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In the year 1943

1,467 Notable birthdays

Joyce Meyer

American author.

Born June 4th, 1943 (age 82 years) in St. Louis.

Lech Wałęsa

President of poland from 1990 to 1995.

Born September 29th, 1943 (age 82 years) in Popowo. [ref]

Lin Shaye

American actress.

Born October 12th, 1943 (age 82 years) in Detroit.

Leslie Uggams

American actress, singer.

Born May 25th, 1943 (age 82 years) in New York City.

Jack Bruce

Scottish musician, bassist of cream (1943-2014).

Born May 14th, 1943 in Bishopbriggs. [ref]

Died October 25th, 2014 at 71 years old in Suffolk (liver cancer). [ref]

Ratko Mladić

Convicted war-criminal and former general of the bosnian serb military (1991-1996).

Born March 12th, 1943 (age 83 years) in Božanovići.

Lynn Redgrave

British actress (1943–2010).

Born March 8th, 1943 in Marylebone.

Died May 2nd, 2010 at 67 years old in Kent (breast cancer). [ref]

George Benson

American guitarist and singer (born 1943).

Born March 22nd, 1943 (age 83 years) in Pittsburgh.

J. T. Walsh

American actor (1943–1998).

Born September 28th, 1943 in San Francisco.

Died February 27th, 1998 at 54 years old in La Mesa (myocardial infarction).

Elena Ferrante

Pseudonymous italian writer.

Born April 5th, 1943 (age 83 years) in Naples.

Bruce Paltrow

American film and television director (1943–2002).

Born November 26th, 1943 in Brooklyn.

Died October 3rd, 2002 at 58 years old in Rome (lip and oral cavity carcinoma).

Richard Moll

European-american actor (1943–2023).

Born January 13th, 1943 in Pasadena.

Died October 26th, 2023 at 80 years old in Big Bear Lake. [ref]

Ken Norton

American boxer (1943-2013).

Born August 9th, 1943 in Jacksonville.

Died September 18th, 2013 at 70 years old in Las Vegas (heart failure).

E. Jean Carroll

American journalist (born 1943).

Born December 12th, 1943 (age 82 years) in Detroit.

Milton William Cooper

American conspiracy theorist.

Born May 6th, 1943 in Long Beach.

Died November 6th, 2001 at 58 years old in Eagar (ballistic trauma).

Bill Duke

American actor and director (born 1943).

Born February 26th, 1943 (age 83 years) in Poughkeepsie.

Steve Miller

American guitarist and singer-songwriter.

Born October 5th, 1943 (age 82 years) in Milwaukee.

Robert Gates

Cia director, u.s. secretary of defense, and university president.

Born September 25th, 1943 (age 82 years) in Wichita.

Gale Sayers

American professional football player (1943-2020).

Born May 30th, 1943 in Wichita.

Died September 23rd, 2020 at 77 years old in Wakarusa. [ref]

Toni Basil

American singer, actress, choreographer, dancer, and director.

Born September 22nd, 1943 (age 82 years) in Philadelphia.

Rick Danko

Canadian singer, songwriter, and musician (1943–1999).

Born December 29th, 1943 in Ontario.

Died December 10th, 1999 at 55 years old in New York City (heart failure).

Judith Durham

Australian singer and musician.

Born July 3rd, 1943 in Essendon.

Died August 5th, 2022 at 79 years old in Melbourne (lung disease). [ref]

Wendy Richard

British actress (1943-2009).

Born July 20th, 1943 in Middlesbrough.

Died February 26th, 2009 at 65 years old in London (breast cancer). [ref]

Suze Rotolo

American artist (1943-2011).

Born November 20th, 1943 in Sunnyside. [ref]

Died February 25th, 2011 at 67 years old in New York City (lung cancer). [ref]

Antonio Inoki

Japanese professional wrestler, businessman, and politician (1943-2022).

Born February 20th, 1943 in Yokohama.

Died October 1st, 2022 at 79 years old in Minato (wild-type transthyretin amyloid). [ref]

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