page_title: 1944 in the United States
section_title: May
hierarchical_section_title: 1944 in the United States / Births / May
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: 66ème Festival du Cinéma de Venise (Mostra), 5ème jour (06/09/2009)
context_page_description: Events from the year 1944 in the United States.
context_section_description: May 1 – Marva Whitney, American singer (d. 2012)
  May 3 – Rusty Wier, American singer-songwriter (d. 2009)
  May 4 – Russi Taylor, American actress (d. 2019)
  May 9
  Laurence Owen, American figure skater (d. 1961)
  Richie Furay, American musician (Poco, Buffalo Springfield)
  May 10 – Jim Abrahams, American film director
  May 13
  Carolyn Franklin, American singer (d. 1988)
  Armistead Maupin, American fiction writer
  May 14
  Connie Lawn, American journalist (d. 2018)
  George Lucas, American filmmaker and entrepreneur
  May 16 – Danny Trejo, Hispanic-American actor
  May 17 – Jesse Winchester, American-Canadian musician and songwriter (d. 2014)
  May 24
  David Mark Berger, American-born Israeli weightlifter (k. in Munich massacre 1972)
  Patti LaBelle, African-American singer, actress and entrepreneur
  May 27 – Chris Dodd, American politician
  May 28
  Rudy Giuliani, American politician, former Mayor of New York City
  Gladys Knight, African-American singer
  Sondra Locke, American actress and director (d. 2018)
  May 30 – Meredith MacRae, American actress (d. 2000)
caption: George Lucas
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