List of Famous people who died at 83

Mohamed Haytham Khayat was a Syrian physician and lexicographer. He was a senior policy advisor to the World Health Organization Regional Directory for the Eastern Mediterranean, a member of both the Board of Trustees of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, and the Board of Trustees of the Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences. He was known for his major contribution to the Unified Medical Dictionary (UMD).

Djalma Bastos de Morais was a Brazilian politician who served as Minister of Communications.

Eric T. Vogel was a Czech jazz trumpeter. In 1938, Vogel played trumpet in a dixieland combo. After being arrested at Brno in 1939 he was made to organize a jazz school in the Jewish ghetto of that city. In Theresienstadt concentration camp he played with Martin Roman's Ghetto Swingers and Fritz Weiss's Jazz-Quintet-Weiss. He escaped while being transferred to Dachau concentration camp.

Jean Del Val was a French-born actor, also credited as Jean Gauthier and Jean Gautier.

Donald Snow Knowlton was an American public relations executive. He co-founded Hill and Knowlton with John W. Hill.

Deep Narayan Singh was an Indian politician, participant in the Indian independence movement, and a former Chief Minister of Bihar.

Fekry Pasha Abaza was an Egyptian journalist and democratic political activist.

Gazanfer Bilge was a Turkish sports wrestler who won the gold medal in the Featherweight class of Men's Freestyle Wrestling at the 1948 Olympics.

Clairmont L. "Claire" Egtvedt was an airplane designer and president and chairman of the Boeing Company. Along with Ed Wells, he is considered to be the father of the Boeing B-17 bomber.