The following is a list of notable deaths in July 1993.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
July 1993
1
Tom Berry, 81, English rugby player and administrator. Gert Hofmann, 62, German writer and professor, cerebrovascular disease. Sevi Holmsten, 71, Finnish rower and Olympian. Eric Irvin, 84, Australian writer and historian of Australian theatre.
2
Weary Dunlop, 85, Australian surgeon and POW during World War II. Fred Gwynne, 66, American actor (The Munsters, Car 54, Where Are You?, Pet Sematary), pancreatic cancer. Irving J. Moore, 74, American television director, heart attack. Mariette Protin, 87, French freestyle swimmer and Olympian. Clarence Zener, 87, American physicist. Notable people killed during the Sivas massacre Muhlis Akarsu, 45, Turkish folk singer and musician Behçet Aysan, 44, Turkish poet Asım Bezirci, 66, Turkish critic, writer and poet Nesimi Çimen, 67, Turkish folk singer and poet Hasret Gültekin, 22, Turkish musician and poet
3
Joe DeRita, 83, American actor and comedian (The Three Stooges), pneumonia. Don Drysdale, 56, American baseball player and television sports commentator, heart attack. Jorge Carpio Nicolle, 60, Guatemalan politician and newspaper publisher, murdered. Dave Rubinstein, 28, American singer and co-founder of hardcore punk band Reagan Youth, suicide. Novica Čanović, 31, Yugoslav and Serbian high jumper and Olympian, killed in action.
4
Bona Arsenault, 89, Canadian politician. Lola Gaos, 71, Spanish actress, colorectal cancer. Alston Scott Householder, 89, American mathematician. Roman Abelevich Kachanov, 72, Soviet and Russian animator. Hellmut Lantschner, 83, Austrian-German alpine skier and world champion. Anne Shirley, 75, American actress, lung cancer.
5
Kali Banerjee, 71, Indian actor. Charlie Bishop, 69, American baseball player. Maria Teresa de Noronha, 74, Portuguese aristocrat and fado singer. Tom Maguire, 101, Irish republican and politician. Harrison Salisbury, 84, American journalist.
6
Olive Ann Beech, 88, American businesswoman and co-founder of the Beech Aircraft Corporation John Gatenby Bolton, 71, British-Australian astronomer. Jean-Baptiste Delille, 80, French racing cyclist. Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy, 84, British Lady-in-waiting and confidante of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Szabolcs Izsák, 49, Hungarian sailor and Olympian. Michael Rothenstein, 85, English printmaker, painter and art teacher.
7
Elemér Berkessy, 88, Hungarian football player and coach. Aleks Buda, 82, Albanian historian. Ben Chapman, 84, American Major League Baseball player, heart attack. Ove Arbo Høeg, 94, Norwegian botanist. Rıfat Ilgaz, 82, Turkish teacher, writer and poet. William McElwee Miller, 100, American missionary and author. Mia Zapata, 27, American singer (The Gits), murdered.
8
Charles Adkins, 61, American boxer and Olympic champion. Isabela Corona, 80, Mexican actress, heart attack. Wayne Howell, 72, American voice-over announcer, heart attack. John Riseley-Prichard, 69, British racing driver, AIDS related disease. Paul Sharits, 50, American filmmaker and visual artist. Fred Weick, 93, American aviation pioneer and aircraft designer.
9
Metin Altıok, 52, Turkish poet, arson attack. Henry Hazlitt, 98, American journalist and writer. Jaap Meijer, 80, Dutch historian and poet. Steve Previn, 67, German-American television director and film producer. Will Rogers, Jr., 81, American politician, writer, and newspaper publisher, suicide.
10
Teodor Anioła, 67, Polish football player. Alfred Haemerlinck, 87, Belgian road bicycle racer. Muhammad Ali Haitham, 53, Prime Minister of South Yemen. Masuji Ibuse, 95, Japanese author. Ruth Krauss, 91, American children's author. Ivan Maček, 84, Yugoslav-Slovenian communist politician. Sam Rolfe, 69, American screenwriter and television producer (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.), heart attack. Armand Vaquerin, 42, French rugby player.
11
Mario Bauzá Cárdenas, 82, Cuban latin and jazz musician. Bill Falkinder, 71, Australian air force officer and politician. Mary Moder, 87, American voice actress for Disney, heart attack. Saint Sophrony, 96, Russian monk and Archimandrite. Denis Tomlinson, 82, Rhodesian cricket player.