List of Famous people who died in 1943

Charles McLean Andrews was an American historian, an authority on American colonial history. He wrote 102 major scholarly articles and books, as well as over 360 book reviews, newspaper articles, and short items. He is especially known as a leader of the "Imperial school" of historians who studied, and generally admired the efficiency of the British Empire in the 18th century. Kross argues:

His intangible legacy is twofold. First is his insistence that all history be based on facts and that the evidence be found, organized, and weighed. Second is his injunction that colonial America can never be understood without taking into account England.

Dame Anne Annette Minna Cochrane was a British courtier.

Archibald Kennedy, 4th Marquess of Ailsa, DL, JP, FSRGS, styled Earl of Cassilis until 1938, was a Scottish peer, barrister and soldier.

Armine von Tempski was an American writer and one of Hawaii's best known authors. She was a granddaughter of Gustavus von Tempsky.

Arthur Waugh was an English author, literary critic, and publisher. He was the father of the authors Alec Waugh and Evelyn Waugh.

Air Vice Marshal Augustus Henry Orlebar, was a British Army and Royal Air Force officer who served in both world wars.

Amédée Henri Gustave Noël Gastoué was a French musicologist and composer.

Fredericka Douglass Sprague Perry was an American philanthropist and activist. Perry founded the Colored Big Sister Home for Girls in 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri. With her husband, John E. Perry, she worked to provide better health care to African-American children.

Takeda Sōkaku was known as the founder of a school of jujutsu known as Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu.

Jacques Grüber was a French woodworker and glass artist.