List of Famous people who died at 43

Jérôme Gendre was a French rugby union player and coach. He played amongst others for RC Narbonne, Castres Olympique, ASM Clermont Auvergne and FC Auch Gers. He died aged 43 after having suffered a heart attack.

Dmitri Andreyevich Vasilenko was an Olympic gymnast who competed for Russia in the 1996 Olympic Games. He won gold medal in the team competition. He was an alternate to the 2000 Olympic team.

Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lemeshev was an Olympic boxer from the USSR. Soviet physiologists, while examining Lemeshev abilities with electronic measuring devices, discovered his extremely fast, split-second reaction, uncommon not only for boxers, but for the other athletes as well, and decisive when it comes to the counterpunches and cross-counters, in which he was one of the best in the entire middleweight, though severe trauma of the left hand ended his olympic career, and boxing career as well, when resulted in several knockout losses in a row.

Raden Pandji Chandra Pratomo Samiadji Massaid, also known as Adjie Massaid, was an Indonesian actor, model, and politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives in 2004–2009 and 2009–2014 from the Democratic Party.

Ali Shariati Mazinani was an Iranian revolutionary and sociologist who focused on the sociology of religion. He is held as one of the most influential Iranian intellectuals of the 20th century and has been called the "ideologue of the Iranian Revolution", although his ideas ended up not forming the basis of the Islamic Republic.

Oleg Moiseyevich Kagan was a Soviet violinist, known for his chamber collaborations with such musicians as pianist Sviatoslav Richter and cellist Natalia Gutman, his wife. He was also a significant proponent of modern music, in particular Berg's Violin Concerto. Several recently released concert recordings have added to his posthumous reputation.

Tezer Özlü, Turkish writer.

Francisco José Hernández Mandujano, better known as Chico Che, was a musician, singer, songwriter, and performer from Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico.

Zhang Ouying was a Chinese football (soccer) player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics as well as the 1999, 2003, and 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. She was a member of the Chinese team that won the silver medal at the 1999 World Cup.

Gonzalo García Téllez, known as Lalo García was a Spanish basketball player. García played his entire career for CB Valladolid, his hometown club, and played for the Spanish national team.