page_title: 1943
section_title: April
hierarchical_section_title: 1943 / Births / April
caption_attribution_description: Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner at rehearsal in Wrocław (Poland) during the Wratislavia Cantans Festival (Photo taken by Maciej Goździelewski)
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: April 2 – Caterina Bueno, Italian singer (d. 2007)
  April 3 – Hikaru Saeki, Japanese admiral, the first female star officer of the Japan Self-Defense Forces
  April 4 – Isabel-Clara Simó, Spanish journalist and writer (d. 2020)
  April 5
  Jean-Louis Tauran, French cardinal (d. 2018)
  Max Gail, American actor (Barney Miller)
  April 6 − Susan Tolsky, American actress and voice actress
  April 8
  Miller Farr, American football player
  Jack O'Halloran, American boxer and actor
  April 10
  Andrzej Badeński, Polish athlete (d. 2008)
  Margaret Pemberton, English writer
  April 11 – Harley Race, American professional wrestler, promoter and trainer (d. 2019)
  April 13 – Doreen Tracey, British-born American actress (d. 2018)
  April 15 – Mighty Sam McClain, American singer, songwriter (d. 2015)
  April 16 – Petro Tyschtschenko, German businessman
  April 17 – Bobby Curtola, Canadian singer (d. 2016)
  April 19 – Claus Theo Gärtner, German actor
  April 20 – John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor
  April 21 – Napsiah Omar, Malaysian educator, politician (d. 2018)
  April 22
  Gabriel López Zapiain, Mexican footballer (d. 2018)
  Louise Glück, American poet, 12th US Poet Laureate
  April 23
  Dominik Duka, Czech Roman Catholic bishop, theologian
  Gail Goodrich, American basketball player
  Fighting Harada, Japanese boxer
  Frans Koppelaar, Dutch painter
  Hervé Villechaize, French-born actor (Fantasy Island) (d. 1993)
  April 24 – Richard Sterban, American singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)
  April 25
  Alan Feduccia, American paleornithologist
  James G. Mitchell, Canadian computer scientist
  April 26 – Gary Wright, American singer, songwriter, musician and composer
  April 28 – John O. Creighton, American astronaut
  April 29 – Sir Ian Kershaw, English historian
  April 30
  Frederick Chiluba, Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia (d. 2011)
  Paul Jennings, Australian writer
  Bobby Vee, American singer (d. 2016)
caption: John Eliot Gardiner
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