List of Famous people who born in 1944

Iêda Maria Brutto Vargas is a Brazilian actress and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe in Miami Beach, Florida in 1963. Previously, she was Miss Brazil and was crowned by Maria Olívia Rebouças. She was the first person from her country to win a major international beauty pageant. Vargas is a native of Rio Grande do Sul. During her term she opened the Capital Plaza Mall in Landover Hills, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C.

Jean-Paul Kauffmann is a French journalist and writer, a former student of the École supérieure de journalisme de Lille.

Metropolitan Onufriy is the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, holding the title of Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine.

Norbert Steger is an Austrian lawyer and former politician for the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). He was the FPÖ party leader from 1980 to 1986, and Vice Chancellor and Minister of Commerce of Austria from 1983 to 1987.

José de Sousa Cintra, known professionally as Sousa Cintra, is a Portuguese businessman who served as president of sports club Sporting CP from 1989 to 1995.

Héctor Horacio Magnetto is an Argentine executive CEO of the Clarín Group, the country's largest media company.

Sei Hiraizumi is a Japanese actor. In 1964, Hiraizumi joined Daiei Film company and started his acting career. In the 1970s to early 1980s, he appeared in a lot of jidaigeki and detective television dramas as a guest villain actor.

Irene Yolanda Ravache Paes de Melo is a Brazilian film, stage, and television actress. In 2008, she was nominated for an International Emmy Award for her role in Eterna Magia.

Enrique Segoviano is a Dominican-born Mexican television producer and director. He is best known as director of Chespirito's various 1970s television series as well as for producing and directing the late 1980s-early 1990s variety series Anabel.

Christine Schuberth is an Austrian film and television actress.