The year of George Lucas' birth was 1944. Here is a compilation of occurrences during the 1940s that have some kind of connection to Star Wars.
- The seventh of January saw the birth of Paul Weston.
- Sidney Ganis was born on January 8.
- On February 28, Jim Baikie was born.
- Harry Fielder entered the world on April 26.
- Lance Henriksen was born on May 5.
- Wayne Grace was born on May 7.
- Richard Chew was born on June 28.
- The world welcomed Phil Proctor on July 28.
- Don LaFontaine was born on August 26.
- Jack Thompson was born on August 31.
- Brian De Palma was born on September 11.
- Johnny Weissmuller Jr. was born on September 23.
- Roy Conrad was born on November 11.
- Roy Thomas was born on November 22.
- Graeme Campbell was born on November 30.
- Richard Edlund was born on December 6.
- Hal Barwood's birthdate is unknown.
- Long John Baldry was born on January 12.
- Nick Nolte was born on February 8.
- Paul Kantner was born on March 17.
- Paul Darrow was born on May 2.
- Jon Foster was born on May 5.
- Richard Donat was born on June 1.
- Neal Adams was born on June 15.
- Michael W. Royer was born on June 28.
- Robert Pine was born on July 10.
- David Warner was born on July 29.
- Martin Jarvis was born on August 4.
- Dianne Crittenden was born on August 6.
- Paul Hecht was born on August 16.
- Dan Hennessey was born on August 25.
- Tom Veitch was born on September 26.
- Russell Horton was born on November 11.
- Fionnula Flanagan was born on December 10.
- Peter Michael Goetz was also born on December 10.
- Peter Sumner was born on January 29.
- Marty Balin was born on January 30.
- Terry Bisson was born on February 12.
- Tom Jung was born on February 13.
- Michael York was born on March 27.
- Robert Dalva was born on April 14.
- Terence McGovern was born on May 11.
- Nick Tate was born on June 18.
- Harrison Ford was born on July 13.
- Tom Palmer was also born on July 13.
- Werner Herzog was born on September 5.
- Victor Brandt was born on September 19.
- Michael Fleisher was born on November 1.
- Richard Miller was born on December 6.
- Maria De Aragon was born on December 26.
- Grant McCune was born on March 27.
- David Clennon was born on May 10.
- Michael Pennington was born on June 7.
- Malcolm McDowell was born on June 13.
- John Beasley was born on June 26.
- Walter Murch was born on July 12.
- Christine Hewett was born on August 11.
- John Costanza was born on August 14.
- William Hoyland was born on November 10.
- Dave Cockrum was born on November 11.
- Juan Giménez was born on November 16.
- Aggie Guerard Rodgers was born on December 26.
- Terry Brooks was born on January 8.
- Mike Edmonds was born on January 13.
- Andrew Jack was born on January 28.
- Trisha Noble was born on February 3.
- Donald F. Glut was born on February 19.
- Roger Christian was born on February 25.
- Sara Kestelman was born on May 12.
- George Lucas was born on May 14.
- Peter Mayhew was born on May 19.
- Frank Oz was born on May 25.
- Colin Skeaping was born on June 18.
- Julian Holloway was born on June 24.
- Alex Tavoularis was born on July 14.
- Ian McDiarmid was born on August 11.
- Anthony Heald was born on August 25.
- Andy Bradford was born on September 7.
- Larry Ward was born on October 2.
- Paul Brooke was born on November 22.
- Michael Gregory was born on November 26.
- David Acomba's birthdate is unknown.
- Pauline Rennie was born on January 4.
- Jeremy Bulloch was born on February 16.
- Edwin Catmull was born on March 31.
- John Barbata was born on April 1.
- Linda Hunt was born on April 2.
- Laura Esterman was born on April 12.
- Carlos Garzón was born on May 22.
- David Dukes was born on June 6.
- Stephen J. Sansweet was born on June 14.
- Harrison Ellenshaw was born on July 20.
- Graeme Blundell was born on August 7.
- Willard Huyck was born on September 8.
- Bruce Spence was born on September 17.
- Marcia Lucas was born on October 4.
- Bill E. Martin was born on October 8.
- John Lithgow was born on October 19.
- Paul Hirsch was born on November 14.
- Daniel Davis was born on November 26.
- William C. Dietz's birthdate is unknown.
- Robin Scobey's birthdate is unknown.
- Toby Philpott was born on February 14.
- Anthony Daniels was born on February 21.
- Rick Geary was born on February 25.
- Frank Welker was born on March 12.
- Stan Winston was born on April 7.
- Tim Curry was born on April 19.
- L. Neil Smith was born on May 12.
- Anthony May was born on May 23.
- Richard LeParmentier was born on July 16.
- James Howe was born on August 2.
- Christopher Malcolm was born on August 19.
- Walter Simonson was born on September 2.
- Louise Simonson was born on September 26.
- Togo Igawa was also born on September 26.
- Vic Armstrong was born on October 5.
- Richard McGonagle was born on October 22.
- Dennis Muren was born on November 1.
- Alan Dean Foster was born on November 18.
- Charles Dennis was born on December 16.
- Steven Spielberg was born on December 18.
- Ernie Fosselius's birthdate is unknown.
- Carol Titelman's birthdate is unknown.
- Ian Gibson's birthdate is unknown.
- George Alec Effinger was born on January 10.
- Peter Burroughs was born on January 27.
- Tony Baxter was born on February 1.
- Dermot Crowley was born on March 19.
- Tony Pope was born on March 22.
- John Morton was born on March 26.
- Pat Proft was born on April 3.
- John Ratzenberger was born on April 6.
- Meshach Taylor was born on April 11.
- David Ankrum was born on May 2.
- Michael Carter was born on June 29.
- John Dicks was born on July 23.
- John Stocker was born on August 13.
- Mark Siegel was born on August 22.
- Steve Perry was born on August 31.
- Jeffery Kissoon was born on September 4.
- Keone Young was born on September 6.
- Christopher Neame was born on September 12.
- Steve Gerber was born on September 20.
- David Jones was born on September 22.
- Denis Lawson was born on September 27.
- Guy Siner was born on October 16.
- Angus MacInnes was born on October 27.
- Carolyn Seymour was born on November 6.
- Vivienne Chandler was also born on November 6.
- Carlos Ezquerra was born on November 12.
- James Warwick was born on November 17.
- Brian Daley was born on December 22.
- James Kahn was born on December 30.
- James Luceno's birthdate is unknown.
- Jarion Monroe was born on January 7.
- Carl Weathers was born on January 14.
- Ann Sachs was born on January 23.
- Margaret Weis was born on March 16.
- Perry King was born on April 30.
- Larry Brandenburg was born on May 3.
- David Michelinie was born on May 6.
- Pete Sears was born on May 27.
- Len Wein was born on June 12.
- William Hootkins was born on July 5.
- Ben Burtt was born on July 12.
- David Esch was born on July 25.
- Carel Struycken was born on July 30.
- Ian Liston was born on August 4.
- Ian McElhinney was born on August 19.
- Vonda N. McIntyre was born on August 28.
- Bruce Vilanch was born on November 23.
- John Alvin was born on November 24.
- Robert Blalack was born on December 9.
- Samuel L. Jackson was born on December 21.
- James Sherman's birthdate is unknown.
- George Buza was born on January 7.
- Lawrence Kasdan was born on January 14.
- Jamie Alcroft was born on January 18.
- Brent Spiner was born on February 2.
- Don Scardino was born on February 17.
- Pat Fraley was born on February 18.
- John Madden was born on April 8.
- John Ostrander was born on April 20.
- Peter Friedman was born on April 24.
- Larry Hama was born on June 7.
- Sherman Howard was born on June 11.
- Steve Moore was also born on June 11.
- Kale Browne was born on June 16.
- Keith Swaden was born on June 18.
- Greg Burson was born on June 29.
- Winston Rekert was born on July 10.
- John Wagner was born on July 18.
- Alex Wald was born on July 25.
- Barbara Goodson was born on August 16.
- Charles Rocket was born on August 24.
- Ed Begley, Jr. was born on September 16.
- Jim Henshaw was born on September 28.
- Paul Engelen was born on October 30.
- Bennet Guillory was born on November 7.
- Anthony Smee was born on November 22.
- Hilton McRae was born on December 28.
- Pat Mills's birthdate is unknown.
- ABC was established on May 13, 1943.
- The year 1944 marked the founding of Pocket Jeunesse.
- Sony was established in 1946.
- Kenner Products was established in 1947.
- The year 1948 saw the establishment of Toys "R" Us.
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