List of Famous people who died at 83

Roy Clinton Farrell was the American co-founder of Cathay Pacific Airways along with the Australian Sydney de Kantzow.

Yvonne Barr was a virologist who co-discovered the Epstein–Barr virus in 1964.

Rabbi Yisroel Friedman was a member of the Central Committee of Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbis and the rosh yeshiva of the Oholei Torah Talmudical Seminary in Brooklyn, New York.

Mustafa Amin was an Egyptian columnist and journalist who enjoyed a great deal of popularity in the Arab world. Known for his liberal perspective, Amin and his brother Ali are regarded as the fathers of modern Arab journalism.

Mary Jeannette Wilson was the first African-American senior zookeeper at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore.

Horace Jeremiah "Jerry" Voorhis was a Democratic politician from California. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1937 to 1947, representing the 12th Congressional district in Los Angeles County. He was the first political opponent of Richard M. Nixon, who defeated Voorhis for re-election in 1946 in a campaign cited as an example of Nixon's use of red-baiting during his political rise.

James Hubert Pierce was an American actor and the fourth actor to portray Tarzan on film. He appeared in films from 1924 to 1951.