Aged 43
Famous people who died at 43
72 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 43, including Harun al-Rashid, Louis Braille and Lorenzo de' Medici.
- Harun al-Rashid5th Abbasid caliph · AD 766–809
- Louis BrailleFrench organist and teacher (1809-1852), inventor of braille, a system for reading and writing text and music, used by people who are blind or visually impaired · 1809–1852
- Lorenzo de' MediciItalian politician, literary man and humanist · 1449–1492
- Chandragupta MauryaFounder of the Maurya Empire · c. 340–297 BC
- Sixtus IIBishop of Rome from 257 to 258 · c. AD 215–258
- Robert Falcon ScottRoyal Navy officer and explorer · 1868–1912
- Alexander NevskyPolitical and military figure of Kievan Rus' · 1220–1263
- Chadwick BosemanAmerican actor · 1976–2020
- Alexander ScriabinRussian composer and pianist · 1872–1915
- Carl Wilhelm ScheeleSwedish German chemist who discovered oxygen · 1742–1786
- Catherine I of RussiaThe first Empress of Russia from 1725 to 1727 · 1684–1727
- Edward II of EnglandKing of England from 1307 to 1327 · 1284–1327
- Stefán Karl StefánssonIcelandic actor · 1975–2018
- Marcus Junius BrutusAssassin of Julius Caesar · c. 85–42 BC
- Stephen IIPope · c. AD 714–757
- Sor Juana Inés de la CruzMexican writer, philosopher, playwright and poet · 1651–1695
- Natalie WoodAmerican actress · 1938–1981
- Romy SchneiderGerman-French actress · 1938–1982
- Niels Ryberg FinsenFaroese physician and scientist and Nobel laureate · 1860–1904
- Alp ArslanSecond sultan of the Seljuk Empire · 1029–1072
- Archilochus of ParosAncient Greek lyric poet · c. 688–645 BC
- Charles the Bold ↗Last Valois Duke of Burgundy · 1433–1477
- Alexander Litvinenko ↗Ex-KGB agent and FSB lieutenant-colonel · 1962–2006
- Django Reinhardt ↗Romani-Belgian /French jazz musician · 1910–1953
- Agrippina the Younger ↗Roman empress and member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty (AD 15–59) · AD 15–59
- Ernst Kaltenbrunner ↗Austrian SS official, a major perpetrator of the Holocaust and convicted war criminal · 1903–1946
- Judy Holliday ↗American actress, comedian and singer · 1921–1965
- Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor ↗Holy Roman Emperor from 1209 to 1218 · c. 1175–1218
- Bessie Smith ↗American blues singer · 1894–1937
- Maximinus Daza ↗Roman emperor from 310 to 313 · c. AD 270–313
- Ahmad ibn Fadlan ↗10th-century Arab traveller and ethnographer · c. AD 879–922
- Ali Shariati ↗Iranian writer, scholar of Islam, and political activist · 1933–1977
- Eric XIV of Sweden ↗Swedish king · 1533–1577
- Magda Goebbels ↗German politician · 1901–1945
- Max Reger ↗German composer, pianist and conductor · 1873–1916
- Túpac Amaru II ↗Leader of a large Andean uprising against the Spanish in Peru · 1738–1781
- John Candy ↗Canadian actor · 1950–1994
- Jigme Dorji Wangchuck ↗King of Bhutan · 1929–1972
- Francisco Solano López ↗2nd president of Paraguay · 1826–1870
- Margaret Mary Alacoque ↗Catholic Saint and Mystic · 1647–1690
- Michael IX Palaiologos ↗Byzantine co-emperor · 1277–1320
- Canute IV of Denmark ↗King of Denmark from 1080 to 1086 · c. 1043–1086
- Jesse Jane ↗American pornographic actress · 1980–2024
- René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle ↗17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America · 1643–1687
- Sister Nivedita ↗Scots-Irish social worker, author, teacher and disciple of Swami Vivekananda · 1867–1911
- Guru Arjan ↗Guru of Sikhism · 1563–1606
- Synesius of Cyrene ↗Greek bishop of Ptolemais · c. AD 370–413
- Adolf, King of the Romans ↗King of Germany (1292-1298), count of Nassau · c. 1255–1298
- Elisa Bonaparte ↗French princess · 1777–1820
- Yazid III ↗Umayyad caliph in 744 · c. AD 701–744
- Haakon the Good ↗King of Norway · c. AD 918–961
- Jan Swammerdam ↗Dutch entomologist and beekeeper · 1637–1680
- Émilie Dequenne ↗Belgian actress · 1981–2025
- Georges Rodenbach ↗Belgian Symbolist poet and novelist · 1855–1898
- Henning von Tresckow ↗German general and member of the resistance of 20 July 1944 · 1901–1944
- Imru' al-Qais ↗Arab king and poet · c. AD 501–544
- Lodovico Ferrari ↗Italian mathematician · 1522–1565
- Cleopatra Thea ↗Queen of Seleucid Empire · c. 164–121 BC
- Cristofano Allori ↗Italian portrait painter of the late Florentine Mannerist school · 1577–1621
- Eleanor Marx ↗English writer, translator, activist, and daughter of Karl Marx · 1855–1898
- Louis de Montfort ↗French Catholic saint, priest, and confessor · 1673–1716
- Michael P. Anderson ↗Astronaut, scientist · 1959–2003
- Mykola Leontovych ↗Ukrainian composer, ethnomusicologist, and conductor · 1877–1921
- Francis, Duke of Guise ↗French soldier and politician · 1519–1563
- Lucky Dube ↗South African reggae musician · 1964–2007
- Anne of Bohemia and Hungary ↗Queen Consort and Princess of Hungary and Bohemia, Queen Consort of Germany and Archduchess of Austria · 1503–1547
- Elizabeth Hartman ↗American actress · 1943–1987
- Georgy Dobrovolsky ↗Soviet cosmonaut · 1928–1971
- Olaf III of Norway ↗King of Norway · c. 1050–1093
- Yegor Letov ↗Soviet-Russian musician, poet, and painter · 1964–2008
- Antigonus II Mattathias ↗King of Judea · c. 80–37 BC
- Eleanor of Aragon ↗Queen of Portugal · 1402–1445
"c." means only the years are known, so the age could be a year out. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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