What were famous people doing at age 43?

46 events at age 43, collected from the timelines of historical figures, celebrities and fictional characters.

• Ichiro Suzuki: Reached 3000 career MLB hits (2016)
• Virginia Woolf: Published Mrs Dalloway (1925)
• Ovid: Completed Metamorphoses
• Katherine Johnson: Calculated trajectory for Alan Shepard flight (1961)
• Claude Monet: Founded Impressionism (1883)
• Sundar Pichai: Became CEO of Google (2015)
• James Cameron: Directed "Titanic", won Best Picture Oscar (1997)
• Jensen Huang: Introduced CUDA platform (2006)
• George Washington: Led Continental Army (1775)
• John F. Kennedy: Became President (1961)
• John F. Kennedy: Elected youngest President (1960)
• Stanley Kubrick: Directed "A Clockwork Orange" (1971)
• Stephen Wolfram: Published "A New Kind of Science" (2002)
• Diana Prince: Defeated Maxwell Lord and saved the world from destruction (1984)
• Tiger Woods: Won Masters comeback (2019)
• Napoleon Bonaparte: Invaded Russia, disastrous retreat (1812)
• Howard Schultz: Expanded Starbucks internationally (1996)
• Francois-Henri Pinault: Became CEO of luxury conglomerate Kering (2005)
• Frederick Douglass: Advised Lincoln on Black soldiers in Civil War (1861)
• Ben Horowitz: Co-founded Andreessen Horowitz VC firm (2009)
• King Henry VIII: Broke with Catholic Church (1534)
• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Designed Barcelona Pavilion (1929)
• Johannes Brahms: Completed Symphony No. 1 (1876)
• Louis Pasteur: Developed germ theory (1865)
• Robert Falcon Scott: Reached South Pole 34 days after Amundsen; died on return (1912)
• Robert Hooke: Formulated Hooke's Law (1678)
• Ii Naosuke: Signed Harris Treaty with USA (1858)
• Naoki Urasawa: Started 20th Century Boys, winning multiple awards (2003)
• Satoru Iwata: Became Nintendo president (2002)
• Hayao Miyazaki: Directed Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
• Hayao Miyazaki: Directed Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
• Satoshi Kon: Directed Paprika, influencing Hollywood films like Inception (2006)
• Makoto Shinkai: Directed Your Name, highest-grossing anime film at the time (2016)
• Saigo Takamori: Helped abolish feudal domains (1871)
• Yusaku Maezawa: Announced as first private Moon passenger (2018)
• Masayoshi Son: Made $20 million investment in Alibaba (2000)
• Takamori Saigo: Led modernization reforms (1873)
• Jun'ichirō Tanizaki: Published The Makioka Sisters (1948)
• Oscar Wilde: Wrote De Profundis (1897)
• Jane Goodall: Founded Jane Goodall Institute (1977)
• Denis Villeneuve: Directed "Incendies" (2010)
• Harry Callahan: Stopped vigilante cops
• Madam C.J. Walker: Built factory (1910)
• Lisa Randall: Published bestseller Warped Passages (2005)
• Kuroda Kanbei: Passed headship to his son Nagamasa and continued serving Hideyoshi (1589)
• Mori Motonari: Besieged at Yoshida-Koriyama Castle by the Amago (1540)

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