List of Famous people who died in 1983

Umberto Mozzoni was an Argentine Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil from 1969 to 1973, and was made a cardinal in 1973.

Patrick O'Moore (1909–1983) was an Irish actor who appeared in a variety of American films and television shows. A character actor, he appeared in a number of Hollywood's British-themed films during the 1940s and 1950s.

Gigi Gryce, later Basheer Qusim, was an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator.

James Lee Jamerson was an American bass player. He was the uncredited bassist on most of the Motown Records hits in the 1960s and early 1970s, and is now regarded as one of the most influential bass players in modern music history. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. As a session musician he played on twenty-three Billboard Hot 100 number one hits, as well as fifty-six R&B number one hits.

Carla Bartheel was a German film actress and photographer.

Ikuko Yoda was a Japanese sprinter. She competed at the 1964 Olympics in the 80 m hurdles and 4 × 100 m relay events and finished fifth in the hurdles, setting her personal best at 10.7 seconds.

Alfred Maximilian Gruenther was a senior United States Army officer, Red Cross president, and bridge player. At age fifty-three, he became the youngest four-star general in the U.S. Army's history. He succeeded General Matthew Ridgway as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in Europe (SACEUR) serving from 1953 to 1956.