List of Famous people who died at 83

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen was a Danish composer.

Michel Rabreau was a French politician.

William Richards Bennett, was the 27th Premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1975 to 1986. He was a son of Annie Elizabeth May (Richards) and former Premier, W. A. C. Bennett. He was a 3rd cousin, twice removed, of R.B. Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada.

Jean Clausse was a French athlete, who competed in middle-distance running.

Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg was the second son of the last reigning Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Frederick Francis IV.

Maxfield Doyle Crook was an American musician, a pioneer of electronic music in pop. He was the featured soloist on Del Shannon's 1961 hit "Runaway", which he co-wrote and on which he played his own invention, the Musitron. He also recorded as Maximilian.

Franciscus Xaverius Rocharjanta Prajasuta was an Indonesias Roman Catholic bishop and composer. He served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan from 1983 to 2008.

Alexander Raban Waugh was a British novelist, the elder brother of the better-known Evelyn Waugh and son of Arthur Waugh, author, literary critic, and publisher. His first wife was Barbara Jacobs, his second wife was Joan Chirnside and his third wife was Virginia Sorenson, author of the Newbery Medal–winning Miracles on Maple Hill.

Anna Justine Mahler was an Austrian sculptor.