List of Famous people who born in 1944

John Stanton is an Australian stage, film and television actor and voice-over, with a career spanning over some 50 years. He is known for his deep, rich voice, similar to John Laws.

Robert McGuckin has been the Catholic Bishop of Toowoomba in Queensland, Australia, since July 2012.

Joseph Douglas Vieira, known as Joey D. Vieira, is an American film and television actor. He began as a child actor using the professional name Donald Keeler playing chubby, beanie-wearing farm boy, Sylvester "Porky" Brockway in the first several seasons (1954–57) of TV's Lassie. Vieira borrowed the professional surname from his aunt, Ruby Keeler, star of numerous Warner Bros. musicals in the 1930s. Lassie won two Emmys during his run on the series. Vieira and costar Tommy Rettig jointly accepted the show's second Emmy at the awards ceremony in 1956.

Takashi Koizumi is a Japanese film director. After graduating from Waseda University, he served as an assistant director for Akira Kurosawa for many years. He has received four nominations and four wins.

Yeda Rorato Crusius is an economist and former governor of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul until December 31, 2011. She was the first female governor of the state. She wrote her autobiography.