List of Famous people who died in 1983

Carl Otto Bartning was a German film editor. He edited the 1959 film The Bridge.

Blanton Long Collier was an American football head coach who coached at the University of Kentucky between 1954 and 1961 and for the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League (NFL) between 1963 and 1970. His 1964 Browns team won the NFL championship and remains the second most recent Cleveland professional sports team to win a title.

Charles Arthur Space was an American film, television and stage actor. He was best known as Doc Weaver, the veterinarian, in thirty-nine episodes of the CBS television series Lassie.

Donal Herlihy (1908-1983) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Ferns from 1964 to 1983.

Charles G. Clarke ASC an American cinematographer who worked in Hollywood for over 40 years and was treasurer and president of the American Society of Cinematographers.

Simha Erlich was an Israeli politician. He was the leader of the Liberal Party and Minister of Finance under Menachem Begin, and is known for his attempt to liberalize the Israeli economy.

Lona Fay Spain was an American actress in motion pictures and television.

Ruth Dunning was a Welsh actress of stage, television, and film.

Jonathan Wyatt Latimer was an American crime writer known his novels and screenplays. Before becoming an author, Latimer was a journalist in Chicago.