page_title: 1944
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 1944 / Births / August
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Lubbers en premier Gandhi op Schiphol 21 oktober 1987
context_page_description: 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1944th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 944th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1940s decade.
context_section_description: August 1
  Andrew G. Vajna, Hungarian-American film producer (d. 2019)
  Yury Romanenko, Soviet cosmonaut
  August 2
  Jim Capaldi, British drummer, singer and songwriter (d. 2005)
  Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian percussionist and vocalist (d. 2016)
  August 3 – Jonas Falk, Swedish actor (d. 2010)
  August 4
  Richard Belzer, American actor and comedian
  William Frankfather, American actor (d. 1998)
  Orhan Gencebay, Turkish musician, composer, singer and actor
  August 7
  John Glover, American actor
  Robert Mueller, American lawyer and former FBI director
  August 8
  Michael Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
  Hasyim Muzadi, Indonesian Islamic scholar (d. 2017)
  August 9 – Sam Elliott, American actor
  August 11
  Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor
  Frederick W. Smith, American founder of FedEx
  August 12 – Larry Troutman, American musician (d. 1999)
  August 13 – Kevin Tighe, American actor
  August 15 – Sylvie Vartan, French singer
  August 18
  Robert Hitchcock, Australian sculptor
  Volker Lechtenbrink, German television actor and singer
  Helena Rojo, Mexican actress and model
  August 19
  Charles Wang, Chinese-born American businessman, philanthropist and sports team owner (d. 2018)
  Bodil Malmsten, Swedish writer (d. 2016)
  August 20 – Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (d. 1991)
  August 21
  Kari S. Tikka, Finnish Professor of Finance (d. 2006)
  Peter Weir, Australian film director
  August 22 – Ayşen Gruda, Turkish actress and comedian (d. 2019)
  August 23 – Saira Banu, Indian actress
  August 24 – Rocky Johnson, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2020)
  August 25 – Christine Chubbuck, American television reporter (d. 1974)
  August 26 – Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
  August 27 – G. W. Bailey, American actor
  August 30 – Tug McGraw, American baseball player (d. 2004)
  August 31
  Jos LeDuc, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1999)
  Earnie Shavers, African-American professional wrestler
caption: Rajiv Gandhi
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