List of Famous people who died at 43

Aidar Askarevich Akayev was a Kyrgyz businessman and public figure. He was the son of former President of Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev and the first husband of Aliya Nazarbayeva, the youngest daughter of former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Mauricio Fabio Hanuch was an Argentine footballer who played as a right midfielder.

Baba Sy was an African international draughts player and the first world champion from Africa.

Kor Sarr was a Senegalese professional football player and manager.

Henrique de Souza Filho, commonly known as Henfil, was a Brazilian cartoonist, caricaturist, journalist and writer, born in Ribeirão das Neves, Minas Gerais.

Sai Naw Kham was a Burmese drug trafficker and leader of a major drug trafficking gang in the Golden Triangle, a major drugs-smuggling area where the borders of Burma, Laos and Thailand converge. He was executed for killing 13 Chinese sailors.

Georgy Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the three-man crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft. They became the world's first space station crew aboard Salyut 1, but died of asphyxiation because of an accidentally opened valve. They were the first and, as of 2020, the only humans to have died in space.

Gerry Roufs, was a Canadian competitive sailor.

Antônio Candeia Filho better known as Candeia was a Brazilian samba singer, songwriter, and musician.

Norberto Ángeles was a Mexican footballer who played as a defender.