Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1983

Khalil Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, was an Iranian politician and diplomat. Bakhtiary was Iran's Ambassador to West Germany from 1952 to 1961. He was the father of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, the second wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran.

Fritz Machlup fue un economista austro-estadounidense, notable por ser uno de los primeros de su disciplina en examinar el conocimiento como un recurso.

Doodles Weaver fue un actor y comediante radiofónico y televisivo estadounidense. Fue el hermano del ejecutivo de la NBC Pat Weaver y tío de la actriz Sigourney Weaver.

George Ogden Abell fue un astrónomo estadounidense de la Universidad de California, Los Ángeles (UCLA). Trabajó como astrónomo investigador, profesor, administrador y divulgador de la ciencia, la educación y el escepticismo. Abell obtuvo la licenciatura (1951), la maestría (1952) y el título de doctor (1957) en el Instituto Tecnológico de California. Empezó su carrera de astrónomo como guía turístico del Observatorio Griffith en Los Ángeles.

Zeliha Sevim Burak was a Turkish author and playwright.

Edward Holland "Ned" Spicer was an American anthropologist who combined the four-field approach outlined by Franz Boas and trained in the structural-function approach of Radcliffe-Brown and the University of Chicago. He joined the anthropology faculty at the University of Arizona in 1946 and retired from teaching in 1976. Spicer contributed to all four fields of anthropology through his study of the American Indians, the Southwest, and the clash of cultures defined in his award-winning book, Cycles of Conquest. Spicer combined the elements of historical, structural, and functional analysis to address the question of socio-cultural change. He was a teacher, researcher, editor, and practitioner, who applied his perspective to address the issues confronting the people he worked with.

Birgit Tengroth was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in 46 films between 1926 and 1950.

Anton Sabel was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.

Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative (1941–1953) and U.S. Senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington. A Cold War liberal and anti-Communist Democrat, Jackson supported higher military spending and a hard line against the Soviet Union, while also supporting social welfare programs, civil rights, and labor unions.