* 1815 – Robert Volkmann, German composer ( d. 1883 )

* 1883 – Dally Messenger, Australian footballer ( d. 1959 )

* 1883 – Jaroslav Hašek, Czech novelist ( d. 1923 )

* 1883 – Scott Nearing, American writer and educator ( d. 1983 )

* 1856 – George Coulthard, Australian footballer and cricketer ( d. 1883 )

* Adrian Stoop ( 1883 – 1957 ), English rugby union player

* 1883 – Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect ( d. 1962 )

* 1883 – The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.

* 1883 – The last quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

* 1883 – Pauline Frederick, American actress ( d. 1938 )

* 1883 – Martha Hedman, Swedish-American actress ( d. 1974 )

* 1883 – Marion Lorne, American actress ( d. 1968 )

* 1883 – José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese politician, 9th President of Portugal ( d. 1965 )

* 1883 – Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company ( d. 1971 )

* 1883 – An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.

* 1852 – Arnold Toynbee, English economist and historian ( d. 1883 )

* 1883 – Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general ( d. 1953 )

* Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope ( 1883 – 1963 ), nicknamed ABC, a British World War II admiral

* 1883 – Henry Jameson, American soccer player ( d. 1938 )

* 1883 – Richard von Mises, Austrian mathematician ( d. 1953 )

A Theatre and Concert Hall was constructed in 1883, which was renovated and expanded in 1995 – 96.

* 1946 – John Maynard Keynes, English economist ( b. 1883 )

( 1812 – 1883 ), originally named Bezime, a Vlach.

* 1883 – Gino Severini, Italian painter ( d. 1966 )

* November 15 – Elsie Ferguson, American actress ( b. 1883 )

* Elsie Ferguson ( 1883 – 1961 ), actress

Elsie Louise Ferguson ( August 19, 1883 – November 15, 1961 ) was an American stage and film actress.

Sir George Ferguson Bowen was governor from 1879 to 1883.

Parks was born to James and Mary Leach ( Ferguson ) Parks on May 29, 1883 in Denver, Colorado.

He is most notable as the lone dissenter in the Civil Rights Cases ( 1883 ), and Plessy v. Ferguson ( 1896 ), which, respectively, struck down as unconstitutional federal anti-discrimination legislation and upheld Southern segregation statutes.

The first tenure started in March, 1882, and ended in March 1883, when Sir George Ferguson Bowen succeeded him as the 9th Governor of Hong Kong.

In addition to Triumphant Democracy ( 1886 ), and The Gospel of Wealth ( 1889 ), he also wrote An American Four-in-hand in Britain ( 1883 ), Round the World ( 1884 ), The Empire of Business ( 1902 ), The Secret of Business is the Management of Men ( 1903 ), James Watt ( 1905 ) in the Famous Scots Series, Problems of Today ( 1907 ), and his posthumously published autobiography Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie ( 1920 ).

The differences between the more modern and traditional branches of American Judaism came to a head in 1883, at the " Trefa Banquet " at the Highland House entertainment pavilion, which was at the top of the Mount Adams Incline – where shellfish and other non-kosher dishes were served at the celebration of the first graduating class of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati.

In 1883, the standardized system of North American Time Zones was adopted by the general time convention of railway managers in Chicago.

* 1964 – Victor Franz Hess, Austrian-born American physicist, Nobel laureate ( b. 1883 )

* 1948 – Frank Benford, American electrical engineer and physicist ( b. 1883 )

* 1883 – Victor McLaglen, English-born American actor ( d. 1959 )

* 1883 – Marcus Hurley, American cyclist ( d. 1941 )

* 1833 – Dr Samuel A. Mudd, American physician ( d. 1883 )

* 1883 – Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian, bibliographer and archivist ( d. 1950 )

* 1948 – Rebel Oakes, American baseball player and manager ( b. 1883 )

* 1883 – Marguerite Clark, American actress ( d. 1940 )

* 1883 – Hal Chase, American baseball player ( d. 1947 )

* 1812 – Alexander Hamilton Stephens, American politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America and 50th Governor of Georgia ( d. 1883 )

The most important American free love journal was Lucifer the Lightbearer ( 1883 – 1907 ) edited by Moses Harman and Lois Waisbrooker but also there existed Ezra Heywood and Angela Heywood's The Word ( 1872 – 1890, 1892 – 1893 ).

* John Anson Ford ( 1883 – 1983 ), American local-level legislator who served on Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for 24 years ( 1934 – 58 ); Democratic nominee for U. S. Senator ( 1940 )

* John Baptiste Ford ( 1811 – 1903 ), American business leader who, in 1883, founded the industrial concern Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company ( renamed PPG Industries in 1968 )

* John Ford House ( 1827 – 1904 ), American legislator who, from 1875 to 1883, served as Democratic representative for Tennessee's 6th congressional district

* 1883 – Arthur L. Newton, American athlete ( d. 1956 )

* 1883 – Frank Verner, American athlete ( d. 1966 )