List of Famous people who born in 1943

Merle Calvin Ricklefs was an American-born Australian scholar of the history and current affairs of Indonesia.

Paul Zukofsky was an American violinist and conductor known for his work in the field of contemporary classical music.

Yum-Tong Siu is the William Elwood Byerly Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University.

Robert W. Goodwin, billed as R. W. Goodwin, is an Australian-born American television producer and director best known for his work as senior executive producer of The X-Files. He lives in Bellingham, Washington.

Sani Abacha GCFR was a Nigerian military general who served as the military head of state of Nigeria from 1993 until his death in 1998. He was also Chief of Army Staff between 1985 to 1990; Chief of Defence Staff between 1990 to 1993; and Minister of Defence. In 1993, Abacha became the first Nigerian Army officer to attain the rank of a full military general without skipping a single rank.

Eric Ronald Priest is Emeritus Professor at St Andrews University, where he previously held the Gregory Chair of Mathematics and a Bishop Wardlaw Professorship.

Paul Joseph Swain a prelate of the Catholic Church and the former Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls from 2006 to 2019.