* 1943 – World War II: Operation Mincemeat: The submarine surfaces in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain to deposit a dead man planted with false invasion plans and dressed as a British military intelligence officer.

* 1943 – Frederick Chiluba, Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia ( d. 2011 )

* 1943 – Bobby Vee, American singer

* 1943 – Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.

* 1868 – Hong Beom-do, Korean activist ( d. 1943 )

* 1943 – Chuck Girard, American singer-songwriter and pianist ( Love Song and The Castells )

* 1943 – Tuesday Weld, American actress

* 1943 – Jon Postel, American computer scientist ( d. 1998 )

* 1943 – Ken Norton, American boxer

* 1943 – Michael Willetts, English soldier, George Cross recipient ( d. 1971 )

* 1943 – Rebellion in the Nazi death camp of Treblinka.

* 1943 – World War II: the Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks.

* 1943 – Tom Burgmeier, American baseball player

* 1943 – Max Wright, American actor

* 1943 – Béla Bollobás, Hungarian-English mathematician

* 1943 – Lana Cantrell, Australian-American singer and lawyer

* 1943 – Alain Corneau, French director

* 1943 – Denis Payton, English saxophonist ( The Dave Clark Five )

* 1943 – Ruth Madoc, Welsh actress

* 1943 – Dave Peverett, English musician ( Foghat and Savoy Brown ) ( d. 2000 )

* Adrian Păunescu ( 1943 – 2010 ), Romanian poet, journalist, and politician

* 1902 – Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic ( d. 1943 )

* 1943 – María Rojo, Mexican actress and politician

* 1888 – Armand J. Piron, American violinist, bandleader, and composer ( d. 1943 )

Bob Clampett's 1943 cartoon Book Revue features Daffy Duck dressed as Danny Kaye singing in a Russian accent.

* 1943 – Bob Hite, American singer ( Canned Heat ) ( d. 1981 )

* 2001 – Bob Wollek, French race car driver ( b. 1943 )

The National Cartoonists Society had its origins during World War II when cartoonists Gus Edson, Otto Soglow, Clarence D. Russell, Bob Dunn and others did chalk talks at hospitals for the USO in 1943.

* 1943 – Bob Wollek, French race car driver ( d. 2001 )

Vinton Gray " Vint " Cerf (; born June 23, 1943 ) is an American computer scientist, who is recognized as one of " the fathers of the Internet ", sharing this title with American computer scientist Bob Kahn.

Bob Montana's redheaded teen of comic strips and comic books was heard on radio's Archie Andrews from 1943 to 1953.

A Corny Concerto ( 1943 ), a Warner Bros cartoon, directed by Bob Clampett with animation by Robert McKimson, features music that was composed by Johann Strauss, and is a parody of Walt Disney's 1940 Fantasia.

" Bob " Hodgson, a pilot in RAF Bomber Command, who was killed in action in 1943.

* Bob Livingston ( born 1943 ), former Republican Congressman from Louisiana, briefly Speaker-designate of the House of Representatives

' Fighting Tools ', directed by Bob Clampett in 1943

Robert Upshur " Bob " Woodward ( born March 26, 1943 ) is an American investigative journalist and non-fiction author.

* In 1943, Bob Clampett directed Falling Hare, a Merrie Melodies cartoon featuring Bugs Bunny.

* Milton Robert Carr ( born 1943 ), commonly known as Bob Carr, American politician, U. S. Representative from Michigan

Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs ( working title: So White and de Sebben Dwarfs ) is a Merrie Melodies animated cartoon directed by Bob Clampett, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, and released to theatres on January 16, 1943 by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation.

Bob Wills and Texas Play Boys played Western Swing nightly from 1934 until 1943.

Joseph Robert " Bob " Kerrey ( born August 27, 1943 ) was the 35th Governor of Nebraska from 1983 to 1987 and a United States Senator from Nebraska from 1989 to 2001.

Robert Linlithgow " Bob " Livingston Jr. ( born April 30, 1943 ) is a Washington, D. C .- based lobbyist and a former Republican U. S. Representative from Louisiana.

Robert " Bob " Jack ( 4 April 1876 – 6 May 1943 ) was a Scottish footballer and manager.

Those working on the syndicated newspaper panel after Ripley included Joe Campbell ( 1946 – 1956 ), Art Sloggatt ( 1917 – 1975 ), Clem Gretter ( 1941 – 1949 ), Carl Dorese, Bob Clarke ( 1943 – 1944 ), Stan Randall, Paul Frehm ( 1938 – 1978 ; he became the full time artist in 1949 ) and his brother Walter Frehm ( 1948 – 1989 ); Walter worked part time with his brother Paul and became a full time Ripley artist from 1978 – 1989.

Bob Avakian ( born on March 7, 1943 ) is Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA ( RCP ), which he has led since its formation in 1975.

* Bob Johnson ( pitcher ) ( born 1943 ), former professional baseball player

* Bob Kerr ( musician ) ( born 1943 ), comic musician ; member of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The New Vaudeville Band and Bob Kerr's Whoopie Band