1943 births

Robert Sainte-Rose (born 5 July 1943 in Fort-de-France, Martinique) is a French athlete who specialises in the men's high jump. Sainte-Rose competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and 1968 Summer Olympics.

Guy Canivet (born 23 September 1943 in Lons-le-Saunier) is a French judge.
As of 2005, he is president of the Court of Cassation and as such is the highest judge in France.
On 22 February 2007, Jean-Louis Debré, president of the French National Assembly, appointed Guy Canivet to the Constitutional Council of France, replacing Jean-Claude Colliard.

Marie-Claude Ossard (French pronunciation: [klodi ɔsaʁ]; born 16 December 1943 in Paris) is a French film producer.

Jacques Nolot (French: [nɔlo]; born 31 August 1943) is a French actor, screenwriter and film director.

Olivier Mitterrand (born 1943) is a French business executive and the CEO of Les Nouveaux Constructeurs. He is the nephew of former French President François Mitterrand and the brother of the Minister of Culture, Frédéric Mitterrand.

Jean-François Mattei (born 14 January 1943) is a French doctor and politician.

Bernard Fixot (born 6 October 1943) is a French publisher, publishing house founder, and chairman of XO Éditions and Bernard Fixot LLC. Prior to XO Éditions, Fixot spent the majority of his publishing career in a variety of roles with Hachette, where he started working at age 17.

Patrick Demarchelier (French pronunciation: [patʁik dəmaʁʃəlje]; 21 August 1943 – 31 March 2022) was a French fashion photographer.

Jean-Marie Demange (23 July 1943 in Toulouse – 17 November 2008) was a French member of Parliament. A member of the UMP he was Mayor of Thionville for 13 years, serving in that capacity from 25 June 1995 to 21 March 2008. He had been distraught after losing the 2008 election to a Socialist and committed suicide by gunshot after he killed his mistress following a heated argument.

Christian Raymond (born 24 December 1943) is a French former professional road bicycle racer. In 1970 Raymond won a stage in the 1970 Tour de France. He also competed in the individual road race at the 1964 Summer Olympics.Raymond's 12-year-old daughter was the source of the nickname of the great cyclist Eddy Merckx. Raymond was a rider in the Peugeot team in 1969. When he explained to his daughter how the race had gone, she said: "That Belgian, he doesn't even leave you the crumbs... he's a cannibal." The nickname stuck.