List of Famous people who are 83

Ray Edward Cochran was an American rock and roll musician. Cochran's songs, such as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody", and "Somethin' Else", captured teenage frustration and desire in the mid-1950s and early 1960s. He experimented with multitrack recording, distortion techniques, and overdubbing even on his earliest singles. He played the guitar, piano, bass, and drums. His image as a sharply dressed and attractive young man with a rebellious attitude epitomized the stance of the 1950s rocker, and in death he achieved iconic status.

John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor GCB is a Ghanaian politician who served as the President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. He was also Chairperson of the African Union from 2007 to 2008.

Nadia Awni Sakati is a Syrian-Saudi pediatrician. Born on 23 May 1938 in Damascus, Syria. She earned her MD from Damascus University in 1965. She worked in the hospital of American University in Beirut, Lebanon and Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. In 1969 she was Fellow in Genetics and Metabolism at the University of California, San Diego.

Xiong Guangkai is a retired Chinese general. He joined the army in 1956 and the Chinese Communist Party in 1959. Xiong was Deputy Director (1984–88) and later Director (1988–92) of the People's Liberation Army General Staff Intelligence Department, Assistant (1992–96) and later Deputy Chief-of Staff (1996–2005). In 1988 he was conferred the rank of Major General, in 1994 Lieutenant General and in 2000 General.

Anton "Toni" Schumacher is a German former professional football goalkeeper.

Mohammed Tlili ben Abdallah, also known as Moham(m)ed Gammoudi, is a Tunisian athlete who competed as a long distance runner in international track and field competitions. He represented Tunisia in the Tokyo, Mexico City, and Munich Olympiads and recorded four medals, including a gold medal in the 5000 metres event in Mexico City. Gammoudi was also competitive at 10,000 metres.

Farouk Hosny is an Egyptian abstract painter who was Minister of Culture from 1987 to 2011.

Marie-Hélène Descamps was a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for Central France. She was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, part of the European People's Party.

Vera Alexeevna Shebeko is a former Russian anchorwoman for Soviet Central Television and host of the channel's main editorial program Novosti.

Lucien Bouchard, is a French Canadian lawyer, diplomat and retired politician.