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Don Ameche
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1908 - 1993
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.
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(1908-1993)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Marian Anderson
Singer, Diplomat / 1897 - 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.
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(1897-1993)
Singer, Diplomat
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Andre the Giant
Film Actor, Athlete / 1946 - 1993
Andre the Giant was a professional wrestler with the WWF (now the WWE). He was 6' 11" tall and weighed 500 pounds. He also acted in the film The Princess Bride.
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(1946-1993)
Film Actor, Athlete
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Arthur Ashe
Activist, Tennis Player / 1943 - 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.
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(1943-1993)
Activist, Tennis Player
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Bill Bixby
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1934 - 1993
Bill Bixby, American actor, was best known for his role as The Incredible Hulk on television.
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(1934-1993)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Maeve Brennan
Journalist, Author / 1917 - 1993
Maeve Brennan was an Irish short story writer and journalist known for her wit, charm and tragic end.
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(1917-1993)
Journalist, Author
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Anthony Burgess
Literary Critic, Songwriter, Author, Poet / 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.
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(1917-1993)
Literary Critic, Songwriter, Author, Poet
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Raymond Burr
Film Actor / 1917 - 1993
Canadian actor Raymond Burr is best known for his title roles in the television dramas Perry Mason and Ironside.
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(1917-1993)
Film Actor
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Sammy Cahn
Songwriter, Pianist / 1913 - 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).
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(1913-1993)
Songwriter, Pianist
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Roy Campanella
Baseball Player / 1921 - 1993
Roy Campanella was American baseball catcher who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers until his career was cut short as a result of an automobile accident.
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(1921-1993)
Baseball Player
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Cesar Chavez
Activist / 1927 - 1993
Union leader and labor organizer Cesar Chavez dedicated his life to improving treatment, pay and working conditions for farm workers.
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(1927-1993)
Activist
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Cyril Cusack
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Playwright / 1910 - 1993
Cyril Cusack was an Irish actor with the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Ireland and he appeared in over 90 films.
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(1910-1993)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Playwright
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Agnes DeMille
Ballet Dancer, Choreographer, Journalist / 1905 - 1993
American dancer and choreographer Agnes DeMille further developed the narrative aspect of dance in her choreography of musical plays and ballets.
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(1905-1993)
Ballet Dancer, Choreographer, Journalist
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W. Edwards Deming
Educator, Mathematician, Business Leader / 1900 - 1993
W. Edwards Deming was a statistician and business consultant whose methods help hasten Japan's recovery after WWII and beyond.
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(1900-1993)
Educator, Mathematician, Business Leader
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Jimmy Doolittle
General, Pilot / 1896 - 1993
American aviator and army general Jimmy Doolittle led an air raid on Tokyo and other Japanese cities four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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(1896-1993)
General, Pilot
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Doris Duke
Art Collector, Philanthropist / 1912 - 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."
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(1912-1993)
Art Collector, Philanthropist
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Billy Eckstine
Singer / 1914 - 1993
Billy Eckstine is best known for his work as a Jazz singer and bandleader, introducing many future greats of the genre.
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(1914-1993)
Singer
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Pablo Escobar
Drug Dealer / 1949 - 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.
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(1949-1993)
Drug Dealer
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Federico Fellini
Director / 1920 - 1993
Italian film director Federico Fellini was one of the most celebrated and distinctive filmmakers of the period after World War II.
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(1920-1993)
Director
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Dizzy Gillespie
Songwriter, Singer, Trumpet Player / 1917 - 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."
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(1917-1993)
Songwriter, Singer, Trumpet Player
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Lillian Gish
Film Actress, Theater Actress / 1893 - 1993
Lillian Gish was an actress regarded as one of silent cinema's finest.
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(1893-1993)
Film Actress, Theater Actress
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William Golding
Author / 1911 - 1993
British novelist William Golding wrote the critically acclaimed classic Lord of the Flies, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983.
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(1911-1993)
Author
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Fred Gwynne
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor / 1926 - 1993
Fred Gwynne was an actor known for his roles as Herman Munster on the sitcom The Munsters and as the crusty judge in the film My Cousin Vinny.
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(1926-1993)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor
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H. R. Haldeman
Government Official / 1926 - 1993
Known as the 'Iron Chancellor', H.R. Haldeman was Nixon's chief of staff and later went to prison for the Watergate scandal and other offenses.
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(1926-1993)
Government Official
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Adelaide Hall
Singer / 1901 - 1993
Adelaide Hall was an American-born jazz singer whose improvisational wordless rhythms ushered in what became known as scat.
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(1901-1993)
Singer
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Helen Hayes
Actress / 1900 - 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.
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(1900-1993)
Actress
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Audrey Hepburn
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Philanthropist / 1929 - 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.
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(1929-1993)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Philanthropist
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Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Doctor, World Leader, Prime Minister / 1905 - 1993
Politician and physician Félix Houphouët-Boigny was president of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) from its independence in 1960 until his death in 1993.
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(1905-1993)
Doctor, World Leader, Prime Minister
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David Koresh
Cult Leader / 1959 - 1993
Cult leader David Koresh led the Branch Davidians in a deadly 51-day stand-off against the FBI and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
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(1959-1993)
Cult Leader
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Brandon Lee
Film Actor / 1965 - 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.
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(1965-1993)
Film Actor
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Myrna Loy
Actress / 1905 - 1993
Movie star Myrna Loy made over 120 pictures, including all six of the Thin Man movies, in which she played Nora Charles opposite actor William Powell.
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(1905-1993)
Actress
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Director, Producer, Screenwriter / 1909 - 1993
American producer, director and screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz was known for creating memorable characters. He worked with many major Hollywood stars.
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(1909-1993)
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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Carlos Marcello
Organized Crime Boss / 1910 - 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.
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(1910-1993)
Organized Crime Boss
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Thurgood Marshall
Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, Judge, Supreme Court Justice / 1908 - 1993
Thurgood Marshall was instrumental in ending legal segregation and became the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court.
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(1908-1993)
Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, Judge, Supreme Court Justice
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Robert C. Maynard
Educator, Journalist / 1937 - 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).
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(1937-1993)
Educator, Journalist
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Pat Nixon
Children's Activist, Political Leader, U.S. First Lady / 1912 - 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.
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(1912-1993)
Children's Activist, Political Leader, U.S. First Lady
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Rudolf Nureyev
Ballet Dancer / 1938 - 1993
Famed Russian-born male dancer Rudolf Nureyev was a soloist for the Kirov Ballet and a choreographer for the Paris Opera Ballet.
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(1938-1993)
Ballet Dancer
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Severo Ochoa
Academic, Chemist / 1905 - 1993
Severo Ochoa was co-awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering an enzyme in bacteria that enables the synthesis of RNA.
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(1905-1993)
Academic, Chemist
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C. Northcote Parkinson
Educator, Historian, Academic Author / 1909 - 1993
Author Cyril Northcote Parkinson is a British historian. He has written a number of books, but is best known for 1955’s Parkinson’s Law.
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(1909-1993)
Educator, Historian, Academic Author
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Norman Vincent Peale
Minister, Academic Author, Journalist / 1898 - 1993
Norman Vincent Peale was a minister and author known for works like The Power of Positive Thinking and A Guide to Confident Living.
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(1898-1993)
Minister, Academic Author, Journalist
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River Phoenix
Film Actor / 1970 - 1993
River Phoenix was an Academy Award nominee and promising young actor who died at the young age of 23 from a drug overdose.
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(1970-1993)
Film Actor
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Vincent Price
Film Actor / 1911 - 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.
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(1911-1993)
Film Actor
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Sun Ra
Songwriter, Pianist, Singer / 1914 - 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.
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(1914-1993)
Songwriter, Pianist, Singer
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Oliver Tambo
Activist / 1917 - 1993
Oliver Tambo was the acting president of the African National Congress, the South African anti-apartheid political party. Tambo served primarily in exile.
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(1917-1993)
Activist
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Conway Twitty
Songwriter, Singer / 1933 - 1993
Conway Twitty was a country singer who scored 55 No. 1 hits over the long expanse of his career.
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(1933-1993)
Songwriter, Singer
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Hervé Villechaize
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1943 - 1993
Hervé Villechaize was a French actor best known for playing Tattoo on the 1970s television show Fantasy Island.
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(1943-1993)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Kath Walker
Activist, Journalist, Author, Poet / 1920 - 1993
Australian Aboriginal writer and political activist Kath Walker is considered the first of the modern-day Aboriginal protest writers.
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(1920-1993)
Activist, Journalist, Author, Poet
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Frank Zappa
Director, Songwriter, Guitarist, Music Producer / 1940 - 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.
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(1940-1993)
Director, Songwriter, Guitarist, Music Producer