List of Famous people who born in 1943

Per Oskar "Pelle" Svensson was a Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler and lawyer. His achievements included a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the light heavyweight class and two gold medals at the World Championships in 1970 and 1971.

Mohamed Yehia El Horria Emam, known as Hamada Emam, was a former Egyptian football player. He was Vice President of The Egyptian Football Association (EFA). Hamada Emam scored 74 goals for Zamalek SC in the Egyptian Premier League. He won two Egyptian league titles for Zamalek and three Egypt cups.

René-Thierry Magon de La Villehuchet was a French aristocrat, money manager, and businessman. He was one of the founders of Access International Advisors, a company caught and subsumed in the Madoff investment scandal in 2008. He committed suicide after losing an estimated $1.4 billion in the Madoff scheme.

Mark Philipp Wirtz was a French pop music record producer, composer, singer, musician, author, and comedian. Wirtz is best known for the never-completed A Teenage Opera concept album, a project he devised while working under contract to EMI at Abbey Road Studios with Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick. The first single from the planned album, "Excerpt from A Teenage Opera" by Keith West, was a number 2 hit on the UK Singles Chart in September 1967 and encapsulates Wirtz's signature style, described by Mojo magazine as "Phil Spector scoring Camberwick Green". Another track produced and arranged by Wirtz, the 1966 single "A Touch of Velvet - A Sting of Brass" credited to The Mood-Mosaic featuring the Ladybirds, became well-known in Germany as the theme tune for the Radio Bremen television show Musikladen, and was used by some radio stations and DJs in the United Kingdom as an ident, notably Dave Lee Travis on Radio Caroline.

Horacio Pagani is a prominent Argentine sportswriter and sportscaster.

Mario Augusto Poggi Estremadoyro was a Peruvian psychologist, artist, sculptor and humorist. He became well known for killing an alleged serial killer in 1986; he was arrested for the murder and sentenced to seven years in prison, but was released in 1991 after serving around five years.

Marilina Ross is an Argentine singer and actress. She went into exile in Spain during the years of the military dictatorship (1976–1983), because this would not allow her to develop her artistic activities in Argentina.

Joël Robert was a Belgian professional motocross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1960 to 1976 when the sport experienced a surge in popularity worldwide. A six-time world champion, Robert dominated the 250cc class for almost a decade when, he placed either first or second every year between 1964 and 1972 including, five consecutive world championships. He won a total of 50 Grand Prix races over his career, a record which stood for nearly 30 years.

Jon Ivar Christensen was a Norwegian jazz drummer. He was married to actress, minister, and theater director Ellen Horn, and was the father of singer and actress Emilie Stoesen Christensen.

José Legrá is a retired professional featherweight boxer. He is a former two time WBC World Featherweight Champion.