1983 deaths

Austrian economist (1902–1983)

American rodeo performer, film and television actor (1919–1983)

Mexican writer (1928–1983)

Belgian road bicycle racer (1912–1983)

Russian conductor and composer (1912–1983)

British Army officer (1897–1983)

French actor (1899–1983)

Danish-born American jazz composer and trombonist

American mezzo-soprano and composer

cross-country skier

Iñupiat explorer (1898–1983)

Finnish writer, poet and translator (1937–1983)

Chinese artist (1899-1983)

Polish writer (1922–1983)

British actor (1912–1983)

German racecar driver (1943–1983)

Austrian-born actor (1902–1983)

Dutch musicologist (1887–1983)

American pole vaulter (1904-1983)

American actress (1901–1983)

Secretary to Adolf Hitler (1908-1984)

German composer (1901–1983)

Croatian politician (1912-1983)

racecar driver (1907-1983)

Spanish circus clown (1896-1983)

Portuguese politician (1917-1983)

President of Paraguay (1897-1983)

British Army general (1887–1983)

athletics competitor (1919–1983)

Anhaltese Royal (1898–1983)

Soviet politician, historian (1899-1983)

German luftwaffe officer (1907-1983)

Hungarian footballer (1911-1983)

Italian Vincentian and archbishop (1912-1982)

American gastroenterologist (1884–1983)

Hungarian association football player (1904-1983)

Swedish footballer (1914-1983)

American rower (1908–1983)

Salmah binti Ismail (Jawi: سلمه بنت إسماعيل; ‎ 22 January 1935 – 25 April 1983), better known by her stage name Saloma, was a Singaporean-Malaysian singer, film actress, trendsetter and a fashion icon who became well known in the late 1950s.

Indian actress and director

English actor (1903–1983)

Filipino Cardinal (1906–1983)

British novelist (1906–1983)

Italian actor and businessman (1912-1983)

German footballer (1956-1983)

American jazz pianist (1887–1983)

American bassist (1936–1983)

Spanish writer (1895-1983)

Chilean footballer (1910-1983)

Peruvian recording artist; composer and singer (1920–1983)

American country/Western singer-songwriter and musician

Estonian-Finnish athletics competitor (1913–1983)

Olympic cyclist (1906–1983)

Polish author and translator (1892–1983)

Syrian-Egyptian-Lebanese singer and actress

American actor (1931–1983)

French weightlifter (1911–1983)

Australian novelist and short-story writer

American actress (1913-1983)

English tennis player (1911-1983)