| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| E. Ross Adair |
Politician |
14-Dec-1907 |
5-May-1983 |
Congressman from Indiana, 1951-71 |
| Robert Aldrich |
Film Director |
9-Aug-1918 |
5-Dec-1983 |
The Dirty Dozen |
| Benigno Aquino |
Politician |
27-Nov-1932 |
21-Aug-1983 |
Philippine opposition leader |
| Raymond Aron |
Philosopher |
14-Mar-1905 |
17-Oct-1983 |
Political philosopher, social theorist |
| Georges Auric |
Composer |
15-Feb-1899 |
24-Jul-1983 |
Theme for Moulin Rouge |
| George Balanchine |
Dancer |
22-Jan-1904 |
30-Apr-1983 |
Choreographer co-founded NYC Ballet |
| Vernon Bartlett |
Journalist |
30-Apr-1894 |
18-Jan-1983 |
Journey's End |
| George Benson |
Actor |
11-Jan-1911 |
17-Jun-1983 |
The Creeping Flesh |
| Cathy Berberian |
Singer |
4-Jul-1925 |
6-Mar-1983 |
Operatic mezzo-soprano |
| Ted Berrigan |
Poet |
15-Nov-1934 |
4-Jul-1983 |
The Sonnets |
| Georges Bidault |
Head of State |
5-Oct-1899 |
27-Jan-1983 |
French President, PM, and Foreign Minister |
| Maurice Bishop |
Head of State |
29-May-1944 |
19-Oct-1983 |
Prime Minister of Grenada. 1979-83 |
| Eubie Blake |
Jazz Musician |
7-Feb-1883 |
12-Feb-1983 |
Ragtime jazz pianist |
| Felix Bloch |
Physicist |
23-Oct-1905 |
10-Sep-1983 |
Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| Anthony Blunt |
Historian |
26-Sep-1907 |
26-Mar-1983 |
Art historian, Soviet spy |
| Bart Jan Bok |
Astronomer |
28-Apr-1906 |
5-Aug-1983 |
Bok globules |
| Adrian Boult |
Conductor |
8-Apr-1889 |
23-Feb-1983 |
Conductor, BBC Symphony Orchestra, 1930-50 |
| Robert F. Bradford |
Politician |
15-Dec-1902 |
18-Mar-1983 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1947-49 |
| Robert Bray |
Actor |
13-Oct-1917 |
7-Mar-1983 |
Corey Stuart on Lassie |
| Norm Van Brocklin |
Football |
15-Mar-1926 |
2-May-1983 |
NFL QB passed for 554 yards in a game |
| Bear Bryant |
Football |
11-Sep-1913 |
26-Jan-1983 |
Legendary Alabama head coach |
| Bryher |
Novelist |
2-Sep-1894 |
28-Jan-1983 |
The Fourteenth of October |
| Luis Buñuel |
Film Director |
22-Feb-1900 |
29-Jul-1983 |
That Obscure Object of Desire |
| Phillip Burton |
Politician |
1-Jun-1926 |
10-Apr-1983 |
Congressman from California, 1964-83 |
| Rod Cameron |
Actor |
7-Dec-1910 |
21-Dec-1983 |
The Bounty Killer |
| Judy Canova |
Actor |
20-Nov-1913 |
5-Aug-1983 |
Comic actress, vaudevillian |
| Karen Carpenter |
Singer |
2-Mar-1950 |
4-Feb-1983 |
The Carpenters |
| John Albert Carroll |
Politician |
30-Jul-1901 |
30-Aug-1983 |
US Senator from Colorado, 1957-63 |
| Bruna Castagna |
Singer |
15-Oct-1905 |
10-Jul-1983 |
Operatic contralto/mezzo-soprano |
| Turner Catledge |
Journalist |
17-Mar-1901 |
27-Apr-1983 |
New York Times editor |
| Kenneth Clark |
Historian |
10-Jul-1903 |
21-May-1983 |
Civilisation |
| Albert Claude |
Scientist |
23-Aug-1899 |
22-May-1983 |
Microstructure of the cell |
| Jan Clayton |
Actor |
26-Aug-1917 |
28-Aug-1983 |
Ellen Miller on Lassie |
| Michael Conrad |
Actor |
16-Oct-1925 |
22-Nov-1983 |
Sgt. Esterhaus on Hill Street Blues |
| Terence Cardinal Cooke |
Religion |
1-Mar-1921 |
6-Oct-1983 |
Archbishop of New York, 1968-83 |
| Erastus Corning II |
Politician |
7-Oct-1909 |
28-May-1983 |
Mayor of Albany, New York, 1942-83 |
| Buster Crabbe |
Actor |
17-Feb-1907 |
23-Apr-1983 |
Flash Gordon |
| George Cukor |
Film Director |
7-Jul-1899 |
23-Jan-1983 |
My Fair Lady |
| Marcel Dalio |
Actor |
17-Jul-1900 |
20-Nov-1983 |
The Sun Also Rises |
| Leora Dana |
Actor |
1-Apr-1923 |
13-Dec-1983 |
Some Came Running |
| Dolores del Rio |
Actor |
3-Aug-1905 |
11-Apr-1983 |
Flying Down to Rio |
| William Demarest |
Actor |
27-Feb-1892 |
28-Dec-1983 |
The Great McGinty |
| Jimmy Demaret |
Golf |
24-May-1910 |
28-Dec-1983 |
Winner of three Masters Tournaments |
| Jack Dempsey |
Boxing |
24-Jun-1895 |
31-May-1983 |
Heavyweight champ |
| Howard Dietz |
Songwriter |
8-Sep-1896 |
30-Jul-1983 |
MGM songwriter, publicity chief |
| Robert Docking |
Politician |
9-Oct-1925 |
8-Oct-1983 |
Governor of Kansas, 1967-75 |
| Olin Dutra |
Golf |
17-Jan-1901 |
5-May-1983 |
Winner of 2 Majors |
| C. Burke Elbrick |
Diplomat |
25-Mar-1908 |
1983 |
Career US Ambassador |
| Faye Emerson |
Actor |
8-Jul-1917 |
9-Mar-1983 |
Namesake of the Emmy award |
| Rip Engle |
Football |
26-Mar-1906 |
7-Mar-1983 |
Head Coach, Brown and Penn State |
| Ulf von Euler |
Scientist |
7-Feb-1905 |
9-Mar-1983 |
Neurotransmitters, norepinephrine and prostaglandins |
| John Fante |
Author |
8-Apr-1909 |
8-May-1983 |
Bukowski's idol |
| William J. Fellner |
Economist |
31-May-1905 |
15-Sep-1983 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1973-75 |
| Paul Fix |
Actor |
13-Mar-1901 |
14-Oct-1983 |
Marshal Torrance on The Rifleman |
| Lynn Fontanne |
Actor |
6-Dec-1887 |
30-Jul-1983 |
English-American stage actress |
| Frank Forde |
Head of State |
18-Jul-1890 |
28-Jan-1983 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1945 |
| Eddie Foy, Jr. |
Actor |
4-Feb-1905 |
15-Jul-1983 |
The Pajama Game |
| Eduard Franz |
Actor |
31-Oct-1902 |
10-Feb-1983 |
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake |
| Jerry Fujikawa |
Actor |
18-Feb-1912 |
30-Apr-1983 |
Salt water bad for glass |
| R. Buckminster Fuller |
Architect |
12-Jul-1895 |
1-Jul-1983 |
Futurist, invented the geodesic dome |
| Louis de Funès |
Actor |
31-Jul-1914 |
27-Jan-1983 |
La Grande vadrouille |
| Billy Fury |
Musician |
17-Apr-1941 |
28-Jan-1983 |
The Sound of Fury |
| Thomas S. Gates |
Government |
10-Apr-1906 |
25-Mar-1983 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1959-61 |
| Christopher George |
Actor |
25-Feb-1929 |
28-Nov-1983 |
The Rat Patrol |
| Ira Gershwin |
Songwriter |
6-Dec-1896 |
17-Aug-1983 |
They Can't Take That Away from Me |
| Arthur Godfrey |
Actor |
31-Aug-1903 |
16-Mar-1983 |
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends |
| Joan Hackett |
Actor |
1-Mar-1934 |
8-Oct-1983 |
Only When I Laugh |
| George Halas |
Football |
2-Feb-1895 |
31-Oct-1983 |
Founder of the Chicago Bears |
| Victor Halperin |
Film Director |
24-Aug-1895 |
17-May-1983 |
White Zombie |
| Haldan K. Hartline |
Scientist |
22-Dec-1903 |
17-Mar-1983 |
Physiology of the retina |
| Antony Head |
Politician |
1906 |
1983 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1956-57 |
| Otto Heckmann |
Astronomer |
23-Jun-1901 |
13-May-1983 |
Investigated cosmic expansion |
| Hergé |
Cartoonist |
23-May-1907 |
3-Mar-1983 |
Tintin |
| Earl Hines |
Jazz Musician |
28-Dec-1903 |
22-Apr-1983 |
Everything Depends on You |
| Eric Hoffer |
Author |
25-Jul-1902 |
21-May-1983 |
The True Believer |
| Keith Holyoake |
Head of State |
11-Feb-1904 |
8-Dec-1983 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1960-72 |
| Outerbridge Horsey |
Diplomat |
1-Oct-1910 |
18-Aug-1983 |
US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1963-66 |
| Henry "Scoop" Jackson |
Politician |
31-May-1912 |
1-Sep-1983 |
US Senator from Washington, 1953-83 |
| Harry James |
Musician |
15-Mar-1916 |
5-Jul-1983 |
Big Band-era bandleader |
| Carolyn Jones |
Actor |
28-Apr-1929 |
3-Aug-1983 |
Morticia on The Addams Family |
| Herman Kahn |
Scholar |
15-Feb-1922 |
7-Jul-1983 |
Hudson Institute founder |
| Arthur Koestler |
Author |
3-Sep-1905 |
3-Mar-1983 |
Darkness at Noon |
| Meyer Lansky |
Criminal |
2-Jul-1902 |
15-Jan-1983 |
The brains behind the Mafia's money |
| John Le Mesurier |
Actor |
5-Apr-1912 |
15-Nov-1983 |
Dad's Army |
| Carolyn Leigh |
Songwriter |
21-Aug-1926 |
19-Nov-1983 |
Young at Heart |
| Leopold III |
Royalty |
3-Nov-1901 |
25-Sep-1983 |
Abdicated King of Belgium |
| Richard Llewellyn |
Novelist |
8-Dec-1906 |
30-Nov-1983 |
How Green Was My Valley |
| Hall S. Lusk |
Judge |
21-Sep-1883 |
15-May-1983 |
Oregon State Supreme Court Justice, 1937-68 |
| Ross Macdonald |
Novelist |
13-Dec-1915 |
11-Jul-1983 |
Creator of P.I. Lew Archer |
| Donald Maclean |
Spy |
25-May-1913 |
6-Mar-1983 |
Spy for Moscow, Cambridge Five |
| Szolem Mandelbrojt |
Mathematician |
1899 |
1983 |
French Mathematician |
| Catherine Marshall |
Author |
27-Sep-1914 |
18-Mar-1983 |
Christy |
| Harrie Massey |
Astronomer |
16-May-1908 |
27-Nov-1983 |
British National Committee for Space Research |
| Raymond Massey |
Actor |
30-Aug-1896 |
29-Jul-1983 |
Things to Come |
| Tom McCall |
Politician |
22-Mar-1913 |
8-Jan-1983 |
Governor of Oregon, 1967-75 |
| Larry McDonald |
Politician |
1-Apr-1935 |
1-Sep-1983 |
Congressman from Georgia, 1975-83 |
| Humberto Cardinal Medeiros |
Religion |
6-Oct-1915 |
17-Sep-1983 |
Archbishop of Boston, 1970-83 |
| John Merritt |
Football |
26-Jan-1926 |
13-Dec-1983 |
Tennessee Football Coach, 1963-83 |
| William E. Miller |
Politician |
22-Mar-1914 |
24-Jun-1983 |
Congressman from New York, 1951-65 |
| Joan Miró |
Painter |
20-Apr-1893 |
25-Dec-1983 |
The most surrealist of them all |
| Leon Mirsky |
Mathematician |
19-Dec-1918 |
1-Dec-1983 |
Transversal Theory |
| Scott Nearing |
Economist |
6-Aug-1883 |
24-Aug-1983 |
Socialist economist |
| David Niven |
Actor |
1-Mar-1909 |
29-Jul-1983 |
Pencil-moustachioed actor |
| Marian Nixon |
Actor |
20-Oct-1904 |
13-Feb-1983 |
The Sweetest Girl In Hollywood |
| Klaus Nomi |
Singer |
24-Jan-1944 |
6-Aug-1983 |
New Wave counter-tenor from Mars |
| John A. Notte, Jr. |
Politician |
3-May-1909 |
7-Mar-1983 |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1961-63 |
| Pat O'Brien |
Actor |
11-Nov-1899 |
15-Oct-1983 |
Angels with Dirty Faces |
| Simon Oakland |
Actor |
28-Aug-1915 |
29-Aug-1983 |
Tony Vincenzo on Kolchak |
| Gale Page |
Actor |
23-Jul-1913 |
8-Jan-1983 |
Four Daughters |
| Val Peterson |
Politician |
18-Jul-1903 |
17-Oct-1983 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1947-53 |
| Slim Pickens |
Actor |
29-Jun-1919 |
8-Dec-1983 |
Tough cowboy actor |
| Nikolai Podgorny |
Head of State |
18-Feb-1903 |
11-Jan-1983 |
President of the USSR, 1965-77 |
| Alice Huyler Ramsey |
Daredevil |
11-Nov-1886 |
1983 |
First woman to drive an auto across America |
| Mary Renault |
Novelist |
4-Sep-1905 |
13-Dec-1983 |
The Last of the Wine |
| Frank Reynolds |
Journalist |
29-Nov-1923 |
20-Jul-1983 |
Former ABC News anchor |
| Ralph Richardson |
Actor |
19-Dec-1902 |
10-Oct-1983 |
Things To Come |
| Maurice Ronet |
Actor |
13-Apr-1927 |
14-Mar-1983 |
Elevator to the Gallows |
| Gabrielle Roy |
Author |
22-Mar-1909 |
13-Jul-1983 |
Bonheur d'occasion |
| Selena Royle |
Actor |
6-Nov-1904 |
23-Apr-1983 |
The Fighting Sullivans |
| John D. Ryan |
Military |
10-Dec-1915 |
27-Oct-1983 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1969-73 |
| Junior Samples |
TV Personality |
10-Apr-1926 |
13-Nov-1983 |
Hee Haw |
| Jessica Savitch |
Journalist |
1-Feb-1947 |
24-Oct-1983 |
Newscaster drowned with VP of NY Post |
| Norma Shearer |
Actor |
10-Aug-1902 |
12-Jun-1983 |
The Divorcee |
| Walter Slezak |
Actor |
3-May-1902 |
21-Apr-1983 |
Hitchcock's Lifeboat |
| Christina Stead |
Novelist |
17-Jul-1902 |
31-Mar-1983 |
The Man Who Loved Children |
| Gloria Swanson |
Actor |
27-Mar-1897 |
4-Apr-1983 |
Sunset Blvd. |
| Germaine Tailleferre |
Musician |
19-Apr-1892 |
7-Nov-1983 |
Sole female of Les Six |
| Alfred Tarski |
Mathematician |
14-Jan-1902 |
26-Oct-1983 |
Tarski's indefinability theorem |
| Merle Travis |
Country Musician |
29-Nov-1917 |
20-Oct-1983 |
Influential fingerpicking country guitarist |
| Roger J. Traynor |
Judge |
12-Feb-1900 |
14-May-1983 |
California Chief Justice, 1964-70 |
| Bill Tuck |
Politician |
28-Sep-1896 |
9-Jun-1983 |
Governor of Virginia, 1946-50 |
| William Tunner |
Military |
14-Jul-1906 |
6-Apr-1983 |
Organized the Berlin Airlift |
| Earl Tupper |
Business |
28-Jul-1907 |
5-Oct-1983 |
Inventor of Tupperware |
| Victor W. Turner |
Anthropologist |
28-May-1920 |
1983 |
The Drums of Affliction |
| Ann Tyrrell |
Actor |
6-Feb-1909 |
20-Jul-1983 |
The Ann Sothern Show |
| Umberto II |
Royalty |
15-Sep-1904 |
18-Mar-1983 |
King of Italy, 1946 |
| Miguel Alemán Valdés |
Head of State |
29-Sep-1900 |
14-May-1983 |
President of Mexico, 1946-52 |
| John Vivyan |
Actor |
31-May-1915 |
20-Dec-1983 |
Mr. Lucky |
| Alfred Wallenstein |
Cellist |
7-Oct-1898 |
8-Feb-1983 |
Music Director, LA Philharmonic, 1943-56 |
| William Walton |
Composer |
29-Mar-1902 |
8-Mar-1983 |
Troilus and Cressida |
| Muddy Waters |
Musician |
4-Apr-1915 |
30-Apr-1983 |
Hoochie Coochie Man |
| Doodles Weaver |
Radio Personality |
11-May-1911 |
17-Jan-1983 |
Professor Feetlebaum |
| Rebecca West |
Author |
21-Dec-1892 |
15-Mar-1983 |
Reporter on the Nuremburg Trials |
| Clifton R. Wharton |
Diplomat |
11-May-1899 |
23-Apr-1983 |
First Black Career US Ambassador |
| Alice White |
Actor |
25-Aug-1904 |
19-Feb-1983 |
The Widow from Chicago |
| John Bell Williams |
Politician |
4-Dec-1918 |
25-Mar-1983 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1968-72 |
| Tennessee Williams |
Playwright |
26-Mar-1911 |
25-Feb-1983 |
The Glass Menagerie |
| Frances E. Willis |
Diplomat |
20-May-1899 |
1983 |
First Female US Ambassador |
| Dennis Wilson |
Musician |
4-Dec-1944 |
28-Dec-1983 |
Founding member, The Beach Boys |
