Curated category
1944 births
- George LucasGeorge Walton Lucas Jr. was born on the 14th of May 1944 in Modesto, California. He grew up as the son of Dorothy Ellinore Lucas and George Walton Lucas Sr.
- Vernor VingeVernor Steffen Vinge published his first short story, "Apartness", in the June 1965 issue of the British magazine New Worlds. He had just received his B.S.
- Michael DouglasMichael Kirk Douglas entered the world on the 25th of September 1944 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He was the first child of actors Kirk Douglas and Diana…
- Jürgen GrabowskiJürgen Grabowski entered the world on the 7th of July 1944 in Wiesbaden, West Germany. He began his football journey with local clubs SV Biebrich 1919 and FV…
- Sepp MaierJosef Dieter Maier entered the world on the 28th of February 1944 in the small Bavarian town of Metten. He began his journey with Bayern Munich's youth sides…
- Lorne MichaelsLorne David Lipowitz entered the world on the 17th of November 1944 in Toronto, Ontario. His parents were Florence and Abraham Lipowitz, a man who worked as…
- James HeckmanJames Joseph Heckman entered the world on the 19th of April 1944. He grew up in Chicago, Illinois, born to John Jacob Heckman and Bernice Irene Medley.
- Pattie BoydPatricia Anne Boyd was born on the 17th of March 1944 in Taunton, Somerset. Her father Colin Ian Langdon Boyd served in the Royal Air Force before the family…
- Rick BarryRichard Barry was born on the 28th of March 1944 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He grew up nearby in Roselle Park, an urban middle-class community where his…
- Diana RossDiana Ross was born on the 26th of March 1944, in Detroit, Michigan. Her family lived at 635 Belmont Street in the North End section of the city before…
- Angela DavisAngela Yvonne Davis was born on the 26th of January 1944, in Birmingham, Alabama. Her family lived in the "Dynamite Hill" neighborhood during the 1950s.
- Donald F. GlutDonald Frank Glut began making films in 1953 at the age of nine. He continued this hobby until 1969, creating a total of 41 amateur movies during that span.
- Donald L. MillerDonald L. Miller entered the faculty of Lafayette College in 1978 after earning his PhD from the University of Maryland.