List of Famous people who born in 1944

Rachid Belhout was an Algerian football manager and player. At the time of his death, he was managing Al-Ahly Benghazi in the Libyan Premier League.

Masataka Shimizu is a director of Fuji Oil Company, and was the president and chief executive officer of Japanese electric utility Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) from 2008 to 2011. He was also a vice-chairman of Keidanren, the employers' federation of the companies of Japan, until he stepped down after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. On July 25, 2012 he became an outside director of Fuji Oil.

Catherine Schell is a Hungarian-born actress who came to prominence in British film and television productions from the 1960s. A former Bond girl, she worked with Peter Sellers on two films, appeared in a Doctor Who serial and had a regular role in season two of Space: 1999 (1976).

Ange Mancini is the French intelligence national coordinator.

Roland Gumpert is a German engineer and founder of the sports car manufacturer Apollo Automobil. Gumpert is currently the managing director of the sports car manufacturer Gumpert Aiways Automobile, in which he also founded.

Roland Mesnier is a French-born naturalized American pastry chef and culinary writer. His creations during his twenty five years as Executive Pastry Chef (1979–2004) at the White House earned him the reputation of a creative genius.

Erhard Keller is a former speed skater from Germany.

José Roberto Ramiz Wright, also known as José Roberto Wright or José Ramiz Wright, is a former Brazilian football referee. He supervised four matches during the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.

Ali Bin Nasser is a Tunisian former football referee.

Bernard Derome, CM, OQ is a Canadian broadcaster, who was news anchor for the weeknight editions of Le Téléjournal on Radio-Canada until December 18, 2008.