List of Famous people who died in 1993

Masahiko Kimura was a Japanese judoka and professional wrestler who is widely considered one of the greatest judoka of all time. He won the All-Japan Judo Championships three times in a row for the first time in history and had never lost a judo match from 1936 to 1950. An author said," In the history of judo, no one is the strongest before Kimura and no one is the strongest after Kimura." He has often been described as the strongest judoist in history. He is in submission grappling, the reverse ude-garami arm lock is often called the "Kimura", due to his famous victory over Brazilian jiu-jitsu founder Hélio Gracie. In the Japanese professional wrestling world, he is known for the controversial match he had with Rikidōzan.

Vatslav Yanovich Dvorzhetsky (Polish: Wacław Dworzecki, was a Soviet film and theater actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR.

Dolores Gaos González-Pola, better known as Lola Gaos, was a Spanish film, television and theatre actress.

Ivan Gerasimovich Lapikov was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1982).

Pery Broad, also Perry Broad was a Brazilian non-commissioned officer in the Schutzstaffel (SS) active at Auschwitz concentration camp from April 1942 to 1945. He reached the rank of SS-Unterscharführer while working as a translator and stenographer in the camp headquarters. As a prisoner after the war, he wrote a historically valuable account of the camp's operation, dubbed the Broad Report.

Janine Darcey was a French film actress. She appeared in 60 films between 1936 and 1993.

Erik Johan Herseth was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Hans Jonas was a German-born American Jewish philosopher, from 1955 to 1976 the Alvin Johnson Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York City.

Joan Lily Amelia Hughes, MBE was a World War II ferry pilot and one of Britain's first female test pilots. She was considered a capable instructor and flew everything except flying boats.

Helene Jacobs was a member of the Confessing Church and of the German Resistance against National Socialism.