Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1983

Herman Kahn fue fundador del Hudson Institute y uno de los futuristas insignes del tardío siglo XX, pues estudió la prospectiva, una metodología que estudia opciones futuras mediante la construcción de escenarios hipotéticos. Inicialmente se destacó como estratega militar y teórico de sistemas mientras estuvo empleado en la RAND Corporation, EE. UU. Se distinguió por el análisis que realizó acerca de las posibles consecuencias de la guerra nuclear y su recomendación de mecanismos para optimizar la supervivencia, lo que lo hizo una de las tres inspiraciones históricas para el personaje epónimo del clásico filme satírico de Kubrick, Dr Insólito o: cómo aprendí a dejar de preocuparme y amar a la bomba.

Satish Chandra Samanta was an Indian independence movement activist and a member of the Lok Sabha from 1952–77. At the age of 15 he was influenced by his guru, Swami Prajnanananda Saraswati and adopted the life of Brahmacharya and took up a life of serving the people.

Bishop John Joseph "J.J." McCarthy C.S.Sp., was an Irish born, Holy Ghost Father, who served as Bishop to Nairobi, Kenya.

Yamamoto Satsuo fue un director de cine japonés, pionero en este país.

Boris Caesar Wilhelm Hagelin fue un empresario sueco, inventor de máquinas de cifrado.

Thomas Rowe Price Jr. was the founder of T. Rowe Price, an American publicly owned investment firm, established in 1937 and headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The company offers mutual funds, subadvisory services, and separate account management for individuals, institutions, retirement plans, and financial intermediaries. Along with Philip Fisher, Price was an early proponent of the growth investing strategy.

Lillian Dickson was an independent missionary, author, and public speaker. She used her maternal identity to develop her vocation in the middle of the twentieth century. Originally, she and her husband, James Dickson (1900-1967), were sent by the Presbyterian Church of Canada, to Taiwan in 1927. Lillian lived and worked in Taiwan until she died, except for the period between 1940 and 1947 when she and her husband were transferred to British Guiana because of growing tensions and war between Japan and the United States. After her return to Taiwan, Lillian eventually developed a long lasting career as an independent missionary. In particular, she founded Mustard Seed International. and The Mustard Seed Mission.