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In the year 1943

1,467 Notable birthdays

Raffaella Carrà

Italian singer, actress and television presenter ( 1943-2021 ).

Born June 18th, 1943 in Bologna.

Died July 5th, 2021 at 78 years old in Rome (lung cancer). [ref]

Gary Wright

American, singer, musician and composer.

Born April 26th, 1943 in Cresskill.

Died September 4th, 2023 at 80 years old in Palos Verdes Estates (Parkinson's disease, Lewy body dementia). [ref]

Hugh Thompson Jr.

United states army officer (1943–2006).

Born April 15th, 1943 in Atlanta.

Died January 6th, 2006 at 62 years old in Alexandria (cancer). [ref]

Louise Glück

U.s. poet and nobel laureate (1943–2023).

Born April 22nd, 1943 in New York City.

Died October 13th, 2023 at 80 years old in Cambridge (cancer). [ref]

Margaret Nolan

English actress and model.

Born October 29th, 1943 in Hampstead.

Died October 5th, 2020 at 76 years old in Belsize Park. [ref]

Queen Silvia of Sweden

Queen consort of sweden.

Born December 23rd, 1943 (age 82 years) in Heidelberg.

Paul Wolfowitz

American politician and diplomat (born 1943).

Born December 22nd, 1943 (age 82 years) in Brooklyn.

Ian Ogilvy

British actor.

Born September 30th, 1943 (age 82 years) in Woking.

Bobby Vee

American singer (1943–2016).

Born April 30th, 1943 in Fargo.

Died October 24th, 2016 at 73 years old in Rogers (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]

Sumitra Mahajan

Indian politician.

Born April 12th, 1943 (age 83 years) in Chiplun.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

British astrophysicist.

Born July 15th, 1943 (age 82 years) in Belfast.

Ben Cardin

American lawyer and former politician (born 1943).

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

Sadako Sasaki

Japanese origami artist.

Born January 7th, 1943 in Hiroshima.

Died October 25th, 1955 at 12 years old in Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic Bomb Survivors Hospital (lymphoid leukemia).

Michael Byrne

British actor.

Born November 7th, 1943 (age 82 years) in London.

Vince Cable

British politician and former leader of the liberal democrats (born 1943).

Born May 9th, 1943 (age 82 years) in York.

Don Novello

American actor and director.

Born January 1st, 1943 (age 83 years) in Ashtabula.

Bob Kerrey

Politician and united states navy medal of honor recipient.

Born August 27th, 1943 (age 82 years) in Lincoln.

Albert Lee

English musician (born 1943).

Born December 21st, 1943 (age 82 years) in Leominster.

Errol Brown

British singer and songwriter (1948–2015).

Born November 12th, 1943 in Kingston. [ref]

Died May 6th, 2015 at 71 years old in The Bahamas (liver cancer). [ref]

Lou Piniella

Baseball player and manager.

Born August 28th, 1943 (age 82 years) in Tampa.

Mohammad Khatami

President of iran from 1997 to 2005.

Born October 14th, 1943 (age 82 years) in Ardakan. [ref]

Lobo

American singer-songwriter.

Born July 31st, 1943 (age 82 years) in Tallahassee.

Richard Rohr

American franciscan spiritual teacher.

Born March 20th, 1943 (age 83 years) in Topeka.

Steven Bochco

American television writer and producer (1943–2018).

Born December 16th, 1943 in New York City.

Died April 1st, 2018 at 74 years old in Pacific Palisades (leukemia). [ref]

Douglas Tompkins

American environmentalist.

Born March 20th, 1943 in Conneaut. [ref]

Died December 8th, 2015 at 72 years old in Coyhaique (hypothermia).

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