1983 deaths

Australian tennis player

American music producer, songwriter, vocalist, and bassist (1939–1983)

Russian ice hockey player (1925–1983)

Swedish boxer

Catholic cardinal (1906-1983)

Norwegian gymnast

Jurisprudent and theologian

Director, writer, screenwriter (1903–1983)

German rower (1905–1983)

Hungarian water polo player (1913–1983)

German zoologist and zoo director (1892-1983)

Swiss handball player (1916-1983)

American film director (1895–1983)

English cricketer (1892-1983)

Japanese film director (1910–1983)

Italian rower (1909-1983)

Swedish artist (1899–1983)

American artist (1897-1983)

English composer, organist, and teacher

Welsh footballer (1930-1983)

Latvian writer (1933–1983)

Soviet general (1908-1983)

Swiss-French actor

Bulgarian writer (1914–1983)

Salvadoran revolutionary (1929–1983)

French singer (1901-1983)

Croatian Roman Catholic priest (1903–1982)

Polish actress (1922–1983)

Armenian writer (1884–1983)

Austrian handball player (1914–1983)

field hockey player (1918–1983)

Austrian politician (1905-1983)

bobsledder (1893–1983)

Twice Hero of Socialist Labour (1937–1983)

Olympic wrestler (1898-1983)

Costa Rican lawyer, writer and feminist

bobsledder (1917–1983)

Swiss footballer (1901-1983)

Prime Minister of Laos (1903–1983)

Italian poet (1913–1983)

Soviet sprinter (1929–1983)

Irish Republican Army commander and politician (1898-1983)

Argentinian Catholic Cardinal (1904-1983)

American guitarist (1919–1983)

American actor (1901–1983)

Hong Kong actor (1954-1983)

Moroccan prince (1935–2026)

diver (1915–1983)

Swedish boxer

Scottish footballer and manager (1913-1983)

American physiologist (1888–1983)

bobsledder

Argentine association football player and manager (1920-1983)

Latvian wrestler (1908–1983)

Swedish linguist (1894–1983)

Swedish actor (1907-1983)

Soviet film director (1929-1983)

American science fiction writer (1917–1983)

Azerbaijani Soviet actor and chemist (1909-1983)

Czech translator, bookwriter and writer (1909-1983)