List of Famous people who died in 1993

Ivan Semyonovich Kozlovsky was a Soviet lyric tenor and one of the most well known stars of Russian opera, as well a producer and director of his own opera company, and longtime teacher at the Moscow Conservatory.

Walther Wüst was a German Indologist who served as Rector of the University of Munich from 1941 to 1945.

James Donald was a Scottish actor. Tall and thin, he specialised in playing authority figures.

Hans Christian Blech was a German film, stage and television character actor who found success in both Germany and Hollywood.

Blandine Ebinger was a German actress and chansonniere.

Paul Grimm was a German prehistorian and also a pioneer of Medieval archaeology, especially of the excavation of abandoned villages and castles. Grimm worked on various periods, but mainly in central Germany – the names of two important Neolithic archaeological cultures in the area, the Baalberge group and the Salzmünde group derive from him. His comprehensive excavations in Hohenrode and Tilleda are important milestones in the history of German archaeology.

Patrick Haemers was a Belgian criminal who was head of a gang which carried out robberies of security vans and kidnapped former Belgian prime minister Paul Vanden Boeynants.

Grigori Andreyevich Abrikosov was a Soviet theatre and film actor. He was the son of Andrei Abrikosov.

Rosa Luna was a Uruguayan dancer. She was considered to be a living legend of Uruguayan dance.

Dame Freya Madeline Stark, was an Anglo-Italian explorer and travel writer. She wrote more than two dozen books on her travels in the Middle East and Afghanistan as well as several autobiographical works and essays. She was one of the first non-Arabs to travel through the southern Arabian Desert.