1983 deaths

American jazz pianist (1903–1983)

Dutch resistance hero and writer

Czech chess player, arbiter, theoretician, organiser and writer (1908–1983)

American actress (1934–1983)

Revolutionary and Grenada 's second Prime Minister (1979-1983)

Soviet radio announcer (1914–1983)

Belgian politician (1902–1983)

German general and fighter pilot during World War II (1919–1983)

English novelist (1905–1983)

Dutch-American astronomer (1906–1983)

prince, painter (1903-1983)

Armenian composer and pianist (1921-1983)

Albanian writer (1917-1983)

Ukrainian writer, poet, highly decorated political and public figure (1904–1983)

Polish author (1909–1983)

French professional road racing cyclist (1925–1983)

Italian economist (1898–1983)

American futurist noted for his views on nature of thermonuclear war (1922–1983)

German aircraft designer (1898–1983)

American musician (1944–1983)

Argentine footballer

Argentine distance runner (1911–1983)

British art historian and Soviet spy (1907-1983)

German-born British scholar (1902-1983)

American trumpeter, big band leader (1916-1983)

French actor (1927–1983)

Turkish novelist, playwright, and Islamist conspiracy theorist (1904–1983)

British cultural anthropologist (1920-1983)

Hungarian poet (1902–1983)

Spanish footballer (1912-1983)

Harish-Chandra (né Harishchandra) FRS (11 October 1923 – 16 October 1983) was an Indian-American mathematician and physicist who did fundamental work in representation theory, especially harmonic analysis on semisimple Lie groups.

Norwegian footballer (1906-1983)

Italian football administrator (1922–1983)

French journalist, writer, feminist & politician (1893-1983)

American park ranger

Romanian poet and essayist (1933–1983)

British diplomat and spy (1913–1983)

Belgian literary theorist (1919–1983)

Maltese politician and poet (1912-1983)

cross-country skier

American politician (1912–1983)

French composer (1892-1983)

Canadian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist (1893-1983)

German countertenor (1944–1983)

British conductor (1889–1983)

German artist and designer (1893–1983)

Spanish paleontologist (1910-1983)

Lithuanian American rabbi (1881-1983)

Native-American farm worker, subject of Dorothea Lange's famous photo Migrant Mother (1903-1983)

German middle distance runner (1903-1983)

British general practitioner and fraudster (1899–1983)

Uruguayan football manager (1908–1983)

Bulgarian poet

Viceroy, Prime Minister of New Zealand, politician (1904-1983)

German-British photographer (1904–1983)

Icelandic politician (1910-1983)

football player (1898–1982)

American film and television character actor, best known for his work in Westerns (1901-1983)

Indian actress (1907–1983)

British Army officer (1897–1983)