In the year 1943, the Allied forces meet at Casablanca (Jan 14), Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington (Jan 15), Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince is published (Mar), the Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. (Apr 13), the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins (Apr 19), Allied planes bomb Rome (Jul 19), Denmark is occupied (Aug 29), Italy changes sides (Oct 13), alleged date of the Philadelphia Experiment (Oct 28), gypsies will face the same fate as Jews, according to Himmler (Nov 15), RAF planes bomb Berlin (Nov 18), Lebanon gains independence from France (Nov 22), WW2 and the Holocaust go on - and all these fine people were born:
1943-0102 Björn Tarras-Wahlberg* director - Sunnansjö Manor, Ludvika, Sweden
1943-0108 Sighsten Herrgård* Swedish fashion designer/ trendsetter - Helsinki, Finland (1989/46)
1943-0109 Scott Walker* British singer-songwriter/ composer/record producer - Hamilton, OH USA (2019/76)
1943-0110 Kristiina Elstelä* actress - Helsinki, Finland (2016/73)
1943-0112 Sumitra Bhave* part of an Indian filmmaker duo - Pune, British India (2021/78)
1943-0114 Mariss Jansons* Latvian conductor - Riga, Reichkommissariat Ostland (2019/76)
1943-0114 Shannon Lucid* American biochemist/astronaut - Shanghai, China
1943-0114 Holland Taylor* actress - Philadelphia, PA USA
1943-0119 Janis Joplin* singer - Port Arthur, TX USA (1970/27)
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1943-0125 Tobe Hooper* film director/screenwriter/ producer - Austin, TX USA
1943-0131 Peter McRobbie* Scottish-American actor - Hawick, Scotland
1943-0201 Rosemarie Frankland* Miss World 1961/actress - Rhosllanerchrugog, Wrexham, Wales (2000/57)
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1943-0205 Nolan Bushnell* electrical engineer/businessman/co-founder of Atari, Inc. - Clearfield, UT USA
1943-0205 Michael Mann* film director/writer/ producer - Chicago, IL USA
1943-0208 Creed Bratton* (b William Charles Schneider) actor/singer/ musician - Los Angeles, CA USA
1943-0209 Joe Pesci* actor - Newark, NJ USA
1943-0213 Carole Crawford* Miss World 1963 - Jamaica
1943-0217 Jack Rudloe* environmental activist/writer - Brooklyn, NY USA
1943-0225 George Harrison* guitarist/singer/actor - Liverpool, England (2001/58)
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1943-0302 Peter Straub* writer/novelist/poet - Milwaukee, WI USA
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1943-0308 Susan Clark* (b Nora Golding) actress - Sarnia, ON Canada
1943-0308 Lynn Redgrave* actress - Marylebone, London, England (2010/67)
1943-0309 Bobby Fischer* chess grandmaster/World Chess Champion #11 - Chicago, IL USA (2008/64)
1943-0311 Bob Plager* hockey player - Kirkland Lake, ON Canada (2021/78)
1943-0315 David Cronenberg* film director/ writer/actor - Toronto, ON Canada
1943-0316 Fabrizio Moroni* actor - Florence, Italy (2006/63) IMDb -
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1943-0319 Mario Molina* chemist/helped discover the Antarctic ozone hole/N - Mexico City, Mexico (2020/77)
1943-0319 Rainer Stenius* athlete/long jump - Helsinki, Finland (2014/71)
1943-0320 Paul Junger Witt* television producer - New York, NY USA
1943-0325 Paul Michael Glaser* actor - Cambridge, MA USA
1943-0326 Bob Woodward* investigative journalist - Geneva, IL USA
1943-0328 Conchata Ferrell* actress - Loudendale, WV USA (2020/77)
1943-0329 John Major* politician/PM - St Helier, Surrey, England
1943-0329 Vangelis (b Evángelos Papathanassíou) composer - Agria, Greece
1943-0331 Christopher Walken* actor/ comedian - Queens, NY USA
1943-0401 Herman Lindqvist* journalist/author - Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden
1943-0403 Peter Benson* actor (Heartbeat) - Wallasey, Cheshire, England (2018/75)
1943-0405 Fighting Harada*ファイティング原田 boxer - Tokyo, Japan
1943-0412 Robert Durst* real estate heir/convicted murderer - New York City, NY USA (2022/78)
1943-0416 Erkki Liikanen* singer/ songwriter/actor - Viipuri, Finland
1943-0416 Ruth Madoc* actress - Norwich, Norfolk, England (2022/79)
1943-0416 Petro Tyschtschenko* businessman (Commodore International) - Vienna, Nazi Germany
1943-0417 Bobby Curtola* rock and roll singer/teen idol - Port Arthur, ON Canada (2016/73)
1943-0420 John Eliot Gardiner* conductor - Fontmell Magna, Dorset, England
1943-0420 Edie Sedgwick* fashion model (Andy Warhol)/actress - Santa Barbara, CA USA (1971/28)
1943-0422 Louise Glück* poet/essayist/N - New York City, NY USA (2023/80)
1943-0423 Paul Aaron* film director/stepfather of Keanu Reeves - Hoosick Falls, NY USA
1943-0423 Tony Esposito* hockey goalie (NHL 100) - Sault Ste. Marie, ON Canada (2021/78)
1943-0423 Frans Koppelaar* painter - Den Haag, Nazi-occupied Netherlands
1943-0423 Hervé Villechaize* actor (Fantasy Island) - Paris, Nazi-occupied France (1993/50)
1943-0424 Richard Sterban* singer - Camden, NJ USA
1943-0425 Alan Feduccia* paleornithologist - USA
1943-0425 James G. Mitchell* computer scientist - Kitchener, ON Canada
1943-0426 Gary Wright* musician/composer - Cresskill, NJ USA (2023/80)
1943-0426 Peter Zumthor* architect - Basel, Switzerland
1943-0428 John Oliver Creighton* astronaut - Orange, TX USA
1943-0429 Ian Kershaw* historian (Adolf Hitler) - Oldham, Lancashire, England
1943-0430 Frederick Chiluba* politician/P of Zambia - Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia (2011/68)
1943-0501 Ian Dunn* gay rights and pro-paedophilia campaigner - Glasgow, Scotland (1998/54)
1943-0501 Vassal Gadoengin* teacher/politician/MP - Nauru (2004/61)
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1943-0505 Billie Moore* basketball coach - Humansville, MO USA (2022/79)
1943-0505 Michael Palin* comedian (Monty Python)/activist/travel documentarist - Ranmoor, Shefffield, England
1943-0506 James Kallstrom* FBI agent/expert in wiretapping - Worchester, MA USA (2021/78)
1943-0508 Thomas von Brömssen* actor - Örgryte, Västra Götaland, Sweden
1943-0513 Kurt Trampedach* painter/sculptor - Hillerød, Denmark
1943-0514 Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson* politician/P - Ísafjörður, Kingdom of Iceland
1943-0514 Pekka Laiho* actor/ theater director - Helsinki, Finland (2023/80)
1943-0516 Hank Adams* Native American rights activist - Wolf Point, MT USA (2020/77)
1943-0517 Mangala Narlikar* mathematician - Bombay, British India (2023/80)
1943-0522 Abel Ramírez Águilar* sculptor - Mexico City, Mexico (2021/78)
1943-0522 Betty Williams* (b Smyth) peace activist/N - Belfast, Northern Ireland (2020/76)
1943-0523 Jim Mueller* sportscaster /radio announcer of the Cleveland Browns - Owensboro, KY USA (2022/79)
1943-0524 Gary Burgoff* actor (M*A*S*H) - Bristol, CT USA
1943-0524 Annika Sipilä* child actress/astrologer - Finland
1943-0525 Leslie Uggams* actress/ singer - Manhattan, NY USA
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1943-0529 David Roberts* climber/mountaineer/author of books and articles about climbing - Denver, CO USA (2021/78)
1943-0531 Sharon Gless* actress (Cagney & Lacey) - Los Angeles, CA USA
1943-0531 Joe Namath* Am.football player/actor - Beaver Falls, PA USA
1943-0601 Ann T. Bowling* scientist/equine geneticist - Portland, OR USA (2000/57)
1943-0613 Malcolm McDowell* actor - Horsforth, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
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1943-0617 Barry Manilow* singer/songwriter/producer – New York City, NY USA
1943-0620 Eva Rydberg* actress - Malmö, Sweden
1943-0620 Masayuki Uemura* 上村雅之 engineer/video game producer (Nintendo) - Tokyo, Japan (2021/78)
1943-0622 Klaus Maria Brandauer* actor - Bad Aussee, Austria
1943-0629 Bob Brunning* bass guitarist (original for/Fleetwood Mac) - Bournemouth, England (2011/68)
1943-0629 Tarja Cronberg* (b Mattila) politician - Helsinki, Finland
1943-0629 Gene Littles* basketball player/coach - Washington, D.C. USA (2021/78)
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1943-0703 Gary Waldhorn*actor/ comedian - Paddington, London, England (2022/78)
1943-0704 Geraldo Rivera* reporter/talk show host - Manhattan, NY USA
1943-0707 Toto Cutugno* singer/songwriter/ musician - Fosdinovo, Italy
1943-0709 Suzanne Rogers* actress - Midland, MD USA
1943-0710 Arthur Ashe* tennis player - Richmond, VA USA (1993/49)
1943-0711 Susan Seaforth Hayes* actress - Oakland, CA USA
1943-0711 Tom Holland* film director/ screenwriter/ actor - Poughkeepsie, NY USA
1943-0712 Christine McVie* (b Perfect) singer/ songwriter/ keyboardist (Fleetwood Mac) - Bouth, Lancashire, England (2022/79)
1943-0712 Paul Silas* basketball player/NBA head coach - Prescott, AR USA (2022/79)
1943-0715 Jocelyn Bell Burnell* astrophysicist - Lurgan, Northern Ireland
1943-0726 Mick Jagger* singer (Rolling Stones) - Dartford, Kent England
1943-0726 Dick Latvala* tape archivist for the Grateful Dead/ star/of Finnish descent - USA (1999/56)
1943-0727 Pentti Tarkiainen* actor (Pojat) - Finland
1943-0728 Mike Bloomfield* guitarist/composer - Chicago, IL USA (1981/37)
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1943-0802 Max Wright* actor - Detroit, MI USA
1943-0803 Björn Gillberg* author/ environmental debater - Karlskoga, Sweden
1943-0805 José Evangelista* composer/ music educator - Valencia, Spain (2023/79)
1943-0810 Pentti Kotkaniemi* actor/ director/grandfather of Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Helsinki, Finland
1943-0810 Ronnie Spector* (b Veronica Bennett) singer - New York City, NY USA (2022/78)
1943-0811 Abigail Folger* coffee heiress/civil rights devotee/great-granddaughter of J. A. Folger, the founder of Folgers Coffee/murder victim - San Francisco, CA USA (1969/25)
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1943-0817 Robert De Niro* actor - Manhattan, NY USA
1943-0817 John Humphrys* broadcaster/ host of the BBC quiz show Mastermind - Cardiff, Wales
1943-0817 Mattiesko Hytönen* journalist/ television personality - Helsinki, Finland
1943-0818 A.T. Mann* astrologer/ architect/graphic designer - Auburn, NY USA
1943-0818 Hannu Mäkelä* author - Helsinki, Finland
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1943-0823 Reita Faria* Miss World 1966/physician - Bombay, India
1943-0828 David Soul* actor - Chicago, IL USA
1943-0829 Peter von Bagh* film historian/director - Helsinki, Finland (2014/71)
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1943-0903 Andrew Jennings* investigative reporter - Kirkcaldy, Scotland (2022/78)
1943-0903 Valerie Perrine* actress - Galveston, TX USA
1943-0905 Jack Charles* Aboriginal actor/known for his advocacy for Aboriginal people - Melbourne, VIC Australia (2022/79)
1943-0906 Hajime U** - Tokyo, Japan
1943-0907 Gloria Gaynor* (b Fowles) singer - Newark, NJ USA
1943-0911 Jeff Jamar* FBI agent/siege commander during the 1993 Waco siege - Austin, TX USA
1943-0912 Dušan Velkaverh* Slovenian lyricist - Georgetown, British Guiana (2016/72)
1943-0914 Irwin Goodman* singer - Hämeenlinna, Finland (1991/47)
1943-0915 Jussi Raittinen* singer - Helsinki, Finland (2024/80)
1943-0919 Johnny Jackson Jr.* politician/city councilman - New Orleans, LA USA (2018/74)
1943-0921 Jerry Bruckheimer* film and television producer - Detroit, MI USA
1943-0921 Jeanne Robertson* (b Swanner) basketball player/humorist/ motivational speaker - Chelsea, MA USA (2021/77)
1943-0923 Julio Iglesias* singer - Madrid, Spain
1943-0925 Robert Walden* (b Wolkowitz) actor - New York City, NY USA
1943-0927 Randy Bachman* guitarist/songwriter - Winnipeg, MB Canada
1943-0928 Traudl Hecher* alpine ski racer/OB - Schwaz, Tyrol, Austria (2023/79)
1943-0928 J. T. Walsh* actor - San Francisco, CA USA (1998/54)
1943-0929 Lech Walesa* labor activist/Solidarity leader/P/N - Popowo, German-occupied Poland
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1943-1002 Jarmo Wasama* hockey player - Elimäki, Finland (1966/22)
1943-1006 Udo Zimmermann* composer/ opera director/conductor - Dresden, Nazi Germany (2021/78)
1943-1008 Chevy Chase* actor /comedian/writer - Manhattan, NY USA
1943-1011 John Nettles* actor/writer - St Austell, Cornwall, England
1943-1012 Lin Shaye* actress - Detroit, MI USA
1943-1015 Penny Marshall* actress/ director/producer - The Bronx, NY USA (2018/75)
1943-1016 Christopher Mitchum* actor/ screenwriter/ businessman - Los Angeles, CA USA
1943-1022 Catherine Deneuve* actress/model/ producer - Paris, France
1943-1023 Michael Peterson* novelist/murder suspect - Nashville, TN USA
1943-1025 Ante Jonson* UFO-contactee - Sweden
1943-1029 Norman Hunter* football player - Eighton Banks, County Durham, England (2020/76)
1943-1029 Guillermo Teillier* politician/ educator/writer - Santa Barbara, Chile (2023/79)
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1943-1101 Martti Palo* actor/son of Tauno Palo - Helsinki, Finland (2009/65)
1943-1103 Ndubuisi Kanu* military officer/state governor - Isuikwuato, Abia State, Nigeria (2021/77)
1943-1105 Sam Shepard* actor/ playwright/director - Fort Sheridan, IL USA (2017/73)
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1943-1112 Wallace Shawn* actor/voice artist/ essayist - New York City, NY USA
1943-1114 Peter Norton* programmer/writer/ philanthropist - Aberdeen, WA USA
1943-1117 Michael Parks* journalist/ editor/educator - Detroit, MI USA (2022/78)
1943-1122 Yvan Cournoyer* hockey player (NHL 100)/coach - Drummondville, QC Canada
1943-1122 Billlie Jean King* tennis player - Long Beach, CA USA
1943-1124 Agneta Karlsén** - Sweden
1943-1128 R. B. Greaves* American singer - Georgetown, British Guiana (2012/68)
1943-1201 Nicholas Negroponte* architect/ founder of OLPC - New York, NY USA
1943-1203 Pentti Kahma* athlete (discus/EG) - Alavieska, Finland
1943-1205 Jim Marrs* journalist/ufologist - Fort Worth, TX USA (2017/73)
1943-1208 Jim Morrison* singer - Melbourne, FL USA (1971/27)
1943-1211 John Kerry* politician - Aurora, CO USA
1943-1212 Phyllis Somerville* actress - Iowa City, IA USA (2020/76)
1943-1216 Steven Bochco* television producer/ writer - New York, NY USA
1943-1218 Keith Richards* singer - Dartford, Kent, England
1943-1220 Sirkka-Liisa Anttila* politician - Marttila, Finland
1943-1223 Queen Sylvia* (b Sommerlath) of Sweden - Heidelberg, Germany
1943-1223 Harry Shearer* actor/voice actor/ writer/etc - Los Angeles, CA USA
1943-1224 Tarja Halonen* politician/11thP - Helsinki, Finland
1943-1227 Cokie Roberts* journalist/author - New Orleans, LA USA (2019/75)
1943-1231 John Denver* singer-songwriter/activist - Roswell, NM USA (1997/53)
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