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Born in 1893

838 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Gustaf Mattsson*

    athletics competitor

    Date disputed

    September 8 · 1893

    Source: sok.se

  2. Gladys Davis

    fencer

    1893–1965 · aged 71

    July 29 · 1893

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  3. Fernando Altimani

    athletics competitor

    1893–1963 · aged 69

    December 8 · 1893

    No external source identified

  4. Helmut Gams

    lichenologist, professor

    1893–1976 · aged 82

    September 25 · 1893

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  5. Hans Bühler

    artist, art collector

    1893–1967 · aged 74

    April 12 · 1893

    Source: SIKART

  6. Fritjof Hillén

    association football player

    1893–1977 · aged 84

    May 19 · 1893

    No external source identified

  7. Georges Renaud

    chess player

    1893–1975 · aged 82

    January 8 · 1893

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  8. Boris Vvedensky

    physicist

    1893–1969 · aged 76

    April 19 · 1893

    No external source identified

  9. Otto Silber

    military personnel, association football player

    1893–1940 · aged 47

    March 17 · 1893

    Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport

  10. Yone Minagawa

    1893–2007 · aged 114

    January 4 · 1893

    No external source identified

  11. Andreas Rasmussen

    field hockey player

    1893–1967 · aged 73

    March 15 · 1893

    No external source identified

  12. Thomas Byström

    dressage rider

    1893–1979 · aged 85

    November 27 · 1893

    No external source identified

  13. Aleksanteri Toivola

    amateur wrestler

    1893–1987 · aged 94

    March 4 · 1893

    No external source identified

  14. Mikhail Grigorievich Popov

    botanist, biologist

    1893–1955 · aged 62

    April 29 · 1893

    No external source identified

  15. Charles Delporte

    fencer

    1893–1960 · aged 67

    March 11 · 1893

    No external source identified

  16. Matti Raivio

    cross-country skier

    1893–1957 · aged 64

    February 22 · 1893

    No external source identified

  17. Väinö Kajander

    amateur wrestler

    1893–1978 · aged 84

    November 30 · 1893

    No external source identified

  18. Hans Schöchlin

    rower, writer

    1893–1978 · aged 85

    March 6 · 1893

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  19. Erik Friborg

    sport cyclist

    1893–1968 · aged 75

    January 24 · 1893

    Source: olympedia.org

  20. Frithjof Andersen

    amateur wrestler

    1893–1975 · aged 82

    April 5 · 1893

    Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

  21. Arthur Hermann

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1958 · aged 64

    October 16 · 1893

    Source: Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne

  22. Georges Detreille*

    sport cyclist

    Date disputed

    September 9 · 1893

    Source: birth certificate

  23. Lennart Hannelius

    sport shooter

    1893–1950 · aged 56

    November 8 · 1893

    No external source identified

  24. Alberto Lombardi

    event rider

    1893–1975 · aged 81

    August 21 · 1893

    No external source identified

  25. Giovanni Scatturin

    rower

    1893–1951 · aged 58

    May 30 · 1893

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  26. Mario Meneghetti

    association football coach, association football player

    1893–1942 · aged 49

    February 4 · 1893

    Source: olympedia.org

  27. Alfredo Pezzana

    fencer

    1893–1986 · aged 93

    March 31 · 1893

    Source: BnF authorities

  28. Kenneth Carey

    sailor

    1893–1981 · aged 87

    August 7 · 1893

    No external source identified

  29. Everard Endt

    skipper

    Born 1893

    April 7 · 1893

    No external source identified

  30. Henry Oberholzer

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1953 · aged 59

    April 12 · 1893

    No external source identified

  31. Edmond Dame

    amateur wrestler

    1893–1956 · aged 62

    November 4 · 1893

    Source: BnF authorities

  32. Robert Jacquinot

    sport cyclist

    1893–1980 · aged 86

    December 31 · 1893

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  33. Walter Maurer

    amateur wrestler

    1893–1983 · aged 90

    May 9 · 1893

    Source: olympedia.org

  34. Hilding Ekman

    athletics competitor

    1893–1966 · aged 73

    January 10 · 1893

    No external source identified

  35. Álvaro de Figueroa

    politician, polo player

    1893–1959 · aged 65

    December 24 · 1893

    Source: olympedia.org

  36. Iwar Swensson

    association football player

    1893–1934 · aged 40

    November 7 · 1893

    Source: Sveriges dödbok 1830–2020

  37. Luigi Lucotti

    sport cyclist

    1893–1980 · aged 87

    December 18 · 1893

    Source: BnF authorities

  38. Fritz Zulauf

    sport shooter

    1893–1941

    April 19 · 1893

    No external source identified

  39. Fabian Biörck

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1977 · aged 83

    October 21 · 1893

    No external source identified

  40. Frederick Morgan

    sport shooter

    1893–1980 · aged 87

    June 30 · 1893

    Source: olympedia.org

  41. Alfred Eluère

    rugby union player

    1893–1985 · aged 91

    July 28 · 1893

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  42. Jean Hoffman

    water polo player, swimmer

    Born 1893

    September 23 · 1893

    No external source identified

  43. Léon Delsarte

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1963 · aged 69

    November 19 · 1893

    Source: birth certificate

  44. Joseph Huber

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1976 · aged 82

    September 24 · 1893

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  45. Bekir Çoban-zade

    philologist, writer

    1893–1937 · aged 44

    May 27 · 1893

    Source: TDV Islamic Encyclopedia

  46. Alfred Engelsen

    artistic gymnast, competitive diver

    1893–1966 · aged 73

    January 16 · 1893

    Source: historical register of persons

  47. Modesto Valle

    association football player

    1893–1979 · aged 86

    March 15 · 1893

    No external source identified

  48. Waltraud Dressel

    swimmer

    1893–1940 · aged 47

    June 3 · 1893

    No external source identified

  49. Ragnar Vik

    sailor

    1893–1941 · aged 47

    July 3 · 1893

    No external source identified

  50. Giovanni Mangiante

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1967 · aged 74

    August 28 · 1893

    No external source identified

  51. Peter Schlütter

    sailor

    1893–1959 · aged 65

    November 25 · 1893

    No external source identified

  52. Alvar Thiel

    sailor

    1893–1973 · aged 80

    February 23 · 1893

    No external source identified

  53. Johannes Birk

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1961 · aged 67

    September 5 · 1893

    No external source identified

  54. Leopoldo Torricelli

    sport cyclist

    1893–1930 · aged 37

    November 2 · 1893

    No external source identified

  55. William Smith

    sport cyclist

    1893–1958

    1893

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  56. Sven-Olof Jonsson

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1945 · aged 51

    January 23 · 1893

    No external source identified

  57. Einar Olsen

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1949 · aged 56

    March 11 · 1893

    No external source identified

  58. Tauno Ilmoniemi

    artistic gymnast, competitive diver

    1893–1934 · aged 41

    May 16 · 1893

    No external source identified

  59. Wilhelm Grimmelmann

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1958 · aged 65

    January 15 · 1893

    Source: olympedia.org

  60. Harold Little

    rower

    1893–1958

    July 27 · 1893

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  61. Leo Wilkens*

    coxswain

    Date disputed

    November 25 · 1893

    Source: Swedish Olympic Committee

  62. Halfdan Schjøtt

    skipper, sailor

    1893–1974 · aged 80

    December 26 · 1893

    No external source identified

  63. Victor Lenaers

    sport cyclist

    1893–1968 · aged 75

    January 12 · 1893

    Source: BnF authorities

  64. Hans Trier Hansen

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1980 · aged 87

    May 15 · 1893

    No external source identified

  65. Alan Williams

    rugby union player

    1893–1984 · aged 91

    October 7 · 1893

    No external source identified

  66. Karl Nag

    rower

    1893–1975 · aged 81

    November 10 · 1893

    Source: historical register of persons

  67. André Coumans

    equestrian

    1893–1958 · aged 64

    April 10 · 1893

    No external source identified

  68. Jenő Uhlyárik

    fencer

    1893–1974 · aged 80

    October 15 · 1893

    No external source identified

  69. Niels Blach

    field hockey player

    1893–1979 · aged 86

    December 6 · 1893

    No external source identified

  70. Axel Ekblom

    sport shooter

    1893–1957 · aged 64

    March 22 · 1893

    No external source identified

  71. Dynes Pedersen

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1960 · aged 67

    May 26 · 1893

    No external source identified

  72. Vilhelm Lange

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1950 · aged 56

    December 20 · 1893

    No external source identified

  73. Rikard Nordstrøm

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1955 · aged 61

    April 23 · 1893

    No external source identified

  74. Alexis Michiels

    sport cyclist

    1893–1976 · aged 82

    December 19 · 1893

    Source: BnF authorities

  75. Léon Bronckaert

    artistic gymnast

    Born 1893

    June 28 · 1893

    Source: olympedia.org

  76. Kristian Madsen

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1988 · aged 95

    February 12 · 1893

    No external source identified

  77. Erik Svensén

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1935 · aged 42

    July 28 · 1893

    No external source identified

  78. Édouard Taeymans

    artistic gymnast

    1893–date unavailable

    April 20 · 1893

    No external source identified

  79. Ingolf Davidsen

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1946 · aged 53

    January 30 · 1893

    No external source identified

  80. Birger Var

    rower

    1893–1970 · aged 76

    June 30 · 1893

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  81. Robert Girardet

    skipper, sailor

    1893–1977 · aged 83

    May 11 · 1893

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  82. Léopold Clabots

    artistic gymnast

    Born 1893

    March 12 · 1893

    Source: olympedia.org

  83. Reidar Tønsberg

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1956 · aged 62

    March 23 · 1893

    No external source identified

  84. Arnaldo Andreoli

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1952 · aged 59

    August 6 · 1893

    No external source identified

  85. Carlo Costigliolo

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1968 · aged 75

    August 10 · 1893

    No external source identified

  86. Johannes Vinther

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1968 · aged 75

    January 5 · 1893

    No external source identified

  87. Georges Lagouge

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1970 · aged 76

    November 5 · 1893

    Source: birth certificate

  88. Willie "The Lion" Smith*

    composer, pianist

    Date disputed

    November 23 · 1893

    Source: doctorjazz.co.uk

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