Karen Carpenter (1950-1983)
Pop Singer
1
Paul Bear Bryant (1913-1983)
Football Coach
2
Garrincha (1933-1983)
Soccer Player
3
Muddy Waters (1915-1983)
Guitarist
4
Hergé (1907-1983)
Cartoonist
5
Jon Brower Minnoch (1941-1983)
6
Harry James (1916-1983)
Trumpet Player
7
Corrie Ten Boom (1892-1983)
Memoirist
8
Carolyn Jones (1930-1983)
TV Actress
9
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983)
Playwright
10
Dennis Wilson (1944-1983)
Drummer
11
Catherine Marshall (1914-1983)
Non-Fiction Author
12
Gloria Swanson (1899-1983)
Movie Actress
13
George Balanchine (1904-1983)
Choreographer
14
Jack Dempsey (1895-1983)
Boxer
15
Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Painter
16
Manuel Ferreira (1905-1983)
17
Alice White (1904-1983)
18
Norma Shearer (1902-1983)
19
George Halas (1895-1983)
Football Player
20
Benigno Aquino Jr. (1932-1983)
Politician
21
David Niven (1910-1983)
Movie Actor
22
Louis De Funes (1914-1983)
23
James Jamerson (1936-1983)
Bassist
24
Celebrities Born in 1983
Deaths by Year
Billy Fury (1940-1983)
Rock Singer
25
Ezra Jack Keats (1916-1983)
Children's Author
26
Christopher George (1931-1983)
TV Actor
27
Johnny Hartman (1923-1983)
Jazz Singer
28
Eubie Blake (1887-1983)
29
Dolores del Río (1904-1983)
30
Norm Van Brocklin (1926-1983)
31
Paul Jacobs (1930-1983)
Pianist
32
Joe Delaney (1958-1983)
33
Slim Pickens (1919-1983)
34
Tom Evans (1947-1983)
35
Al Lucas (1916-1983)
36
Reva Beck Bosone (1895-1983)
37
Pat O'Brien (1899-1983)
38
Henry Martin Jackson (1912-1983)
39
Ira Gershwin (1896-1983)
Songwriter
40
Luis Buñuel (1900-1983)
Director
41
John Le Mesurier (1912-1983)
42
Jessica Savitch (1947-1983)
Journalist
43
Arthur Godfrey (1903-1983)
Radio Host
44
Frank Reynolds (1923-1983)
45
William Goyen (1915-1983)
Novelist
46
Rod Cameron (1910-1983)
47
Michael Conrad (1925-1983)
48
