September 7, 1944

1944Forrest Blue, American football player (died 2011)^[†]

Forrest Murrell Blue Jr. was an American professional football center who spent eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the San Francisco 49ers from 1968 to 1974 and the Baltimore Colts from 1975 to 1978.

1944Bertel Haarder, Danish lawyer and politician, Education Minister of Denmark^[†]

Bertel Geismar Haarder is a Danish writer, teacher and politician, who was a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. He has served as minister several times, including Minister of Education from 1982 to 1993 and again in 2005 to 2010, and most recently as Minister for Culture and Ecclesiastical Affairs from 2015 to 2016 in the L. L. Rasmussen II Cabinet. He is a former member of European Parliament, serving from 1994 to 2001. He has also served as president of the Nordic Council on two occasions, first in 2011 and latest from 2020 to 2021.

1944Peter Larter, English rugby player^[†]

Peter John Larter is a former England international rugby union player.

1944Earl Manigault, American basketball player and coach (died 1998)^[†]

Earl Manigault was an American street basketball player who was nicknamed "the Goat" or "the Lip". He is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players never to have played in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

1944Bora Milutinović, Serbian footballer and manager^[†]

Velibor "Bora" Milutinović is a Serbian former professional footballer and manager.

1944Houshang Moradi Kermani, Iranian author^[†]

Houshang Moradi Kermani is an Iranian writer best known for children's and young adult fiction. He was a finalist in 2014 for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.