Explore 1844 historical events from 1940–1949.
Steven John Fromholz was an American singer-songwriter who was selected as the Poet Laureate of Texas for 2007.
Steven Fromholz, American singer-songwriter, producer, and poet (died 2014)
Derek Leslie Underwood was an English international cricketer. In retirement he became president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 2008.
Derek Underwood, English cricketer (died 2024)
Adrienne Jo Barbeau is an American actress and author. She came to prominence in the 1970s as Broadway's original Betty Rizzo in the musical Grease, and as Carol Traynor, the divor…
Adrienne Barbeau, American actress
Patrick Anthony Jennings is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is widely recognised as one of the greatest goalkeepers in the history of…
Pat Jennings, Northern Irish footballer and coach
Louis Whitley Strieber is an American writer best known for his horror novels The Wolfen and The Hunger and for Communion, a non-fiction account of his alleged experiences with non…
Whitley Strieber, American author
Rodney Terence Argent is an English musician. In a career spanning more than 60 years, Argent came to prominence in the mid-1960s as the keyboardist, founder and leader of the rock…
Rod Argent, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Bruce Degen was an American illustrator and writer, known for illustrating The Magic School Bus, a picture book series written by Joanna Cole. He collaborated with writers Nancy Wh…
Bruce Degen, American writer (died 2024)
Carlos Oscar Reichenbach Filho was a Brazilian filmmaker.
Carlos Reichenbach, Brazilian director and producer (died 2012)
Richard Vaughn Stebbins is an American former athlete, winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Richard Stebbins, American sprinter and educator
Miriam Palma Defensor-Santiago was a Filipino politician and lawyer who served in all three branches of the Philippine government: judicial, executive, and legislative. Defensor Sa…
Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipino judge and politician (died 2016)
Robert Sarah is a Guinean Catholic prelate who served as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 23 November 2014 to 20 February 20…
Robert Sarah, Guinean cardinal
Lawrence B. Wilkerson is a retired United States Army Colonel and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Lawrence Wilkerson, American colonel
Claire Arthur Alexander or Arthur Claire Alexander is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association (…
Claire Alexander, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Lucienne Robillard is a Canadian politician and a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. She sat in the House of Commons of Canada as the member of Parliament for the riding of Wes…
Lucienne Robillard, Canadian social worker and politician, 59th Secretary of State for Canada
Tommy Ray Franks is a retired United States Army general. His last army post was as the Commander of the United States Central Command, overseeing United States military operations…
Tommy Franks, American general
Kenneth Robert Livingstone is an English politician who served as the Leader of the Greater London Council (GLC) from 1981 until the council was abolished in 1986, and as the first…
Ken Livingstone, English politician, 1st Mayor of London
Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx, is a Belgian former professional road and track cyclist racer who is the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling. His victor…
Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist and sportscaster
Radovan Karadžić is a Bosnian Serb former politician who served as the president of Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War. He was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity, …
Radovan Karadžić, Serbian-Bosnian politician and convicted war criminal, 1st President of Republika Srpska
Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff is an American short story writer, memoirist, novelist, and teacher of creative writing. He is known for his memoirs, particularly This Boy's Life (198…
Tobias Wolff, American short story writer, memoirist, and novelist
Arthur William Bell III was an American broadcaster and author. He was the founder and the original host of the paranormal-themed radio program Coast to Coast AM, which is syndicat…
Art Bell, American broadcaster and author (died 2018)
Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese politician, diplomat and author who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021. She has served as the gen…
Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, Nobel Prize laureate
Peter Bardens was an English keyboardist and a founding member of the progressive rock group Camel. He played keyboards, sang, and wrote songs with Andrew Latimer. During his caree…
Peter Bardens, British keyboardist (died 2002)
Morna Anne Murray is a Canadian retired country, pop and adult contemporary music singer who has sold over 55 million album copies worldwide during her over 40-year career. Murray …
Anne Murray, Canadian singer and guitarist
Sir John Ambrose Fleming was a British electrical engineer and physicist. He is known for inventing the vacuum tube radio transmitter—with which the first transatlantic radio trans…
John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer, invented the vacuum tube (born 1849)