Famous People Born in June 1943

Billy Cunningham (79 years old)

Jun 3 American Basketball Hall of Fame forward (NBA C'ship 1967 Philadelphia 76ers) and coach (NBA C'ship 1983 Philadelphia 76ers; 4 x HC NBA All Star Game), born in Brooklyn, New York

Jun 3 Eddie McGrady, Northern Irish politician (SDLP) unseated Enoch Powell, Born in Downpatrick (d. 2013)
Jun 3 Mike Dennis [Freda], American pop-rock vocalist (The Dovells - "Bristol Stomp"; "You Can't Sit Down"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jun 4 Joyce Meyer, American Charismatic Christian author and speaker, born in St. Louis, Missouri
Jun 4 Sandra Haynie, American golfer (US Open 1974, du Maurier Classic 1982, LPGA C'ship 1965, 74), born in Fort Worth, Texas
Jun 5 Ann Craft, British researcher and writer and disabilities advocate (NAPSAC)
Jun 5 Bill Hopkins, English composer, born in Prestbury, England (d. 1981)
Jun 5 Matthew Lesko, American author, born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Jun 5 Michael Davis, American bass guitarist, and songwriter (MC5 -"Kick Out The Jams"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2012)
Jun 6 Asif Iqbal, Pakistani cricketer (elegant Pakistani batsman 1964-80), born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Jun 6 Ken Hatfield, American football coach (Air Force, University of Arkansas, Clemson University, Rice University), born in Helena, Arkansas
Jun 7 Mel Levine, American politician (Rep-D-CA, 1983-93), born in Los Angeles, California
Jun 7 Nikki Giovanni, American poet (LHJ Woman of the Year 1973), born in Knoxville, Tennessee
Jun 7 [Kenneth Charles] Ken Osmond, American actor (Leave It to Beaver), born in Glendale, California
Jun 8 Colin Baker, English actor (Sixth Doctor in Doctor Who, Swallows & Amazons), born in London
Jun 8 William Calley Jr., American war criminal, convicted by court-martial of murdering 22 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai Massacre, born in Miami, Florida
Jun 8 Willie Davenport, American bobsledder and track athlete (Olympic gold 110m hurdles 1968), born in Troy, Alabama (d. 2002)
Jun 9 Charles Saatchi, Iraqi English magnate and art collector (founded advertising company Saatchi & Saatchi), born in Baghdad, Iraq
Jun 9 Joe Haldeman, American sci-fi author (The Forever War), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jun 10 Jeff Greenfield, American media commentator (Firing Line; Nightline), born in NYC, New York
Jun 10 Simon Jenkins, British author and newspaper editor (Evening Standard, The Times), born in Birmingham, England
Jun 11 Buster Mathis, American boxer (World Super Heavyweight title 1972), born in Sledge, Mississippi (d. 1995)

Henry Hill (1943-2012)

Jun 11 American mobster and FBI informant (inspired Goodfellas), born in Brooklyn, New York

Jun 13 Edward Skorek, Polish volleyball player (Olympic gold 1976), born in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland
Jun 13 Malcolm McDowell, English actor (Clockwork Orange, Caligula), born in Leeds, England
Jun 14 (Dewey Lindon) "Spooner" Oldham, American session piano player (Muscle Shoals; Aretha Franklin; Neil Young), and songwriter ("Cry Like a Baby"), born in Center Star, Alabama
Jun 14 Billy Tauzin, American politician and lobbyist (Rep-D-LA, 1980-2005), born in Chackbay, Louisiana
Jun 14 Jim Sensenbrenner, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin), born in Chicago, Illinois
Jun 14 John Miles, British racing driver, born in London (d. 2018)
Jun 15 (Mervyn) "Muff" Winwood, English songwriter and bassist (Spencer Davis Group - "Gimme Some Lovin"), born in Erdington, Birmingham
Jun 15 Aron Kincaid, actor (Warren-Bachelor Father, Ski Party), born in Los Angeles, California
Jun 15 Johnny Hallyday [Jean-Philippe Smet], French singer and actor known as the "Elvis Presley of France", born in Paris, France (d. 2017)
Jun 15 Xaveria Hollander [Vara de DeVries], Dutch author (The Happy Hooker), born in Soerabaja, Dutch East Indies
Jun 16 Joan Van Ark, American actress and director (Valene-Dallas, Knots Landing), born in NYC, New York

Barry Manilow (79 years old)

Jun 17 American pop singer, and piano player ("Mandy": "Daybreak"; "I Write The Songs"; "Copacabana"), born in New York City

Jun 17 Burt Rutan, American aerospace engineer, born in Estacada, Oregon
Jun 17 Christopher Brown, English composer, born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Newt Gingrich (79 years old)

Jun 17 American politician (Rep-R-GA, 1979-99) and Speaker of the House (1995-97), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Jun 18 Barry Evans, English actor (Dr Upton-Dr in the House, Mind Your Language), born in Guildford, England (d. 1997)
Jun 18 Raffaella Carrà [Pelloni], Italian singer and actress, born in Bologna, Italy
Jun 20 Andy Etchebarren, baseball catcher (Baltimore Orioles), born in Whittier, California
Jun 21 Salomé [Maria Rosa Marco Poquet], Spanish pop and bolero singer ("Vivo Cantando"), born in Barcelona
Jun 22 Eumir Deodato, Brazilian artist, producer and arranger
Jun 22 Ralph Molina, American drummer (Crazy Horse, Neil Young's backing band), born in Puerto Rico
Jun 23 James Levine, American conductor (Metropolitan Opera, 1976-2017), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2021)
Jun 23 Vinton (Vint) Cerf, American Internet pioneer, Turing Award laureate
Jun 24 Carole Caldwell Graebner, American tennis player (US Open 1965, Australian Open doubles 1966), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2008)
Jun 24 Georg Stanford Brown, Cuban actor (Terry Webster-Rookies), born in Havana, Cuba
Jun 25 Bill Moggridge [William], British designer (1st laptop computer), born in London, England (d. 2012)
Jun 25 Carly Simon, American Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter ("Anticipation"; "You're So Vain"), born in NYC, New York
Jun 25 Chris Huston, British-born recording engineer and guitarist, born in North Wales, England
Jun 25 Gerrit "Ger" Zijlstra, Dutch sculptor, born in Utrecht, Netherlands
Jun 26 Allen Strange, American composer (Electronic Music: Systems, Techniques, and Controls), born in Calexico, California
Jun 26 Georgie Fame [Clive Powell], English R&B and jazz singer and keyboard player ("Get Away"; "Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde"), born in Lancashire, England
Jun 26 John Beasley, American actor (Everwood), born in Omaha, Nebraska
Jun 27 Harm Ottenbros, Dutch bicycle racer (World C'ships gold men's road race 1969), born in Alkmaar, Netherlands (d. 2022)
Jun 27 Kjersti Døvigen, Norwegian actress (Offshore), born in Oslo, Norway
Jun 27 Rico Petrocelli, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), born in Brooklyn, New York
Jun 28 Ed Pastor, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona), born in Claypool, Arizona
Jun 28 Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist (discovery of the integer quantum Hall effect, Nobel 1985), born in Schroda, Reichsgau Posen, Germany

Little Eva (1943-2003)

Jun 29 American pop singer ("The Loco-motion"; "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby"), born in Belhaven, North Carolina

Jun 29 Pedro Pablo León, Peruvian soccer forward (49 caps; Alianza Lima), born in Lima, Peru (d. 2020)
Jun 29 Roger Ruskin Spear, English saxophonist (Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band), born in London, England
Jun 30 Florence Ballard, American pop and R&B singer (The Supremes, 1959-67 - "Buttered Popcorn"; "Where Did Our Love Go"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1976)

About June 1943

How Old? 79 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No

Chinese Zodiac: Goat/Sheep
Star Signs: Gemini (May 21 - Jun 20), Cancer (Jun 21 - Jul 22)

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