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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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


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