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

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

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

* 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 – Elsie Ferguson, American actress ( d. 1961 )

* 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 )

* 1912 – Henry Robertson Bowers, Scottish Lieutenant, member of the Scott Expedition to the South Pole ( b. 1883 )

In July 1883, Scott passed out of Britannia as a midshipman, seventh overall in a class of 26.

In Life on the Mississippi ( 1883 ), Mark Twain, on the other hand, satirized the impact of Scott's writings, declaring ( with humorous hyperbole ) that Scott " had so large a hand in making Southern character, as it existed before the

The film also features, as " witnesses ," interviews with the 98-year old radical educator and peace activist Scott Nearing ( 1883 – 1983 ), author Dorothy Frooks ( 1896 – 1997 ), reporter and author George Seldes ( 1890 – 1995 ), civil liberties advocate Roger Baldwin ( 1884 – 1981 ), and the American writer Henry Miller ( 1891 – 1980 ), among others.

A host of young Italian tenors — including the renowned Giovanni Mario ( 1810 – 1883 ) — copied Rubini's trend-setting innovation in order to heighten the emotional impact of the music that they were singing, and to facilitate the delivery of fioritura " by, as it were, running up and down the vibrato " ( to quote Scott ; see p. 126 ).

* Previous Sikeston newspapers have included The Sikeston Star which was founded in 1884 ; The Sikeston Herald, a left-leaning Republican newspaper founded in 1903 or perhaps 1900 ; The Scott County Democrat and The Enterprise which was founded in 1883 and eventually became known as The Dexter Statesman ; and Delta Metro, a weekly news magazine, which was published from 1975 until 1977.

* Francis Scott Street ( 1831 – 1883 ), co-owner of Street & Smith publishers

In 1883 the London journalist Clement Scott went to Cromer and began to write about the area.

Scott Nearing ( August 6, 1883 – August 24, 1983 ) was an American radical economist, educator, writer, political activist, and advocate of simple living.

Helen Nearing ( 1904 – 1995 ) and Scott Nearing ( 1883 – 1983 ) were well-known American back-to-the-landers who wrote extensively about their experience living what they termed " the good life ".

Several extensions have been made including the outer south aisle which was added in 1883 by John Oldrid Scott although there is still much evidence of the original Norman work.

* Lieutenant Henry Robertson ( Birdie ) Bowers ( 1883 – 1912 ) polar explorer, who died with Scott in the Antarctic ;

John Scott Horner also known as Little Jack Horner ( December 5, 1802 – February 3, 1883 ) was a U. S. politician, Secretary and acting Governor of Michigan Territory, 1835 – 1836 and Secretary of Wisconsin Territory, 1836-1837 .< ref >

* Scott Sunderland ( actor ) ( 1883 – 1956 ), English actor

* Edward Taylor Scott ( 1883 – 1932 ), editor of the Manchester Guardian

Moreover, one of his maternal great-grandfathers was Andrew G. Blair, who served as Premier of New Brunswick from 1883 to 1896, when he joined Richard Scott in the federal Liberal cabinet.

In 1883, the Daily Telegraph printed an article which Scott had written about a visit to the north Norfolk coast.

The London journalist and travel writer Clement Scott came to Overstrand in 1883, christened the area ‘’ Poppyland ’’, and wrote about the church tower on the cliff edge and its “ Garden of Sleep ”.

Rose Scott circa 1883. Rose Scott ( 8 October 1847 – 20 April 1925 ) was an Australian women's rights activist who protested for women's suffrage and universal suffrage in New South Wales at the turn-of-the twentieth century.

His equestrian statues are excellent, notably that of George Washington ( 1856 ) in Union Square, New York City, which was the second equestrian statue made in the United States, following by three years that of Andrew Jackson in Washington, D. C. by Clark Mills ( 1815 – 1883 ), and of Brevet Lt. General Winfield Scott ( 1874 ) in Washington, D. C .. Brown was one of the first in America to cast his own bronzes.

In 1883, Bolander settled in Portland, Oregon and taught modern languages at Bishop Scott Academy.