" The term made an impact into English pulp science fiction starting from Jack Williamson's The Cometeers ( 1936 ) and the distinction between mechanical robots and fleshy androids was popularized by Edmond Hamilton's Captain Future ( 1940 – 1944 ).

* 1944 – Felicity Palmer, English soprano

* 1944 – Georgios Balanos, Greek translator, author and publisher

* 1944 – John Kay, German-Canadian singer-songwriter and musician ( The Sparrows and Steppenwolf )

* 1865 – Max Nettlau, German anarchist and historian ( d. 1944 )

* 1944 – Jill Clayburgh, American actress ( d. 2010 )

* 1944 – G. W. Bailey, American actor

* 1944 – Jan Bols, Dutch speed skater

* 1944 – Inday Badiday, Filipino journalist ( d. 2003 )

* 1944 – The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.

* 1944 – Continuation War: The Vyborg – Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during World War II, ends to a strategic stalemate.

* 1909 – Adam von Trott zu Solz, German diplomat ( d. 1944 )

* 1944 – Sam Elliott, American actor

* 1944 – Patricia McKissack, American author

* 1944 – Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician, 9th Prime Minister of Bangladesh

Alexis Carrel ( June 28, 1873 – November 5, 1944 ) was a French surgeon and biologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1912 for pioneering vascular suturing techniques.

* 1944 – Divina Galica, English skier and race car driver

* 1944 – Kevin Tighe, American actor

* 1944 – ASNOM: birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in the Republic of Macedonia.

* 1944 – Jim Capaldi, English singer-songwriter and drummer ( Traffic ) ( d. 2005 )

* 1944 – Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian singer and musician

* 1996 – John McSherry, American baseball umpire ( b. 1944 )

* 1944 – The Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland.

* 1944 – Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov, Soviet politician ( d. 1998 )

* 1944 – Mike d ' Abo, English singer ( Manfred Mann, A Band of Angels )

* 1944 – Mike Fiore, American baseball player

* 1944 – Mike Harding, English singer and comedian

Set by Maurice " Rocket " Richard during the 1944 – 45 NHL season and tied by Mike Bossy during the 1980 – 81 NHL season, Gretzky accomplished the feat in only 39 games.

* Mike Edmonds ( b. 1944 ), notable dwarf actor.

The original members were Reg King ( lead vocals ) ( born Reginald King, 5 February 1945, Paddington, West London, died, 8 October 2010, Belvedere, Kent ), Alan ' Bam ' King ( lead guitar, vocals ) ( born Alan King, 18 September 1945, Muswell Hill, North London ), Mike " Ace " Evans ( bass guitar, vocals ) ( born Michael Evans, 10 July 1944, Henley, Berkshire, died 15 January 2010, London ) and Roger Powell ( drums ) ( born 4 July 1945, Camden Town, North West London ).

' Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike ', 1944

* Mike Jackson ( General Sir Michael Jackson, born 1944 ), former head of the British Army

Mike A. Caro ( born May 16, 1944 in Joplin, MO ) is a professional poker player, pioneer poker theorist, author of poker books, and casino executive.

* Mike Boyle ( born 1944 ), mayor of Omaha, Nebraska

* Mike Radcliffe ( born 1944 ), Canadian politician

He returned to supporting roles, as in The Great Mike of 1944, including a short stint as B-western sidekick called " Alfalfa Johnson.

* Mike Johnson ( Oklahoma politician ) ( born 1944 ), Republican member of the Oklahoma Senate

( The five other players are Mike Bossy in 1982 and 1983, Bobby Orr in 1970 and 1972, Henri Richard in 1966 and 1971, Jean Béliveau in 1960 and 1965 and Toe Blake in 1944 and 1946 ).

Mike Post ( born Leland Michael Postil, September 29, 1944, Berkeley, California ) is an American multi-Grammy and Emmy Award winning composer best known for his TV theme songs for such primetime series as Law & Order, NYPD Blue, The Rockford Files, L. A. Law, Quantum Leap, Magnum, P. I.

Dubinsky ultimately left the Labor Party in 1944 after a dispute with Hillman over whether labor leaders in New York, such as Mike Quill, who either were members of the Communist Party or were seen as sympathetic to it, should be given any role in the ALP.

Michael Garver " Mike " Oxley ( born February 11, 1944 ) is an American politician of the Republican party who served as a U. S. representative from the 4th congressional district of Ohio.

After winning their only NBL title, the Red Skins continued as one of the strongest teams in pro basketball and appeared in the next three championship series ( 1944, 1945 and 1946 ) behind the stellar play of twin towers Mike Novak, a 6-foot-9 former all-American from Loyola, and Dancker, a 6 – 7 player who did not attend college but honed his skills in the Milwaukee recreational leagues.

* Mike Vining ( born 1944 ), American basketball coach

Mike Harding ( born 23 October 1944 ) is an English singer, songwriter, comedian, author, poet and broadcaster.

** Mike McCartney ( born 1944 ), Paul McCartney's brother, singer and photographer

* Mike Marshall ( actor ) ( 1944 – 2005 ), French-American actor

* The Great Mike ( 1944 )

* Mike Jackson ( b. 1944 ), British general