List of Famous people who born in 1943

Bernard Attali is a French business executive, political advisor and one-time novelist. He served as the chief executive officer of Air France from 1988 to 1993. He is a senior advisor to TPG Capital and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Rita M. Gross was an American Buddhist feminist scholar of religions and author. Before retiring, she was Professor of Comparative Studies in Religion at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire.

Carlos Emilio Juan Zurita y Delgado, Duke of Soria and Hernani, is the husband of Infanta Margarita and uncle of King Felipe VI of Spain.

Oscar Emilio León Somoza, known as Oscar D'León, and affectionately called The Pharaoh of Salsa, The Lion of Salsa, and the Son singer of the World, is a Venezuelan musician best known for his work with salsa music. He is the author of "Llorarás", which he recorded in 1975 with his group La Dimensión Latina. He is also ambassador for Operation Smile.

Oscar Bronner is an Austrian newspaper publisher and painter.

Jacques Bompard is a French politician. He serves as the Mayor of Orange.

Manuel Delgado Villegas, also known as El Arropiero, was a Spanish serial killer active between 1964 and 1971. Delgado claimed to have carried out 48 murders in Spain, Italy and France – of these cases the Spanish police were only able to investigate twenty-two in Spain and considered him the definite perpetrator of seven. He was never brought to trial, as he was diagnosed with a severe mental disorder, and in 1978 the Audiencia Nacional ordered that he be preventively detained at Carabanchel Penitentiary Psychiatric Hospital. He was released into the care of a psychiatric hospital in 1996 and died two years later of a smoking-related lung disease.

Ian Watson is a British science fiction writer. He lives in Gijón, Spain.

Hisashi Yamamoto is a prominent organic chemist and currently a member of the faculty at the University of Chicago and professor of Chubu University.

Giovan Battista Pichierri was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.