List of Famous people who died at 83

Karl Menger was an Austrian-American mathematician. He was the son of the economist Carl Menger. He is credited with Menger's theorem. He worked on mathematics of algebras, algebra of geometries, curve and dimension theory, etc. Moreover, he contributed to game theory and social sciences.

Metin Erksan was a Turkish film director and art historian.

Samuel Karlin was an American mathematician at Stanford University in the late 20th century.

Pär Fabian Lagerkvist was a Swedish author who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1951.

Lloyd Chudley Alexander was an American author of more than forty books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adults. Over his seven-decade career, Alexander wrote 48 books, and his work has been translated into 20 languages. His most famous work is The Chronicles of Prydain, a series of five high fantasy novels whose conclusion, The High King, was awarded the 1969 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature. He won U.S. National Book Awards in 1971 and 1982.

Nykyfor Timofiyovych Kalchenko was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician, who served as the head of government of Ukrainian SSR.