List of Famous people who born in 1943

Peter Charles Orton, CVO was a British media entrepreneur and television producer noted for his work in children's television. He, Muppets creator Jim Henson and businesswoman Sophie Turner Laing founded HiT Entertainment in 1982. Orton led the company from 1989 to 2005 when he sold it to Apax. After HiT was sold to Apax in 2005, he retired but kept close contacts with the entertainment world.

Jon Andrew McBride, is a retired American naval officer.

Viktor Alexandrovich Sidyak is a retired left-handed sabre fencer from Russia, a pupil of Mark Rakita and David Tyshler. He was known for his aggressive style and the "one-and-a-half tempo attack".

Margaretha "Gret" Loewensberg is a Swiss architect and the wife of former Swiss Federal Councillor Moritz Leuenberger.

Daniel Charles Brandenstein is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of United Space Alliance. He is a former Naval Aviator, test pilot and NASA astronaut, who flew four Space Shuttle missions. He also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1987 to 1992.