In the year 1993
736 Notable deaths
Denis Parsons Burkitt
British surgeon (1911-1993).
Born February 28th, 1911 in Enniskillen.
Died March 23rd, 1993 at 82 years old in Gloucester.
Debiprasad Chattopadhyay
Indian marxist philosopher (1918–1993).
Born November 19th, 1918 in Kolkata.
Died May 8th, 1993 at 74 years old in Kolkata.
Sanzo Nosaka
Japanese politician (1892-1993).
Born March 30th, 1892 in Hagi.
Died November 14th, 1993 at 101 years old in Tokyo.
Carlos Montoya
Spanish musician (1903–1993).
Born December 13th, 1903 in Madrid.
Died March 3rd, 1993 at 89 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Layla Al-Attar
Iraqi artist and painter (1944-1993).
Born May 7th, 1944 in Baghdad.
Died June 27th, 1993 at 49 years old in Baghdad.
Arleen Whelan
American actress (1914–1993).
Born September 1st, 1914 in Salt Lake City.
Died April 7th, 1993 at 78 years old in Orange County (stroke).
Sophrony Sakharov
Russian monk, theologian and writer (1896–1993).
Born September 22nd, 1896 in Moscow.
Died July 11th, 1993 at 96 years old in Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist.
Erskine Hawkins
American trumpeter and big band leader from birmingham, alabama (1914-1993).
Born July 26th, 1914 in Birmingham.
Died November 11th, 1993 at 79 years old in New York City.
Rita Macedo
Mexican actress and dressmaker (1925-1993).
Born April 21st, 1925 in Mexico City.
Died December 5th, 1993 at 68 years old in Mexico City (gunshot wound).
Boris Christoff
Bulgarian bass singer (1914–1993).
Born May 18th, 1918 in Plovdiv.
Died June 28th, 1993 at 75 years old in Rome.
Jim Holton
Scottish footballer (1951-1993).
Born April 11th, 1951 in Lesmahagow.
Died October 4th, 1993 at 42 years old in Warwick.
Edward Bernard Raczyński
Polish aristocrat, diplomat, writer and politician (1891-1993).
Born December 19th, 1891 in Zakopane.
Died July 30th, 1993 at 101 years old in London.
Maurice Abravanel
Ottoman-american jewish conductor.
Born January 6th, 1903 in Thessaloniki.
Died September 22nd, 1993 at 90 years old in Salt Lake City.
Gu Cheng
Chinese poet (1956–1993).
Born September 24th, 1956 in Beijing.
Died October 8th, 1993 at 37 years old in Auckland (hanging).
Jacqueline Lamba
French painter (1910–1993).
Born November 17th, 1910 in Saint-Mandé.
Died July 20th, 1993 at 82 years old in Rochecorbon.
Demos Shakarian
American businessman (1913–1993).
Born July 21st, 1913 in Downey.
Died July 23rd, 1993 at 80 years old
Margaret Landon
American writer, missionary (1903–1993).
Born September 7th, 1903 in Somers.
Died December 4th, 1993 at 90 years old in Alexandria.
Adetokunbo Ademola
Nigerian jurist (1906–1993).
Born February 1st, 1906 in Abeokuta.
Died January 29th, 1993 at 86 years old in Lagos.
René Pleven
French politician (1901-1993).
Born April 15th, 1901 in Rennes.
Died January 13th, 1993 at 91 years old in Paris (heart failure).
Dumitru Stăniloae
Orthodox christian theologian (1903-1993).
Born November 29th, 1903 in Vlădeni.
Died October 4th, 1993 at 89 years old in Bucharest. [ref]
Wallace F. Bennett
American businessman and politician (1898–1993).
Born November 13th, 1898 in Salt Lake City. [ref]
Died December 19th, 1993 at 95 years old in Salt Lake City.
Robert Kempner
German-american lawyer (1899–1993).
Born October 17th, 1899 in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Died August 15th, 1993 at 93 years old in Königstein im Taunus.
Ross Bass
American politician (1918–1993).
Born March 17th, 1918 in Pulaski.
Died January 1st, 1993 at 74 years old in Miami Shores (lung cancer).
Mohammad Natsir
5th prime minister of indonesia from 1950 to 1951.
Born July 17th, 1908 in Alahan Panjang.
Died February 6th, 1993 at 84 years old in Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital.
Paul László
Architect (1900–1993).
Born February 6th, 1900 in Debrecen.
Died March 27th, 1993 at 93 years old in Santa Monica.
Deaths 301 to 325 of 736
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