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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Joe Albertson
Business
17-Oct-1906 20-Jan-1993 Founder of Albertson's
Arthur Alexander
Singer
10-May-1940 9-Jun-1993 Influential soul singer
G. G. Allin
Musician
29-Aug-1956 28-Jun-1993 Hated
Don Ameche
Actor
31-May-1904 6-Dec-1993 Trading Places
Leon Ames
Actor
20-Jan-1902 12-Oct-1993 Character actor, a SAG founder
Marian Anderson
Singer
27-Feb-1897 8-Apr-1993 Operatic contralto
Regina M. Anderson
Playwright
21-May-1901 5-Feb-1993 Climbing Jacob's Ladder
André the Giant
Wrestling
19-May-1946 27-Jan-1993 Professional wrestler with Giantism
Emile Ardolino
Film Director
9-May-1943 20-Nov-1993 Dirty Dancing
Arthur Ashe
Tennis
10-Jul-1943 6-Feb-1993 First black man to win Wimbledon
Pierre Auger
Physicist
14-May-1899 25-Dec-1993 Auger effect
William Bakewell
Actor
2-May-1908 15-Apr-1993 All Quiet on the Western Front
Earl Banks
Football
11-Jun-1924 11-Mar-1993 Morgan State Head Coach, 1960-73
Baudouin I
Royalty
7-Sep-1930 31-Jul-1993 King of Belgium, 1951-93
Jacob D. Beam
Diplomat
24-Mar-1908 16-Aug-1993 US Ambassador to the USSR, 1969-73
Pierre Bérégovoy
Head of State
23-Dec-1925 1-May-1993 Prime Minister of France, 1992-93
Lipman Bers
Mathematician
22-May-1914 29-Oct-1993 Riemann surfaces
Bill Bixby
Actor
22-Jan-1934 21-Nov-1993 David Banner on The Incredible Hulk
J. Caleb Boggs
Politician
15-May-1909 26-Mar-1993 Governor and Senator from Delaware
John G. Bolton
Astronomer
5-Jun-1922 6-Jul-1993 First Director of Parkes Observatory
Kenneth E. Boulding
Economist
18-Jan-1910 18-Mar-1993 The Image: Knowledge of Life in Society
David Brian
Actor
5-Aug-1914 15-Jul-1993 Mr. District Attorney
James Bridges
Film Director
3-Feb-1936 6-Jun-1993 Urban Cowboy and The Paper Chase
Chandler Brossard
Novelist
18-Jul-1922 29-Aug-1993 The Bold Saboteurs
John W. Brown
Politician
28-Dec-1913 29-Oct-1993 Governor of Ohio, 1957
Anthony Burgess
Novelist
25-Feb-1917 25-Nov-1993 A Clockwork Orange
Kenneth Burke
Critic
5-May-1897 19-Nov-1993 Language as Symbolic Action
Raymond Burr
Actor
21-May-1917 12-Sep-1993 Perry Mason
Henry A. Byroade
Diplomat
24-Jul-1913 31-Dec-1993 US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1973-77
Sammy Cahn
Songwriter
18-Jun-1913 15-Jan-1993 Three Coins in the Fountain
Howard Caine
Actor
2-Jan-1928 28-Dec-1993 Maj. Hochstetter on Hogan's Heroes
Roy Campanella
Baseball
19-Nov-1921 26-Jun-1993 National League MVP 1951, 1953, and 1955
Cantinflas
Actor
12-Aug-1911 20-Apr-1993 Around the World in Eighty Days
Leslie Charteris
Novelist
12-May-1907 15-Apr-1993 Created Simon Templar
Cesar Chavez
Labor Leader
31-Mar-1927 23-Apr-1993 Mastermind of the California grape boycott
June Clayworth
Actor
9-Jun-1912 1-Jan-1993 At Sword's Point
John Connally
Politician
27-Feb-1917 15-Jun-1993 Governor of Texas, 1963-69
Glenn Corbett
Actor
17-Aug-1930 16-Jan-1993 Lincoln Case on Route 66
Axel Corti
Film Director
7-May-1933 29-Dec-1993 Where To and Back trilogy
Bob Crosby
Musician
25-Aug-1913 9-Mar-1993 The Bob Crosby Orchestra
Cyril Cusack
Actor
26-Nov-1910 7-Oct-1993 Gone to Earth
Mack David
Songwriter
5-Jul-1912 30-Dec-1993 La vie en rose
Peter De Vries
Novelist
27-Feb-1910 28-Sep-1993 The Tunnel of Love
Don DeFore
Actor
25-Aug-1913 22-Dec-1993 Mr. B. on Hazel
Lester del Rey
Author
2-Jun-1915 10-May-1993 Founder of Del Rey Books
W. Edwards Deming
Mathematician
14-Oct-1900 20-Dec-1993 Quality Control guru
Joe DeRita
Actor
12-Jul-1909 3-Jul-1993 The Three Stooges
Bill Dickey
Baseball
6-Jun-1907 12-Nov-1993 Eleven-time American League All-Star
James Donald
Actor
18-May-1917 3-Aug-1993 Third Man on the Mountain
James Doolittle
Aviator
14-Dec-1896 27-Sep-1993 Doolittle Raid against Tokyo in 1942
Thomas A. Dorsey
Musician
1-Jul-1899 23-Jan-1993 The father of gospel music
Gordon Douglas
Film Director
15-Dec-1907 29-Sep-1993 Them!
Everett F. Drumright
Diplomat
15-Sep-1906 24-Apr-1993 US Ambassador to Taiwan, 1958-62
Don Drysdale
Baseball
23-Jul-1936 3-Jul-1993 Dodgers pitcher, 1962 Cy Young Award winner
Doris Duke
Philanthropist
22-Nov-1912 28-Oct-1993 Heiress to Duke fortune
Billy Eckstine
Singer
8-Jul-1914 8-Mar-1993 First African-American singing idol
Pablo Escobar
Criminal
1-Dec-1949 2-Dec-1993 Head of the Medellin Cartel
Fritz Feld
Actor
15-Oct-1900 18-Nov-1993 Bringing Up Baby
Federico Fellini
Film Director
20-Jan-1920 30-Oct-1993 La Dolce Vita
Constance Ford
Actor
1-Jul-1923 26-Feb-1993 Ada Hobson on Another World
Vince Foster
Attorney
15-Jan-1945 20-Jul-1993 Deputy White House Counsel for Clinton
Milton Frank
Diplomat
18-Nov-1919 13-Jan-1993 US Ambassador to Nepal, 1988-89
J. Allen Frear
Politician
7-Mar-1903 15-Jan-1993 US Senator from Delaware, 1949-61
Zviad Gamsakhurdia
Head of State
31-Mar-1939 31-Dec-1993 First elected President of Georgia
Raymond D. Gary
Politician
21-Jan-1908 11-Dec-1993 Governor of Oklahoma, 1955-59
Dizzy Gillespie
Jazz Musician
21-Oct-1917 7-Jan-1993 Be-bop jazz trumpeter
Lillian Gish
Actor
14-Oct-1893 27-Feb-1993 Silent film actress, director
William Golding
Novelist
19-Sep-1911 19-Jun-1993 Lord of The Flies
Michael Gordon
Film Director
6-Sep-1909 29-Apr-1993 Pillow Talk
Stewart Granger
Actor
6-May-1913 16-Aug-1993 King Solomon's Mines
Willoughby Gray
Actor
5-Nov-1916 13-Feb-1993 Sir John Stevens on Howards' Way
Jo Grimond
Politician
29-Jul-1913 24-Oct-1993 Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1956-67
Moses Gunn
Actor
2-Oct-1929 16-Dec-1993 Bumpy Jonas in Shaft
Fred Gwynne
Actor
10-Jul-1926 2-Jul-1993 Herman on The Munsters
H. R. Haldeman
Government
27-Oct-1926 12-Nov-1993 Nixon's Chief of Staff
Helen Hayes
Actor
10-Oct-1900 17-Mar-1993 First Lady of the Theater
Paul B. Henry
Politician
9-Jul-1942 31-Jul-1993 Congressman from Michigan, 1985-93
Audrey Hepburn
Actor
4-May-1929 20-Jan-1993 My Fair Lady
John Hersey
Novelist
17-Jun-1914 24-Mar-1993 A Bell for Adano
Robert W. Holley
Scientist
28-Jan-1922 11-Feb-1993 RNA's role in protein synthesis
Ishirô Honda
Film Director
7-May-1911 28-Feb-1993 Godzilla
Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Pianist
23-Jun-1892 22-May-1993 Polish-American pianist
Irving Howe
Critic
11-Jun-1920 5-May-1993 Editor of Dissent
Hank Iba
Basketball
6-Aug-1904 15-Jan-1993 Oklahoma A&M Head Coach, 1934-70
Steve James
Actor
19-Feb-1952 18-Dec-1993 American Ninja
Hans Jonas
Philosopher
10-May-1903 5-Feb-1993 Gnostic philosopher
Richard Jordan
Actor
19-Jul-1938 30-Aug-1993 Logan's Run
Tadao Kashio
Business
1917 4-Mar-1993 President of Casio, 1960-84
Ruby Keeler
Actor
25-Aug-1909 28-Feb-1993 42nd Street
Polly Klaas
Victim
3-Jan-1981 Nov-1993 Murdered by Richard Allen Davis
Warren P. Knowles
Politician
19-Aug-1908 1-May-1993 Governor of Wisconsin, 1965-71
David Koresh
Religion
17-Aug-1959 19-Apr-1993 Branch Davidian cult leader
Harvey Kurtzman
Cartoonist
3-Oct-1924 21-Feb-1993 Founding editor, Mad magazine
Polykarp Kusch
Physicist
26-Jan-1911 20-Mar-1993 Magnetic moment of the electron
Ferruccio Lamborghini
Business
28-Apr-1916 20-Feb-1993 Lamborghini tractors and sports cars
Charles Lamont
Film Director
5-May-1895 12-Sep-1993 Director, Abbott & Costello
Arthur Larson
Politician
4-Jul-1910 27-Mar-1993 Moderate conservative thinker
Hector Lavoe
Singer
30-Sep-1946 29-Jun-1993 Puerto Rican salsa singer
Fernand Ledoux
Actor
24-Jan-1897 21-Sep-1993 La Bête Humaine
Brandon Lee
Actor
1-Feb-1965 31-Mar-1993 Actor son of Bruce Lee
Pinky Lee
Actor
2-May-1907 3-Apr-1993 The Pinky Lee Show
Erich Leinsdorf
Conductor
4-Feb-1912 11-Sep-1993 Music Director, Boston Symphony, 1962-69
Eugenie Leontovich
Actor
21-Mar-1900 3-Apr-1993 Russian-American stage actress
Leo Lowenthal
Sociologist
3-Nov-1900 21-Jan-1993 Literature and the Image of Man
Myrna Loy
Actor
2-Aug-1905 14-Dec-1993 The Thin Man
Cecil B. Lyon
Diplomat
8-Nov-1903 6-Apr-1993 US Ambassador to Chile, Sri Lanka
Alexander Mackendrick
Film Director
8-Sep-1912 22-Dec-1993 The Sweet Smell of Success
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Film Director
11-Feb-1909 5-Feb-1993 The Barefoot Contessa
Janet Margolin
Actor
25-Jul-1943 17-Dec-1993 Take the Money and Run
Thurgood Marshall
Judge
2-Jul-1908 24-Jan-1993 First black US Supreme Court justice
Spanky McFarland
Actor
2-Oct-1928 30-Jun-1993 The Little Rascals
George S. Mickelson
Politician
31-Jan-1941 19-Apr-1993 Governor of South Dakota, 1987-93
Agnes de Mille
Choreographer
18-Sep-1905 7-Oct-1993 Influential American choreographer
Bobby Moore
Soccer
12-Apr-1941 24-Feb-1993 Captain, 1966 World Cup team
Garry Moore
TV Personality
31-Jan-1915 28-Nov-1993 The Garry Moore Show
Jeff Morrow
Actor
13-Jan-1907 26-Dec-1993 This Island Earth
Willie Mosconi
Sports Figure
27-Jun-1913 16-Sep-1993 Billiards opponent of Minnesota Fats
Jean Negulesco
Film Director
26-Feb-1900 18-Jul-1993 Three Coins in the Fountain
Pat Nixon
First Lady
16-Mar-1912 22-Jun-1993 Wife of US President Richard M. Nixon
Rudolf Nureyev
Dancer
17-Mar-1938 6-Jan-1993 Defected to France from Kirov Ballet
Helen O'Connell
Singer
23-May-1920 9-Sep-1993 Big Band singer, Green Eyes
Severo Ochoa
Scientist
24-Sep-1905 1-Nov-1993 Synthesized RNA
Turgut Özal
Head of State
13-Oct-1927 17-Apr-1993 8th President of Turkey
Mitchell Parish
Songwriter
10-Jul-1900 31-Mar-1993 Volare
Roy H. Park
Philanthropist
15-Sep-1910 25-Oct-1993 Media mogul, Park Foundation
Cecilia Parker
Actor
26-Apr-1905 25-Jul-1993 Marian Hardy in Andy Hardy series
Wolfgang Paul
Physicist
10-Aug-1913 6-Dec-1993 Co-Inventor of the ion trap
Norman Vincent Peale
Religion
31-May-1898 24-Dec-1993 The Power of Positive Thinking
Robert O. Peterson
Business
1916 19-Apr-1993 Founder of Jack in the Box
Leo Pfeffer
Scholar
25-Dec-1910 4-Jun-1993 Religious liberty scholar, attorney
River Phoenix
Actor
23-Aug-1970 31-Oct-1993 My Own Private Idaho
Vincent Price
Actor
27-May-1911 25-Oct-1993 Master of the macabre
Sun Ra
Jazz Musician
22-May-1914 30-May-1993 Jazz musician from Saturn
Donald Randolph
Actor
5-Jan-1906 16-Mar-1993 The Deadly Mantis
Roy Raymond
Business
c. 1946 26-Aug-1993 Founder of Victoria's Secret
Kate Reid
Actor
4-Nov-1930 27-Mar-1993 The Andromeda Strain
Dorothy Revier
Actor
18-Apr-1904 19-Nov-1993 The Dance of Life
Nicholas Ridley
Politician
17-Feb-1929 4-Mar-1993 Thatcherite MP and Minister
Roy Riegels
Football
4-Apr-1908 26-Mar-1993 Ran wrong way in 1929 Rose Bowl
Will Rogers, Jr.
Actor
20-Oct-1911 10-Jul-1993 Son of Will Rogers
Harold Rome
Composer
27-May-1908 26-Oct-1993 I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Mick Ronson
Guitarist
26-May-1946 29-Apr-1993 Bowie/Spiders from Mars guitarist
Bruno Rossi
Astronomer
13-Apr-1905 21-Nov-1993 Rossi curve and magnetopause
Albert Sabin
Biologist
26-Aug-1906 3-Mar-1993 Developed oral polio vaccine
Richard Sale
Screenwriter
17-Dec-1911 4-Mar-1993 A Ticket to Tomahawk
Severo Sarduy
Author
25-Feb-1937 8-Jun-1993 De donde son los Cantantes
Ben Schwartzwalder
Football
2-Jun-1909 28-Apr-1993 Syracuse Head Coach, 1949-73
Dan Seymour
Actor
22-Feb-1915 25-May-1993 Return of the Fly
Ray Sharkey
Actor
14-Nov-1952 11-Jun-1993 Sonny Steelgrave on Wiseguy
William L. Shirer
Historian
23-Feb-1904 28-Dec-1993 Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Anne Shirley
Actor
17-Apr-1918 4-Jul-1993 Stella Dallas
Norton Simon
Business
5-Feb-1907 2-Jun-1993 Founder, Norton Simon Museum
Milward L. Simpson
Politician
12-Nov-1897 10-Jun-1993 Governor and Senator from Wyoming
Deke Slayton
Astronaut
1-Mar-1924 13-Jun-1993 Original Mercury 7 astronaut
Alexis Smith
Actor
8-Jun-1921 9-Jun-1993 Here Comes the Groom
Alison Smithson
Architect
22-Jun-1928 14-Aug-1993 New Brutalist
William Stafford
Poet
17-Jan-1914 28-Aug-1993 Traveling Through the Dark
Wallace Stegner
Author
18-Feb-1909 13-Apr-1993 The Angle of Repose
Anna Sten
Actor
3-Dec-1908 12-Nov-1993 The Wedding Night
George Stephen
Business
c. 1921 11-Feb-1993 Weber kettle grill
Oliver Tambo
Government
27-Oct-1917 24-Apr-1993 ANC President, 1969-91
Gerald Thomas
Film Director
10-Dec-1920 9-Nov-1993 Carry On...
Lewis Thomas
Doctor
25-Nov-1913 3-Dec-1993 The Lives of a Cell
E. P. Thompson
Historian
3-Feb-1924 28-Aug-1993 The Making of the English Working Class
Ann Todd
Actor
24-Jan-1909 6-May-1993 The Sound Barrier
Tatiana Troyanos
Singer
12-Sep-1938 21-Aug-1993 Operatic Mezzo-Soprano
Conway Twitty
Country Musician
1-Sep-1933 5-Jun-1993 It's Only Make Believe
Jim Valvano
Basketball
10-Mar-1946 28-Apr-1993 NCSU Basketball Coach, 1980-89
Hervé Villechaize
Actor
23-Apr-1943 4-Sep-1993 Boss, the plane! The plane!
Edwin A. Walker
Military
10-Nov-1909 31-Oct-1993 Ultraconservative activist
Sam Wanamaker
Actor
14-Jun-1919 19-Dec-1993 Rebuilt Globe Theatre
Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
Business
14-Jan-1914 31-Dec-1993 CEO of IBM, 1956-71
Richard Webb
Actor
9-Sep-1915 10-Jun-1993 Captain Midnight
Arleen Whelan
Actor
1-Sep-1914 7-Apr-1993 Castle in the Desert
Frank Zappa
Composer
21-Dec-1940 4-Dec-1993 Joe's Garage
Max Zorn
Mathematician
6-Jun-1906 9-Mar-1993 Zorn's Lemma


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