In the year 1993
738 Notable deaths
Vishnudevananda Saraswati
Indian author, peace activist, founder of a multinational network of yoga centers.
Born December 31st, 1927 in Kerala.
Died November 9th, 1993 at 65 years old in Mangaluru.
Alfred Mosher Butts
American designer and architect; creator of scrabble (1899–1993).
Born April 13th, 1899 in Poughkeepsie.
Died April 4th, 1993 at 93 years old in Rhinebeck.
Kay Swift
American composer of popular and classical music (1897–1993).
Born April 19th, 1897 in Manhattan.
Died January 28th, 1993 at 95 years old in Southington.
Axel Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst
German politician (1919–1993).
Born April 20th, 1919 in Brunswick.
Died January 26th, 1993 at 73 years old in Bonn.
Elisabeth Frink
English sculptor and printmaker (1930-1993).
Born November 14th, 1930 in Suffolk. [ref]
Died April 18th, 1993 at 62 years old in Dorset (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Tony Barton
English footballer and manager (1937–1993).
Born April 8th, 1937 in Sutton.
Died August 20th, 1993 at 56 years old in Hampshire (myocardial infarction).
Charles Moore
American architect (1925-1993).
Born October 31st, 1925 in Benton Harbor. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1993 at 68 years old in Austin. [ref]
William Berger
Austrian actor (1928–1993).
Born June 20th, 1928 in Innsbruck.
Died October 2nd, 1993 at 65 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Meliton Kantaria
Hero of the soviet union (1920-1993).
Born October 5th, 1920 in Jvari.
Died December 27th, 1993 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Carlotta Monti
American film actress (1907-1993).
Born January 20th, 1907 in Los Angeles.
Died December 8th, 1993 at 86 years old in Woodland Hills (disease).
Bede Griffiths
Benedictine monk (1906–1993).
Born December 17th, 1906 in Walton-on-Thames.
Died May 13th, 1993 at 86 years old in Tamil Nadu.
Irving Howe
American writer, literary and social critic and socialist activist (1920–1993).
Born June 11th, 1920 in The Bronx. [ref]
Died May 5th, 1993 at 72 years old in New York City. [ref]
James Ellison
American actor (1910-1993).
Born May 4th, 1910 in Guthrie Center.
Died December 23rd, 1993 at 83 years old in Monterey (falling from height).
Daulat Singh Kothari
Indian physicist (1906–1993).
Born July 6th, 1906 in Udaipur. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1993 at 86 years old in Delhi.
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player (1931–1993).
Born September 2nd, 1931 in Chicago.
Died March 27th, 1993 at 61 years old in Manhattan (lung cancer).
Hannah Wilke
American artist (1940-1993).
Born March 7th, 1940 in New York City. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1993 at 52 years old in Houston (lymphoma). [ref]
Tofiq Bahramov
Soviet football referee (1925-1993).
Born January 29th, 1925 in Shusha.
Died March 26th, 1993 at 68 years old in Baku.
Albert Hourani
British historian (1915–1993).
Born March 31st, 1915 in Manchester.
Died January 17th, 1993 at 77 years old in Oxford.
Anna Sten
Ukrainian-born soviet and american actress (1908–1993).
Born December 3rd, 1908 in Kyiv.
Died November 12th, 1993 at 84 years old in New York City. [ref]
Tatiana Nikolayeva
Russian soviet pianist, composer and teacher.
Born May 4th, 1924 in Bezhitsa.
Died November 22nd, 1993 at 69 years old in San Francisco (stroke).
Hall Bartlett
American filmmaker (1922-1993).
Born November 27th, 1922 in Kansas City.
Died September 7th, 1993 at 70 years old in Los Angeles.
Wolfgang Paul
German physicist (1913–1993).
Born August 10th, 1913 in Lorenzkirch.
Died December 7th, 1993 at 80 years old in Bonn.
Cvijetin Mijatović
Yugoslav politician (1913-1993).
Born January 8th, 1913 in Lopare.
Died November 15th, 1993 at 80 years old in Belgrade.
József Antall
Hungarian politician and historian, prime minister of hungary (1990–1993).
Born April 8th, 1932 in Budapest.
Died December 12th, 1993 at 61 years old in Budapest (cancer).
Paul Hasluck
Governor-general of australia, politician, author (1905-1993).
Born April 1st, 1905 in Fremantle.
Died January 9th, 1993 at 87 years old in Subiaco (prostate cancer).
Deaths 226 to 250 of 738
They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time. Banksy