List of Famous people who died in 1993
Cemal Madanoğlu
Cemal Madanoğlu (1907–1993) was a Turkish soldier and general. He attained the rank of lieutenant general.
Metin Altıok
Metin Altıok was a Turkish poet of Alevi faith, who - together with 34 other people, mostly Alevi intellectuals - fell victim to the 1993 Sivas massacre.
Eduardo Caballero Calderón
Eduardo Caballero Calderón was a Colombian journalist and writer. As a journalist, he worked for the main Colombian newspapers, including El Tiempo and El Espectador. Also he was a diplomat from Colombia in Peru, Argentina, Spain and France. Caballero was elected as congressman two times for the department of Boyacá and was mayor of Tipacoque.
Hasret Gültekin
Hasret Şükrü Gültekin was a Kurdish musician and poet. He was murdered in what is known as the Sivas massacre, along with 37 other people, in the Sivas Province of Turkey when an Islamist mob set fire to the Madımak Hotel. He was Alevi.
Francis Bouygues
Francis Bouygues was a French businessman and film producer. He founded the industrial company Bouygues in 1952 and ran it until 1989, when his son Martin Bouygues succeeded him.
Alberto Breccia
Alberto Breccia was an Uruguay-born Argentine cartoonist. His son is the noted cartoonist Enrique Breccia.
Alexander Girard
Alexander Girard, affectionately known as Sandro, was an architect, interior designer, furniture designer, industrial designer, and a textile designer.
Joe Fortenberry
Joe Cephis Fortenberry was an American basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a captain of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal in the first Olympics to include basketball.
Gérard Hérold
Gérard Hérold was a French actor, appearing in several films, TV series and on theatre.
İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil
İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil was a Turkish politician, being a member of the Justice Party. He also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs three times in the 1960s and 1970s and as the Acting President of Turkey.