Freddie Starr Showcase), born in Rotherham, England
Dec 24 Erhard Keller, German speed skater (Olympic gold 1968, 72 500m), born in Günzburg, Germany
Dec 24 Mike Curb, American pop singer, chorale master, and producer (Mike Curb Congregation - "Sweet Gingerbread Man"), born in Savannah, Georgia
Dec 24 Oswald Gracias, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bombay, born in Bombay Presidency
Dec 25 Emory Gordy Jr., American musician & music producer, born in Atlanta, Georgia
Dec 25 Henry Vestine, American guitarist (Canned Heat), born in Takoma Park, Maryland (d. 1997)
Dec 25 Jairzinho, Brazilian soccer winger (81 caps; Botafogo FC 416 games) and manager (Gabon), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dec 25 Kenny Everett [Maurice James Christopher Cole], British DJ and TV personality (Kenny Everett Show), born in Seaforth, Lancashire, England (d. 1995)
Dec 25 Sam Strahan, New Zealand rugby union lock (17 caps; Manawatū), born in Palmerston North, New Zealand (d. 2019)
Dec 26 Jane Lapotaire, British actress (Spirit of the Dead), born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Dec 27 Mick Jones, English rock guitarist (Foreigner - "I Want to Know What Love Is"), born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Dec 27 Tracy Nelson, American blues rock singer (Mother Earth), born in Madison, Wisconsin
Dec 28 Johnny Isakson, American politician
Dec 28 Kary Mullis, American chemist, Nobel laureate
Dec 29 Rodney Redmond, New Zealand cricket batsman (1 Test, 1 x 100, HS 107; Auckland, Wellington), born in Whangarei, New Zealand
Dec 30 William J. Fallon, U.S. Navy Admiral, former U.S. Central Command commander, born in East Orange, New Jersey
Dec 31 Taylor Hackford, American director (Devil's Advocate, Ray), born in Santa Barbara, California

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