page_title: 1943
section_title: February
hierarchical_section_title: 1943 / Births / February
caption_attribution_description: English: Antonio Inoki. 日本語: アントニオ猪木（第7回阪神カッププレゼンター）。投稿者が撮影および編集
context_page_description: 1943 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1943rd year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 943rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 43rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1940s decade.
context_section_description: February 2 – Erkan Geniş, Turkish artist
  February 3
  Blythe Danner, American actress
  Dennis Edwards, American soul, R&B singer (d. 2018)
  Eric Haydock, British musician (d. 2019)
  February 4 – Alberto João Jardim, Portuguese politician
  February 5
  Nolan Bushnell, American video game pioneer
  Michael Mann, American film director, writer and producer
  Craig Morton, American football player
  February 7 – Gareth Hunt, English actor (d. 2007)
  February 8 – Creed Bratton, American actor, musician
  February 9
  Joe Pesci, American actor (Goodfellas)
  Joseph E. Stiglitz, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
  February 10 – Walter B. Jones Jr., American politician (d. 2019)
  February 11 – Mohammad Rafiquzzaman, Bangladeshi lyricist
  February 12 – Wacław Kisielewski, Polish pianist (d. 1986)
  February 14 – Maceo Parker, American musician (James Brown, P-Funk)
  February 15 – Elke Heidenreich, German author, TV presenter and journalist
  February 18 – Graeme Garden, Scottish writer, comedian and actor
  February 19
  Homer Hickam, American author, retired NASA engineer
  Tim Hunt, British biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  February 20
  Moshe Cotel, American composer, pianist (d. 2008)
  Antonio Inoki, Japanese professional wrestler
  Mike Leigh, British film director
  February 21 – David Geffen, American record executive, film producer
  February 22
  Horst Köhler, President of the Federal Republic of Germany
  Eduard Limonov, Russian writer, poet, publicist, and political dissident (d. 2020)
  February 23 – Fred Biletnikoff, American football player, coach
  February 24 – Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer
  February 25
  Boediono, Indonesian economist, 11th Vice President of Indonesia
  George Harrison, English singer, guitarist (The Beatles) (d. 2001)
  February 26
  Bill Duke, American actor, director
  Darcus Howe, Trinidadian-born British civil rights activist (d. 2017)
  Bob Hite, American singer, musician (Canned Heat) (d. 1981)
  February 27 – Morten Lauridsen, American composer
  February 28 – Donnie Iris, American rock singer, guitarist (The Jaggerz, Wild Cherry, Donnie Iris and the Cruisers)
caption: Antonio Inoki
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