List of Famous people who born in 1944

Maria Teresa Aquino-Oreta, better known as Tessie Aquino-Oreta, was a Filipina politician. She was the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Education, Arts and Culture in the 11th Congress.

Jennifer Salt is an American producer, screenwriter, and former actress.

Michel Maffesoli is a French sociologist.

William Royce "Boz" Scaggs is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He became prominent for his series of albums in the late 1970s, and songs "Lido Shuffle" and "Lowdown" from Silk Degrees (1976), which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. Scaggs continues to write, record music, and tour.

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe is an Austrian businessman. He is the chairman emeritus, former chairman and CEO of the Nestlé Group, and former chairman of Formula One.

Jurandir Dário Gouveia Damasceno dos Santos, commonly known as Dário or Dário Alegria, was a footballer who played as a forward for several clubs in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and the Mexican Primera División. He also participated in the Brazil national team.

Dennis Franz Schlachta, known professionally as Dennis Franz, is a retired American actor best known for his role as Detective Andy Sipowicz in the ABC television series NYPD Blue (1993–2005), a role that earned him a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards. He also portrayed Lt. Norman Buntz in the similar NBC series Hill Street Blues (1985–1987) and its short-lived spinoff, Beverly Hills Buntz (1987–1988).

Héctor Vasconcelos is a Mexican diplomat. He is the former Mexican Ambassador to Denmark, Norway and Iceland. He was expected to be appointed as the Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, but was subsequently replaced by Marcelo Ebrard on 5 July 2018 as he was elected to be senator instead. One of his main goals is to improve NAFTA.

Cavit Çağlar is a Turkish businessman and politician. He was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) for the True Path Party (DYP) in 1991, serving as a Minister of State responsible for state-owned banks. He resigned from the DYP in 1996, remaining in parliament as an independent until 1999. He had been a major financial contributor to the political comeback of President Suleyman Demirel. In 2004 he was sentenced to three years ten months for bank fraud.

Dennis Michael Fisher, known commonly as Mike Fisher, is a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He also serves as the Distinguished Jurist in Residence at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.