* 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

Separamadu Lasith Malinga ( Sinhala: ස ෙ පරම ා ද ු ලස ි ත ් ම ා ල ිං ග ; born August 28, 1983, in Galle, Sri Lanka ) is a Sri Lankan cricketer.

* 1983 – The Sri Lankan Civil War begins with the killing of 13 Sri Lanka Army soldiers by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Terrorist group.

The Sri Lankan Civil War began in 1983, including an armed youth uprising in 1987 – 1989, with the 25 year-long civil war ending in 2009.

In 1983 the Sri Lankan Civil War began with Sinhalese political dominance being challenged by the militant Tamil Tigers, who sought a separate Tamil state within Sri Lanka.

After the 1983 riots in Sri Lanka ushered in an extended civil war many Sri Lankans, both Tamil and Sinhalese, fled Sri Lanka, the number of arrivals from Sri Lanka to New Zealand and the Sri Lankan-born population in New Zealand rose dramatically.

* The Sri Lankan Civil War ( 1983 – 2009 ) came to an end after the government defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

The Sri Lankan Civil War which raged on and off from 1983 to 2009, between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ) saw large scale asymmetric warfare.

Switzerland has represented Israel's interests in numerous countries ( Hungary ( 1967 – 1989 ), Guinea ( 1967 – 1973 ), Ceylon / Sri Lanka ( 1970 – 1976 ), Madagascar ( 1973 – 1994 ), Liberia ( 1973 – 1983 ) and Ghana ( 1973 – 2002 )).

* In July 1983, mobs in Sri Lanka carried out anti-Tamil pogroms during Black July.

In July 1983, the LTTE launched a deadly ambush on a Sri Lanka Army check point Four Four Bravo outside the town of Thirunelveli, killing an officer and 12 soldiers.

Beginning in August 1983, till May 1987, Indian government, through its intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing ( RAW ), provided arms, training and monetary support to 6 Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups including LTTE, Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization ( TELO ), People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam ( PLOTE ), Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students ( EROS ) Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front ( EPRLF ) and Tamil Eelam Liberation Army ( TELA ).

The India national cricket team won the 1983 Cricket World Cup, the 2011 Cricket World Cup and the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, and shared the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy with Sri Lanka.

By 1983 full scale civil war had erupted between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan government.

Srirangam Srinivasarao ( 30 April 1910 – 15 June 1983 ) (), popularly known as Sri Sri (), was a Telugu poet and lyricist.

# Tan Sri Lee San Choon ( April 1974 to March 1983 ) Datuk Dr. Neo Yee Pan ( acting ) ( March 1983 to November 1985 )

* Camps for Sri Lankan Tamils, 110, 000 in India in 1998, and more than 560, 000 internally displaced 1983