1943
Jan de Bont, Dutch director, producer, and cinematographer
Jan de Bont is a Dutch retired film director, producer, and a former cinematographer.
Jan de Bont, Dutch director, producer, and cinematographer
The 1940s
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1943
Ron Elliott, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer
Ronald Charles Elliott is an American musician, composer and record producer, best known as songwriter and lead guitarist of the rock band The Beau Brummels. Elliott wrote or co-wr…
Ron Elliott, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer
1943
Allen Coage, American-Canadian wrestler and coach (died 2007)
Allen James Coage was an American judoka and professional wrestler. He won medals for the United States at several international judo competitions, including the heavyweight bronze…
Allen Coage, American-Canadian wrestler and coach (died 2007)
1943
Catherine Deneuve, French actress and singer
Catherine Fabienne Dorléac, known professionally as Catherine Deneuve, is a French actress. She is considered one of the greatest European actresses on film. In 2020, The New York …
Catherine Deneuve, French actress and singer
1943
Seif Sharif Hamad, Zanzibari politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Zanzibar (died 2021)
Seif Sharif Hamad was a Tanzanian politician who served as the First Vice President of Zanzibar and as Party Chairman of ACT Wazalendo.
Seif Sharif Hamad, Zanzibari politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Zanzibar (died 2021)
1943
Alida Chelli, Italian actress and singer (died 2012)
Alida Rustichelli, known professionally as Alida Chelli, was an Italian singer and actress, mainly known for her appearances in stage musicals.
Alida Chelli, Italian actress and singer (died 2012)
1943
Bill Dundee, Scottish-American wrestler and manager
William Cruickshanks, also known by his ring name Bill Dundee, was a Scottish-born Australian professional wrestler. He was the father of Jamie Dundee and the father-in-law of wres…
Bill Dundee, Scottish-American wrestler and manager
1943
Phil Hawthorne, Australian rugby player and coach (died 1994)
Phillip Francis Hawthorne was an Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer – a dual-code international. He represented the Wallabies in twenty-one Tests and the Kangaroos …
Phil Hawthorne, Australian rugby player and coach (died 1994)
1943
Orso Maria Guerrini, Italian actor
Orso Maria Guerrini is an Italian film, television and stage actor and voice actor.
Orso Maria Guerrini, Italian actor
1943
Carmen Argenziano, American actor and producer (died 2019)
Carmen Antimo Argenziano was an American actor who appeared in over 73 movies and around 100 television movies or episodes. He was best known for playing Jacob Carter on Stargate S…
Carmen Argenziano, American actor and producer (died 2019)
1943
Jerry Rook, American basketball player and coach (died 2019)
Jerry G. Rook was an American basketball player, best known for his success at Arkansas State University. He played one season for the New Orleans Buccaneers in the American Basket…
Jerry Rook, American basketball player and coach (died 2019)
1943
Karalyn Patterson, English psychologist and academic
Karalyn Eve Patterson is a British psychologist in Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge and MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit. She is a specialist in c…
Karalyn Patterson, English psychologist and academic
1943
Paul Claes, Belgian poet and translator
Paul Claes is a Flemish scholar, writer, poet and translator.
Paul Claes, Belgian poet and translator
1943
Roy Lynes, English keyboardist and singer
Status Quo are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. Beginning with "Pictures of Matchstick Men" in 1968, they have had over 60 chart hits in the UK – more than any other …
Roy Lynes, English keyboardist and singer
1943
Jimmy McRae, Scottish race car driver
James Steele McRae is a Scottish former rally driver. He was highly successful in the British Rally Championship, winning the title a record five times in 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987 an…
Jimmy McRae, Scottish race car driver
1943
Don Simpson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1996)
Donald Clarence Simpson was an American film producer, screenwriter, and actor, known for his work on blockbuster films of the 1980s and 1990s. Simpson entered the film industry in…
Don Simpson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1996)
1943
Joanna Shimkus, Canadian actress
Joanna Marie Shimkus is a Canadian film actress. She is the widow of actor Sidney Poitier and mother of actress Sydney Tamiia Poitier.
Joanna Shimkus, Canadian actress
1943
David Triesman, Baron Triesman, English union leader and politician
David Maxim Triesman, Baron Triesman was a British politician, merchant banker and trade union leader.
David Triesman, Baron Triesman, English union leader and politician
1943
Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (born 1884)
Isoroku Yamamoto was an admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and the commander of the Combined Fleet during World War II. He commanded the fleet from 1939 until his death i…
Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (born 1884)
1943
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian director, producer, and playwright (born 1858)
Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko was a Soviet and Russian theatre director, writer, pedagogue, playwright, producer and theatre administrator, who founded the Moscow Art The…
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian director, producer, and playwright (born 1858)
1943
Joseph Achron, Russian composer and violinist (born 1886)
Joseph Yulyevich Achron, also seen as Akhron was a Russian composer and violinist, who settled in the United States. His preoccupation with Jewish elements and his desire to develo…
Joseph Achron, Russian composer and violinist (born 1886)
1943
Ricardo Viñes, Spanish pianist (born 1875)
Ricardo Viñes y Roda was a Spanish pianist. He gave the premieres of various works by Ravel, Debussy, Satie, Falla and Albéniz. He was the piano teacher of the composer Francis Pou…
Ricardo Viñes, Spanish pianist (born 1875)
1943
Eddy Hamel, American footballer (born 1902)
Eddy Hamel was an American soccer player who played as a right winger for Dutch club AFC Ajax. Hamel was the first Jewish player for Ajax. He was murdered by the Nazis in 1943 in A…
Eddy Hamel, American footballer (born 1902)
1943
Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (born 1860)
Jens Otto Harry Jespersen was a Danish linguist who worked in foreign-language pedagogy, historical phonetics, and other areas, but is best known for his description of the grammar…
Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (born 1860)