Don Ameche was an actor know mostly for films in the 1930s and 1940s, radio and TV in the 1950s-1970s, and later the film Trading Places.
1908-1993
Marian Anderson was an African American singer, one of the finest contraltos of her time, and recipient of the Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement.
1897-1993
1946-1993
Arthur Ashe is the first African American to win the men's singles at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, and the first black American to be ranked No. 1 in the world.
1943-1993
1934-1993
Maeve Brennan was an Irish short story writer and journalist known for her wit, charm and tragic end.
1917-1993
Anthony Burgess was an English novelist and composer best known for his novel A Clockwork Orange, which became a popular 1971 Stanley Kubrik film.
1917-1993
Canadian actor Raymond Burr is best known for his title roles in the television dramas Perry Mason and Ironside.
1917-1993
Sammy Cahn was a U.S. lyricist who composed songs for romantic films and Broadway musicals, including the hit “Three Coins in the Fountain” (1954, Oscar).
1913-1993
1921-1993
Union leader and labor organizer Cesar Chavez dedicated his life to improving treatment, pay and working conditions for farm workers.
1927-1993
1910-1993
American dancer and choreographer Agnes DeMille further developed the narrative aspect of dance in her choreography of musical plays and ballets.
1905-1993
1900-1993
1896-1993
Tobacco heiress Doris Duke was the only child of American tobacco baron, James Duke. When she was born, the press called her the "million dollar baby."
1912-1993
1914-1993
Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar's ambition and ruthlessness made him one of the wealthiest, most powerful, and most violent criminals of all-time.
1949-1993
Italian film director Federico Fellini was one of the most celebrated and distinctive filmmakers of the period after World War II.
1920-1993
A jazz trumpeter and composer, Dizzy Gillespie played with Charlie Parker and developed the music known as "bebop." His best-known compositions include "Oop Bob Sh' Bam," "Groovin' High," "Salt Peanuts" and "A Night in Tunisia."
1917-1993
1893-1993
British novelist William Golding wrote the critically acclaimed classic Lord of the Flies, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983.
1911-1993
1926-1993
1926-1993
Adelaide Hall was an American-born jazz singer whose improvisational wordless rhythms ushered in what became known as scat.
1901-1993
Helen Hayes was an American actress best known for being one of two women to have received all four entertainment awards: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony.
1900-1993
Actress Audrey Hepburn, star of Breakfast at Tiffany's, remains one of Hollywood's greatest style icons and one of the world's most successful actresses.
1929-1993
1905-1993
David Koresh was the charismatic leader of the Branch Davidians, a heavily armed cult he led near Waco, Texas.
1960-1993
Brandon Lee was an action film star and the son of actor Bruce Lee. His untimely death was caused by a prop gun accident and the set of the film The Crow.
1965-1993
1905-1993
American producer, director and screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz was known for creating memorable characters. He worked with many major Hollywood stars.
1909-1993
Carlos Marcello was best known as the mob boss of New Orleans, and for the FBI's investigation of his possible involvement in JFK's assassination.
1910-1993
Thurgood Marshall was instrumental in ending legal segregation and became the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court.
1908-1993
Robert C. Maynard was a journalist and publisher best known for being the first African American to own and publish a major daily newspaper (Tribune).
1937-1993
Pat Nixon was the wife of Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States. As first lady, she traveled extensively and championed volunteerism.
1912-1993
Famed Russian-born male dancer Rudolf Nureyev was a soloist for the Kirov Ballet and a choreographer for the Paris Opera Ballet.
1938-1993
1905-1993
1909-1993
Norman Vincent Peale was a minister and author known for works like The Power of Positive Thinking and A Guide to Confident Living.
1898-1993
River Phoenix was an Academy Award nominee and promising young actor who died at the young age of 23 from a drug overdose.
1970-1993
American actor Vincent Price starred as the villain in the 1953 film House of Wax, which revitalized the horror genre, and was one of the first films shot in 3D.
1911-1993
Experimental jazz pianist, songwriter, composer and bandleader Sun Ra formed the band Arkestra in the 1950s and played in it until his death in 1993.
1914-1993
1917-1993
Conway Twitty was a country singer who scored 55 No. 1 hits over the long expanse of his career.
1933-1993
Hervé Villechaize was a French actor best known for playing Tattoo on the 1970s television show Fantasy Island.
1943-1993
Australian Aboriginal writer and political activist Kath Walker is considered the first of the modern-day Aboriginal protest writers.
1920-1993
Musician Frank Zappa made more than 60 albums during his career. Flouting convention and fusing musical genres, Zappa's music was often politically charged and intentionally shocking.
1940-1993