* 1983 – Diora Baird, American actress and model

* 1983 – Mehdi Ballouchy, Moroccan footballer

* 1983 – Eliza Coupe, American actress

* 1983 – Jerome Kaino, New Zealand rugby player

* 1983 – Mitsuru Nagata, Japanese footballer

* 1983 – Remi Nicole, English singer-songwriter and actress

* 1983 – Jade Seah, Singaporean model and actress

* 1983 – Dash Shaw, American writer and artist

* 1983 – Bobbi Starr, American porn actress

* 1983 – James Wade, English darts player

* 1983 – Katie Weatherston, Canadian hockey player

* 1983 – Jelena Dokić, Serbian-Australian tennis player

* 1983 – Genta Ismajli, a Kosovan-Albanian singer

* 1983 – Anthony Sedlak, Canadian chef ( d. 2012 )

* 1983 – Dwayne Smith, Indian cricketer

* 1897 – Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter ( d. 1983 )

* 1910 – Srirangam Srinivasarao, Telugu poet and lyricist ( d. 1983 )

* 1983 – Tatjana Hüfner, German luger

* 1983 – Marina Tomić, Slovenian athlete

* 1983 – Troy Williamson, American football player

* 1904 – Norah Lofts, English author ( d. 1983 )

* 1983 – Wilson Chen, Taiwanese actor

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

* 1983 – Annevig Schelde Ebbe, Danish actress

* 1983 – Neil Harvey, English-Barbadian footballer

* Rousmaniere, John ; The Annapolis Book of Seamanship, 1983, 1989 Simon and Schuster ; ISBN 0-671-67447-1

* 1983 – John McCargo, American football player

( C ) 1983 Acorn Computers Ltd. Thanks are due to the following contributors to the development of the Electron ( among others too numerous to mention ):- Bob Austin, Astec, Harry Barman, Paul Bond, Allen Boothroyd, Ben Bridgewater, Cambridge, John Cox, Chris Curry, 6502 designers, Jeremy Dion, Tim Dobson, Joe Dunn, Ferranti, Steve Furber, David Gale, Andrew Gordon, Martyn Gilbert, Lawrence Hardwick, Hermann Hauser, John Herbert, Hitachi, Andy Hopper, Paul Jephcot, Brian Jones, Chris Jordan, Computer Laboratory, Tony Mann, Peter Miller, Trevor Morris, Steve Parsons, Robin Pain, Glyn Phillips, Brian Robertson, Peter Robinson, David Seal, Kim Spence-Jones, Graham Tebby, Jon Thackray, Topexpress, Chris Turner, Hugo Tyson, John Umney, Alex van Someren, Geoff Vincent, Adrian Warner, Robin Williamson, Roger Wilson.

Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, De Palma worked repeatedly with actors Jennifer Salt, Amy Irving, Nancy Allen ( his wife from 1979 to 1983 ), Gary Sinise, John Lithgow, William Finley, Charles Durning, Gerrit Graham, cinematographers Stephen H. Burum and Vilmos Zsigmond ( see List of noted film director and cinematographer collaborations ), set designer Jack Fisk, and composers Bernard Herrmann, John Williams and Pino Donaggio.

Contemporary systems of categories have been proposed by John G. Bennett ( The Dramatic Universe, 4 vols., 1956-65 ), Wilfrid Sellars ( 1974 ), Reinhardt Grossmann ( 1983, 1992 ), Johansson ( 1989 ), Hoffman and Rosenkrantz ( 1994 ), Roderick Chisholm ( 1996 ), Barry Smith ( ontologist ) ( 2003 ), and Jonathan Lowe ( 2006 ).

The animals cryptozoologists study are often referred to as cryptids, a term coined by John Wall in 1983.

In 1983, he was invited to record a session on the John Peel BBC Radio show with his band, performing six poems, which was his first professional engagement.

Pope John Paul II's apostolic constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister of 25 January 1983, and the norms issued by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on 7 February 1983, for its implementation on diocesan level continued the work of simplification already initiated by Pope Paul VI.

After multiple drafts and many years of discussion, Pope John Paul II promulgated the revised Code of Canon Law ( CIC ) in 1983.

In 1983, she analysed telephone intercepts on John Cox that gave her access to conversations with Joan Ruddock and Bruce Kent.

John Chowning's work on FM synthesis from the 1960s to the 1970s allowed much more efficient digital synthesis, eventually leading to the development of the affordable FM synthesis-based Yamaha DX7 digital synthesizer, released in 1983.

On the pitch, the team had fared little better, coming close to relegation to the Third Division for the first time, but in 1983 manager John Neal put together an impressive new team for minimal outlay.

* Vander Reyden, John ( 1983 ).

He eventually got funding in 1983 to write a script about John and Jim Pardue, a pair of Missouri bank robbers who had killed their father and grandmother and robbed five banks.

( Reprinted 1983, John Benjamins Publishing Company, ISBN 90-272-3271-7 )

* Sir Brian John Maynard Tovey ( 1978 – 1983 )

Widespread discontent in Haiti began in 1983, when Pope John Paul II condemned the regime during a visit, finally provoking a rebellion, and in February 1986, after months of disorder, the army forced Duvalier to resign and go into exile.

The Irish player John Rea ( 1915 – 1983 ) used hammers made of thick steel wire, wound with wool.

In 1976, two former Improv-Inc members, Michael Bossier and John Elk, formed Spaghetti Jam, performing Short-Form improv and Harolds in San Francisco ’ s famous Old Spaghetti Factory through 1983.

* 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 )