* 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 – Bob Kerrey, American politician, 35th Governor of Nebraska

* 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

* 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 )

* 1943 – Dave Bing, seven-time All-Star basketball player and 70th mayor of Detroit

* 2006 – Dave Cockrum, American comic book artist ( b. 1943 )

In March 1943 Lee married Dave Barbour, a guitarist in Goodman's band.

* Guitarist and composer Dave Barbour ( 1943 – 1951 ); daughter Nicki Lee Foster ( born 1943 )

* Dave Sheridan ( cartoonist ) ( 1943 – 1982 ), American cartoonist

* Denis Payton, saxophonist for The Dave Clark Five, was born in Walthamstow 1943.

* Dave Bliss ( born 1943 ), former American college basketball coach

* Dave Gray ( born 1943 ), Major League Baseball pitcher

* Mike Smith ( Dave Clark Five ) ( 1943 – 2008 ), English singer-songwriter ( The Dave Clark Five )

* Dave Hatton ( born 1943 ), former English footballer

David " Dave " Bing ( born November 24, 1943 ) is the mayor of Detroit, Michigan, a businessman, and a retired American professional basketball player who played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ), primarily for the Detroit Pistons ( 1966 – 75 ).

* Dave Munden — born David Charles Munden, 2 December 1943, Dagenham, Essex — Drummer / Lead Vocalist.

Lee left Goodman in 1943, having married guitarist Dave Barbour.

While convalescing in his Virginia home he wrote a book recording his prison experiences and escape, entitled: They Shall Not Have Me Published originally in ( Helion's ) English by Dutton & Co. of New York, in 1943, the book was received by the press as a work of astonishing literary power and one of the most realistic accounts of World War 2, from the French side.

* 1880 – Radclyffe Hall, English poet, novelist, and activist ( d. 1943 )

* 1943 – Billy J. Kramer, English singer

* 1869 – Laurence Binyon, English poet ( d. 1943 )

* 1943 – Gordon West, English footballer ( d. 2012 )

Helen Beatrix Potter ( 28 July 186622 December 1943 ) was an English author, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist best known for her imaginative children ’ s books featuring animals such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit which celebrated the British landscape and country life.

* Rewald, John, ed., with the assistance of Lucien Pissarro: Camille Pissarro, Lettres à son fils Lucien, Editions Albin Michel, Paris 1950 ; previously published, translated to English: Camille Pissarro, Letters to his son Lucien, New York 1943 & London 1944 ; 3rd revised edition, Paul P Appel Publishers, 1972 ISBN 0-911858-22-9

* 1943 – Tony Hicks, English guitarist ( The Hollies )

* 1943 – Harry Pilling, English cricketer ( d. 2012 )

* 1943 – Gareth Hunt, English actor ( d. 2007 )

* 1943 – Susan Hanson, English actress

* 1943 – Georgie Fame, English singer and pianist ( Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings )

* 1943 – Reg Presley, English singer-songwriter ( The Troggs )

* 1943 – Malcolm McDowell, English actor

* 1943 – Leslie Howard, English actor ( b. 1893 )

* 1943 – Judith Barker, English actress

* 1943 – Colin Baker, English actor

* 1867 – Fred Tate, English cricketer ( d. 1943 )

* 1943 – Mick Jagger, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor ( The Rolling Stones and SuperHeavy )

* 1858 – Beatrice Webb, English economist ( d. 1943 )

* 1943 – Christine McVie, English singer-songwriter and musician ( Fleetwood Mac )

* 1943 – Terry Venables, English football manager