Born in 1893

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• 1893–1967Dorothy ParkerAmerican poet, writer, criticAugust 22
• 1893–1971Harold LloydAmerican actor and comedianApril 20
• 1893–1973Walter UlbrichtLeader of East Germany from 1949 to 1971June 30
• 1893–1969Allen DullesDirector of Central Intelligence from 1953 to 1961April 7
• 1893–1943Leslie HowardEnglish actor and writerApril 3
• 1893–1981Soong Ching-lingWife of Sun Yat-senJanuary 27
• 1893–1930Vladimir MayakovskyRussian poetJuly 19
• 1893–1953Carol II of RomaniaKing of Romania from 1930 to 1940October 15
• 1893–1918Wilfred OwenEnglish poet and soldierMarch 18
• 1893–1941PrajadhipokKing of Siam from 1925 to 1935November 8
• 1893–1957Dorothy L. SayersEnglish novelist, translator and Christian writerJune 13
• 1893–1935Huey LongAmerican politicianAugust 30
• 1893–1991Lazar KaganovichSoviet politicianNovember 22
• 1893–1971Roy O. DisneyAmerican entrepreneurJune 24
• 1893–1920Alexander of GreeceKing of Greece from 1917 to 1920August 1
• 1893–1945Roland FreislerGerman juristOctober 30
• 1893–1980Jimmy DuranteAmerican comedian, actor, singer, and pianistFebruary 10
• 1893–1943Conrad VeidtGerman and British actorJanuary 22
• 1893–1971Dean AchesonAmerican politician and lawyerApril 11
• 1893–1959George GroszGerman artistJuly 26
• 1893–1946Draža MihailovićLeader of the Chetniks in WWIIApril 27
• 1893–1987Andrés SegoviaSpanish guitaristFebruary 21
• 1893–1964Palmiro TogliattiItalian politician and statesmanMarch 26
• 1893–1956Alexander KordaBritish film directorSeptember 16
• 1893–1951Ivor NovelloWelsh composer and actorJanuary 15
• 1893–1986Albert Szent-GyörgyiHungarian biochemist (1893–1986), Nobel Prize winnerSeptember 16
• 1893–1943Chaïm SoutineFrench, Jewish Belarusian painterJanuary 13
• 1893–1981Harold UreyAmerican physical chemistApril 29
• 1893–1953Bill TildenAmerican tennis playerFebruary 10
• 1893–1968Fay BainterAmerican actressDecember 7
• 1893–1956Meghnad SahaIndian astrophysicist and politicianOctober 6
• 1893Wallace Fard MuhammadFounder of the Nation of Islam (c. 1877 – disappeared c. 1934)February 26
• 1893–1964Cedric HardwickeEnglish actorFebruary 19
• 1893–1961Clark Ashton SmithAmerican authorJanuary 13
• 1893–1986Raymond LoewyFrench-born American industrial designerNovember 5
• 1893–1947William Moulton MarstonAmerican psychologist and writerMay 9
• 1893–1972Prasanta Chandra MahalanobisIndian scientist and statisticianJune 29
• 1893–1947Hans FalladaGerman writerJuly 21
• 1893–1982Hermann BalckGerman Army generalDecember 7
• 1893–1947Karl MannheimHungarian sociologistMarch 27
• 1893–1958Claire Lee ChennaultAmerican military aviatorSeptember 6
• 1893–1960Cedric GibbonsAmerican art directorMarch 23
• 1893–1923Damdin SükhbaatarMongolian revolutionaryFebruary 2
• 1893–1929Blind Lemon JeffersonAmerican blues musicianSeptember 24
• 1893–1981Miroslav KrležaCroatian writerJuly 7
• 1893–1968Mercedes de AcostaAmerican poet, playwright, and novelistMarch 1
• 1893–1963Rahul SankrityayanIndian scholar and authorApril 9
• 1893–1967Francis OuimetAmerican amateur golferMay 8
• 1893–1974Katharine CornellGerman-born American actressFebruary 16
• 1893–1993Elizabeth Holloway MarstonAmerican attorney psychologistFebruary 20
• 1893–1981Harry WarrenAmerican composer and lyricistDecember 24
• 1893–1978James B. ConantAmerican chemistMarch 26
• 1893–1968Herbert ReadEnglish anarchist and writerDecember 4
• 1893–1998Beatrice WoodAmerican painter and studio potterMarch 3
• 1893–1966Erwin PiscatorGerman director and producerDecember 17
• 1893–1960Walter BaadeGerman astronomerMarch 24
• 1893–1977Ba MawBurmese leader and independence activistFebruary 8
• 1893–1978Gaston JuliaFrench mathematicianFebruary 3
• 1893–1985Ernst ÖpikEstonian astronomer and astrophysicistOctober 22
• 1893–1945Mário de AndradeBrazilian writer, musicologist and photographerOctober 9