1943 births

George Harrison was an English musician who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Known as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison played a significant role in shaping the band's musical direction and established a successful solo career, particularly through his interest in non-Western musical influences.

Pakistani soldier and politician (1943-2023)

President of Iran from 1997 to 2005

former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

U.S. poet and Nobel laureate (1943–2023)

American singer (1943–1970)

British singer and songwriter; vocalist of The Rolling Stones

German politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010

President of Finland from 2000 to 2012 (born 1943)

French actress (born 1943)

Sir Ben Kingsley is a British-Indian actor. He has received various accolades throughout his career spanning seven decades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards and two Laurence Olivier Awards. Kingsley was appointed Knight Bachelor in 2002 for services to the British film industry. He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010 and received the Britannia Award in 2014.

British musician, guitarist of the Rolling Stones

Italian economist and politician (1943-)

American economist, professor, and recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics

British actor (born 1943)

Italian recording artist; musician, songwriter, record producer (1943–2023)

English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)

President of the Republic of the Congo (1979–1992; 1997–present)

American tennis player (born 1943)

Northern Irish peace activist (1943–2020)

French musician, singer and actor (1943–2017)

American actor (born 1943)

Canadian musician

Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (, ; 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis ( ; , ), was a Greek musician, composer, and producer of electronic, progressive, ambient, and classical orchestral music. He composed the Academy Award-winning score to Chariots of Fire (1981), as well as scores for the films Blade Runner (1982), Missing (1982), Antarctica (1983), The Bounty (1984), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), and Alexander (2004), and the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage by Carl Sagan.

German physicist

Joseph Frank Pesci is an American actor and singer. He is best known for portraying tough, volatile characters in a variety of genres and for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro in the films Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), and The Irishman (2019).

Mexican chemical engineer (1943–2020)

Canadian filmmaker (born 1943)

Icelandic politician, 5th President of Iceland

English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter (born 1943)

American actress and model (1943–1969)

British astrophysicist (born 1943)

Carole Penelope Marshall was an American actress, film director, and producer. She starred as Laverne DeFazio on the television sitcom Laverne & Shirley from 1976 to 1983, and received three nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for her portrayal.

American tennis player (1943–1993)

American singer (1943–1997)

American singer

American chemist (1943–2005)

American physician and biochemist

American film director and screenwriter (born 1943)

French film director (born 1943)

British comedian, actor and writer (born 1943)

American politician and former speaker of the United States House of Representatives

American computer scientist (born 1943)

Nigerian military ruler (1943-1998)

American playwright and actor (1943–2017)

American investigative journalist (born 1943)

CIA director, U.S. Secretary of Defense, and university president

queen consort of Sweden

Italian footballer and politician

american developmental psychologist & academic

Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase is an American comedian, actor and writer.

Ex-President of Haiti (1943-2017)

American film director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1943)

German scientist

American actor

Canadian novelist and poet (born 1943)

Japanese origami artist

American novelist (born 1943)

German actress and chanson singer (born 1943)

American politician and diplomat (born 1943)