Famous People Who Died in 1993

Deaths 1 - 200 of 812

Jan 5 Westley A Dodd, US murderer, 1st hanging in US since 1965
Jan 6 Elisabeth, arch duch of Austria/princess of Liechtenstein, dies at 70
Jan 6 John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, American jazz trumpeter, a creator of bebop & modern jazz (A Night In Tunisia), dies of cancer at 75
Jan 6 Rudolph Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer and choeographer (Kirov Ballet), dies of AIDS at 54
Jan 7 Richard Branda, American actor (You Are There, Two-Minute Warning), dies of colon cancer at 57
Jan 7 Robert Cowan, Scottish CEO (Highlands & Islands Enterprises), dies at 60
Jan 8 Asif Nawaz, Pakistani general, dies
Jan 8 Hakija Turajlic, Bosnian vice-premier, murdered
Jan 8 Theo Bruins, Dutch concert pianist and composer (Sei Studi; Syncope), dies at 63
Jan 9 Alois Brunner, German/Syrian commandant of KZ-Lower Drancy, dies
Jan 9 Felix Grucci, fireworks expert, dies of Alzheimer's disease at 87
Jan 9 Sir Paul Hasluck, Governor-General of Australia (b. 1905)
Jan 10 Diana Adams, ballerina, dies
Jan 10 Noorjahan Begum, "adulterous" wife in Bangladesh, stoned to death
Jan 11 Lacey Fosburgh, author (Closing Time), dies of breast cancer at 50
Jan 12 Carles Mira, Spanish director (Que Nos Quiten Lo Bailao), dies at 45
Jan 13 (Mozart) Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer, pedagogue, and conductor, dies at 85
Jan 13 Rene Pleven, Prime Minister of France (1950-51, 51-52), dies at 91
Jan 14 Elisabeth Antoinette de Vreugd, chambermaid for Dutch Queen, dies at 98
Jan 14 Manfred Lachs, Polish lawyer (Intl Court of Justice), dies

Jan 15 Henry Iba, American Basketball HOF coach (Olympic gold 1964, 68; NCAA C'ship 1945, 46 Oklahoma State Uni) and executive (AD Oklahoma State 1935-70), dies at 88
Jan 15 Huub Jacobse [Hendrik Hubert Jacobse], Dutch politician (VVD), dies at 68
Jan 15 Ken Cory, American actor (The Candidate; Without A Trace), dies of AIDS at 51
Jan 15 Sammy Cahn [Cohen], American lyricist ("Three Coins in a Fountain"; "High Hopes"; "Call Me Irresponsible"), dies of heart failure at 79
Jan 16 Florence Desmond [Dawson], actress (Sally in Our Alley), dies at 87
Jan 16 Freddie Cochrane, American boxer (World Welterweight champion 1941-1946), dies at 77
Jan 16 Glenn Corbett [Glen Edwin Rothenburg], American actor (Route 66; Shenandoah; Chisum), dies of lung cancer at 59
Jan 16 Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (b. 1960)
Jan 16 Sathasivam Krishnakumar, Sri Lanka commander, commits suicide
Jan 17 Albert Hourani, English historian (b. 1915)
Jan 17 Barbara Buczek, Polish pianist, composer (Anekumena – Concerto for 89 Instruments; Two Impressions), and teacher, dies at 53
Jan 17 Ger ter Horst, Dutch soccer trainer (Sparta), dies
Jan 18 Eleanor Hibbert, British author (b. 1906)
Jan 18 M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor, dies at 85
Jan 18 Mia Meijer, Dutch playwright and director (Machine Child), dies
Jan 18 Mike Templeton, American, 2nd person to receive a heart pump, dies at 34
Jan 19 Chris Street, basketball player, dies at 20
Jan 19 Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer (World Press Photo), dies at 72
Jan 19 Reginald Lewis, CEO (Beatrice), dies of brain cancer at 50
Jan 19 William LeMassena, American stage and screen actor (All That Jazz; As The World Turns, 1985-92), dies of lung cancer at 76

Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993)

Jan 20 British actress (Roman Holiday; Breakfast at Tiffany's; My Fair Lady), dies of colon cancer at 63

Jan 20 Joseph Anthony [Deuster], American playwright, actor, and director (Matchmaker, Tomorrow), dies at 80
Jan 20 Mercer McCleod, entertainer, dies of heart failure at 86
Jan 21 Charlie Gehringer, American Baseball HOF 2nd baseman (6 x MLB All Star; World Series 1935; AL MVP & batting champion 1937; Detroit Tigers), dies at 89
Jan 21 Jan Zimmer, Slovak composer, dies at 66
Jan 22 Alexander Bodon, Hungarian-Dutch architect (RAI, Dollywood), dies at 86
Jan 22 Kobo Abe, Japanese writer (Wife in the Sand), dies at 68
Jan 23 Charles "Majeed" Greenlee, American jazz trombonist (Archie Shepp), dies at 65
Jan 23 Dudley Stevens, English entertainer, dies of AIDS at 57
Jan 23 Keith Laumer [Anthony LeBaron], American sci-fi author (Retief's War), dies at 67
Jan 23 Thomas A. Dorsey, American jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies at 93

Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993)

Jan 24 1st African American supreme court justice (1967-91), dies 84

Jan 24 Ugur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and writer (Cumhuriyet Murder), dies at 50
Jan 25 Henry Louis Miller, American Rear Admiral (WW II-Pacific), dies at 80
Jan 26 Axel Von Dem Bussche, German aristocrat, dies
Jan 26 Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (helped Anne Frank), dies at 87
Jan 26 Jeanne Sauvé, 23rd Governor-General of Canada (1984-90), dies at 70
Jan 26 Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (large iron sculptures), dies at 80

André the Giant (1946-1993)

Jan 27 French pro wrestler (WWF World Heavyweight C'ship 1988; WWF World Tag Team C'ship [with Haku] 1989), dies of congestive heart failure at 49

Jan 28 Aben Kandel, screenwriter (Dinner at 8), dies of heart failure at 96
Jan 28 John Steadman, American actor (Gator, Fade to Black), dies of a lung ailment at 83
Jan 29 Hank Werba [Herman Werblowski], American journalist (Variety), dies at 79
Jan 29 Michel Renault, French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies at 65
Jan 30 Taikichiro Mori, Japanese real estate developer, dies at 88
Feb 1 Sven Thofelt, Swedish athlete (Olympic gold pentathlon 1928; silver team épée 1936, bronze 1948), dies at 88
Feb 2 Alexander Schneider, Lithuanian violinist (Budapest String Quartet), dies at 84
Feb 3 Karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish contemporary classical and minimalist composer (Zomerspelen/Summer Games; Aquarius), dies at 69
Feb 3 Reid Miles, American photographer, and album cover art designer (Blue Note Records, 1955-67), dies at 65
Feb 5 Jack Young, English cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49, 17 wickets), dies at 80
Feb 5 Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and film director (All about Eve), dies at 83
Feb 5 Marcel Léger, Canadian politician, dies at 62
Feb 5 Tip Tipping [Tim], stuntman, dies in sky-diving accident at 34

Arthur Ashe (1943-1993)

Feb 6 American tennis player (US Open 1968, Australian Open 1970, Wimbledon & WCT Finals 1975; Davis Cup 1963, 68, 69, 70), dies of AIDS related pneumonia at 49

Feb 6 Frances Hunt, American actress (You're a Sweetheart), dies of stroke at 77
Feb 7 W Sybout A Colenbrander, Dutch historian/journalist, dies at 82
Feb 8 Casper van den Berg, Dutch poet (Fashionable inconvenience), dies
Feb 8 Douglas Heyes, American director and writer (Kitten with a Whip), dies at 73
Feb 8 Eliot Janeway, American financial columnist (Eliot Doomsday), dies at 80
Feb 8 Franz Schnyder, Swiss director (10th of May), dies at 82
Feb 8 N. Shanmugathasan, Sri Lankan communist leader
Feb 8 Paul Brickhill, Dutch-American WW II pilot and physician, dies
Feb 9 David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54
Feb 9 Harold Taylor, Canadian educator and college president (Sarah Lawrence College, defended academic freedom against McCarthyism), dies at 78
Feb 9 Kate Wilkinson, American actress (Clara-Another World), dies of cancer at 76
Feb 9 Nasrullah Mansoor, Afghan guerilla leader/governor of Paktia, dies
Feb 10 Fred Hollows, New Zealand ophthalmologist (b. 1929)
Feb 10 John Grossman, Czech director (Process, Revisor), dies
Feb 10 Maurice Bourges-Maunoury, Prime Minister of France (1957), dies
Feb 10 Rip Repulski, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1956; World Series 1959), dies at 64
Feb 11 George A Stephen, inventor (Weber Kettle Grill), dies at 71
Feb 11 Joy Garrett, American actress (Jo Johnson-Days of Our Lives), dies of liver failure at 47
Feb 11 Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnast, dies in an auto accident
Feb 12 James Bulger, English child abducted, tortured and beaten to death at 2, by 10 year old boys
Feb 13 Agatha Hagtingius-Seger, Dutch author (Sparkles Chain), dies at 91
Feb 14 Buddy Pepper, composer, dies of heart failure at 70
Feb 15 George Wallington [Giacinto Figlia], Italian-American jazz pianist, composer ("Lemon Drop"; "Godchild"), and bandleader, dies at 68
Feb 16 Donald Phelps, American actor (Ghost Ship), dies of AIDS at 61
Feb 16 Richard Salant, news president (CBS-60 Minutes), dies at 78
Feb 17 Alfredo de Leon, leader (Philippines Red Scorpio Gang), killed
Feb 17 George E. Wilburn, film editor, dies of emphysema at 77
Feb 17 Leslie Townsend, English cricket all-rounder (England in 4 Tests 1930-34), dies at 89
Feb 18 Edward S "Ted" Haworth, US set designer (Sayonara, Marty), dies at 76
Feb 18 Jacqueline Hill, dies of cancer at 63
Feb 18 Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1960)
Feb 18 Leslie Norman, English director and producer (Dunkirk), dies at 82
Feb 18 Michael David Morrison, actor (Caleb-As the World Turns), dies at 33
Feb 18 Michael David Morrison, American actor (As the World Turns - "Caleb"), dies of acute intoxication of combination of alcohol and illicit drugs at 33
Feb 18 Patrick Waite, British reggae-rock bassist (Musical Youth - "Pass the Dutchie"), dies of heart defect at 24
Feb 19 Gerhard Gesell, American judge (Pentagon Papers), dies of liver cancer at 82
Feb 20 Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian auto-designer (Lamborghini), dies at 76
Feb 21 Dick White, British intelligence officer (Director General of MI5 1953–1956; Head of the Secret Intelligence Service 1956–1968), dies at 86
Feb 21 Harvey Kurtzman, American cartoonist and founding editor of Mad magazine, dies at 68
Feb 21 Inge Lehmann, Danish geophysicist and seismologist, dies at 104
Feb 22 Jean Lecanuet, French UDF-presidential candidate, dies at 72
Feb 22 Pieter A H Bos, Dutch lawyer/procureur-general (Aruba), dies at 63
Feb 23 Edwin Louis Battle, actor (Almost Blue, Chase), dies of stroke at 33
Feb 24 Bobby Moore, English football defender (108 caps; captain World Cup 1966; West Ham United), dies of bowel & liver cancer at 51
Feb 24 Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (Hockey Night in Canada), dies at 75
Feb 25 Eddie Constantine, American singer and actor (Alphaville, License to Kill, Lucky Jo, It Lives Again), dies from a heart attack at 79
Feb 25 Jan D Boeke, Dutch organist/conductor, dies
Feb 25 Mary Walter, Filipino actress (Shake, Rattle and Roll, Tatlo, Dalawa, Isa), dies at 80
Feb 25 Toy Caldwell, American Southern-rock musician (Marshall Tucker Band), dies of cocaine induced cardio-respiratory failure at 45
Feb 26 Constance Ford, American model and actress (Burden Hunt, Another World), dies from cancer at 69
Feb 26 Fletcher Knebel, American author (Seven Days in May), commits suicide following long bout with cancer at 81
Feb 26 Mark Kolthoff, Dutch painter and photographer, dies at 92
Feb 27 Jose Duval, actor (Juan Valdez), dies at 72
Feb 27 Lillian Gish, American silent film/stage actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 99
Feb 27 Marģeris Zariņš, Latvian composer and writer, dies at 82
Feb 27 Marlena Davis, American pop singer (The Orlons - "Don't Hang Up"; "South Street"), dies of lung cancer at 48
Feb 28 Fer A Olthoff, Dutch WW II resistance fighter (Het Parool), dies
Feb 28 Franco Brusati, Italian dir/writer (Bread & Chocolate), dies at 70
Feb 28 Ishirō Honda, Japanese film director and producer (Godzilla), dies at 81
Feb 28 Joyce Carey, British actress (Brief Encounter, The Cedar Tree), dies at 94
Feb 28 Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (42nd Street; Dames), dies of kidney cancer at 83
Mar 1 Luis Kutner, American co-founder (Amnesty International), dies at 84
Mar 1 Terry Frost, American actor (Waterfront, Dead Man's Trail), dies at 86
Mar 2 Floortje Peneder, Dutch poet (Diary), dies at 15
Mar 2 Paul D Zimmerman, American screenwriter (King of Comedy), dies at 54

Albert Sabin (1906-1993)

Mar 3 Polish American physician who invented the oral polio vaccine, dies of heart failure at 86

Mar 3 Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-born gangster (b. 1910)
Mar 3 Carlos Montoya, American flamenco guitarist (Suite Flamenco 1966), dies at 89
Mar 3 Cyril Collard, French composer, director, and actor (A Nos Amours), dies at 35
Mar 4 Art Hodes, Ukrainian-born American jazz, blues pianist and editor (Jazz Record), dies at 88
Mar 4 Isaac Kolthoff, Dutch analytical chemist (developed cold process for producing synthetic rubber), dies at 99
Mar 4 Nicholas Ridley, Lord Ridley of Liddesdale, English politician, Minister of Finance, dies at 64
Mar 4 Richard Sale, American pulp writer and director (Oscar, Torpedo Run), dies at 80
Mar 5 Diana Ochoa, dies after long illness at 80
Mar 5 Peter Bierdrager, Dutch Fokker's-test pilot, dies in air crash
Mar 6 Andrew Gilchrist, British ambassador (Ireland, Indonesia, Iceland), dies at 82
Mar 6 Cyril Collard, French director (Lesson nuits fauves), dies at 35
Mar 6 Douglas Marland, American soap opera writer (As the World Turns), dies at 58
Mar 6 Walther Geiser, Swiss violist, composer and conductor, dies at 95
Mar 7 Arnold Franchetti, Italian American composer, dies at about 84
Mar 7 Earl Wrightson, American actor and singer (Pinafore, Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue), dies of heart failure at 77
Mar 7 Tony Harris, South African cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 x 50; Transvaal) and rugby union five-eighth (5 Tests), dies at 76
Mar 8 Billy Eckstine, American jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love), dies at 78 of a stroke
Mar 8 Don Barksdale, American basketball forward (Olympic gold 1948, NBA All Star 1953), dies of throat cancer at 69
Mar 8 Johan Bodegraven, radio host (Purses Open, Dikes Closed), dies at 78
Mar 8 Joop Scheltens, TV host/director (Explore Your Place), dies at 69
Mar 8 Wells Root, American screenwriter (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 92
Mar 9 Ad van Gessel, Dutch actor (Everything For Our Soldiers), dies
Mar 9 Bob Crosby, American jazz singer and bandleader (Bob-Cats), dies of cancer at 79
Mar 9 Max August Zorn, German mathematician (lemma of Zorn), dies at 86
Mar 10 C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian (Pursuit of Progress) and author (Parkinson's Law), dies at 83
Mar 10 David Gunn, American physician, killed by anti-abortionist Michael Griffin at 47
Mar 11 Dino Bravo, wrestler (WWF), shot to death at 44
Mar 11 Edgar Nelson Barclift, dancer, dies after lengthy illness at 76
Mar 11 Manuel da Fonseca, Portuguese writer (Cerro Maior), dies at 81
Mar 12 Andreas J A I Bruggeman, Dutch mayor (Leiderdorp), dies at 62
Mar 12 June Valli, American singer (Crying in the Chapel), dies of cancer at 62
Mar 12 Mac Speedie, American Pro Football HOF end (AAFC C'ship 1946-1949; NFL C'ship 1950; 6 × First-Team All-Pro; Pro Bowl 1950, 52; Cleveland Browns), dies at 73
Mar 12 Michael Kanin, American director, writer and actor (Woman of the Year, Teacher's Pet), dies at 83
Mar 12 Wang Zhen, marxist/vice-premier of China (1988), dies
Mar 13 Ralph Smith Fults, American gangster (Bonnie & Clyde gang), dies at 82
Mar 15 Anthony Bowles, British music director (Jesus Christ Superstar; Evita), dies of AIDS complications at 61
Mar 15 Dennis Gregory, actor (Village of the Damn), dies of pneumonia at 40
Mar 15 Ricardo M Arias Espinosa, president of Panama (1955-56), dies
Mar 16 Chishu Ryu, Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies of cancer at 86
Mar 16 Djilalli Lyabes, Algerian minister of Higher Education, murdered
Mar 16 Don Randolph, actor (Harem Girl), dies of pneumonia at 87
Mar 16 Giovanni Testori, Italian writer (Arialda), dies at 69
Mar 16 Mohammed Hussein Nagdi, Iran diplomat/resistance fighter, murdered
Mar 17 Charlotte Hughes, British supercentenarian (lived under the rule of 6 monarchs and 24 British Prime Ministers), dies at 115

Helen Hayes (1900-1993)

Mar 17 American actress (Caesar & Cleopatra, Happy Birthday), and 1st female EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award winner), dies of congestive heart failure at 92

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