1983 deaths

German-American mathematician

Swiss weightlifter (1901–1983)

American actor (1889-1983)

American animator (1892-1983)

American politician (1897-1983)

British biblical scholar, author and Anglican bishop (1919–1983)

field hockey player (1909-1983)

American writer (1917–1983)

American actor (1915–1983)

composer (1901–1983)

West Indian cricketer (1909-1983)

Bruce Wayne Campbell (December 14, 1946 – August 3, 1983), known by his stage name Jobriath, was an American rock musician and actor. He was the first openly gay rock musician to be signed to a major record label and one of the first internationally famous musicians to die of AIDS.

Mexican actress (1919–1983)

Azerbaijani musician (1907-1983)

President of Panama (1904-1983)

sailor (1908-1983)

Brazilian medical doctor (1911-1983)

Swedish association football player and manager (1886-1983)

Australian journalist (1911-1983)

Chinese military leader and politician (1902-1983)

American writer (1894–1983)

Chinese poet and writer (1896-1983)

American politician (1926-1983)

Chinese general (1910-1983)

British socialite (1894–1983)

Swedish actress (1915–1983)

English novelist, poet, memoirist, and magazine editor (1894-1983)

German lawyer (1894-1983)

Austrian footballer (1895–1983)

Azerbaijani Soviet philologist, literary scholar, member of National Academy of Sciences (1909-1983)

Russian actress (1900–1983)

Mexican actress (1910–1983)

British rower (1902-1983)

Romanian actor (1931-1983)

Israeli politician and general (1913–1983)

American musician (1898–1983)

Polish mathematician (1920–1983)

Salvadoran politician and lawyer (1948-1983)

Spanish religious nun (1893–1983)

American politician (1918-1983)

SS officer (1914–1983)

German soldier (1919–1983)

American blues musician

figure skater (1903–1983)

Azerbaijani actor (1913-1983)

Yugoslav politician, partisan and diplomat

American jazz trumpeter (1921–1983)

Hungarian association football player and association football coach (1901-1983)

Italian politician

Azerbaijani singer (1933-1983)

Argentine footballer (1953-1983)

Nigerian politician (1920–1983

architect, architectural historian, restorer (1900–1983)

judge (1890–1983)

American politician (1901–1983)

French writer (1927–1983)

Italian magistrate murdered by the Mafia (1925–1983)

Russian mathematician (1906–1983)

American Mafia hitman (1940-1983)

American actor (1910–1983)