Aged 83
Famous people who died at 83
268 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 83, including Victor Hugo, Voltaire and Sigmund Freud. Here are the 100 best known.
- Victor HugoFrench novelist, poet, dramatist and politician · 1802–1885
- VoltaireFrench writer, historian and philosopher · 1694–1778
- Sigmund FreudAustrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis · 1856–1939
- Thomas JeffersonFounding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 · 1743–1826
- Otto von BismarckGerman statesman and Chancellor · 1815–1898
- Henry FordAmerican business magnate · 1863–1947
- Omar KhayyámPersian mathematician and poet · c. 1048–1131
- James WattBritish engineer · 1736–1819
- Hebe CamargoBrazilian recording artist, television host, actress and singer · 1929–2012
- Samuel BeckettIrish writer · 1906–1989
- Ivan BuninRussian writer and poet · 1870–1953
- Frédéric MistralProvençal writer, poet, lexicographer and founder of Le Félibrige · 1830–1914
- Gerhart HauptmannGerman dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912 · 1862–1946
- Herbert SpencerEnglish philosopher and political theorist · 1820–1903
- Joseph John ThomsonBritish physicist · 1856–1940
- Justinian IEastern Roman Emperor who ruled from 527 to 565 · AD 482–565
- Alfred TennysonBritish Poet Laureate · 1809–1892
- Edgar DegasFrench Impressionist artist · 1834–1917
- Haile Selassie IEmperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 · 1892–1975
- William HerschelGerman-born British astronomer and composer · 1738–1822
- Andrew CarnegieScottish-American industrialist and philanthropist · 1835–1919
- Tina TurnerAmerican-born Swiss singer and songwriter · 1939–2023
- Paul NewmanAmerican actor · 1925–2008
- MenciusChinese Confucian philosopher · c. 372–289 BC
- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-PowellLieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement · 1857–1941
- Tomas TranströmerSwedish poet, psychologist and translator · 1931–2015
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonBritish Field Marshal, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1828–1830, 1834 · 1769–1852
- A. P. J. Abdul KalamIndian scientist, president and statesman · 1931–2015
- Gene WilderAmerican actor · 1933–2016
- Gregory XIIIPope of the Catholic Church from 1572 to 1585 · 1502–1585
- Charles MansonAmerican criminal and cult leader · 1934–2017
- Luis BuñuelSpanish-Mexican filmmaker · 1900–1983
- Pär LagerkvistSwedish writer · 1891–1974
- Benedict XIVPope of the Catholic Church from 1740 to 1758 · 1675–1758
- Omar SharifEgyptian actor · 1932–2015
- Carl Gustaf Emil MannerheimFinnish military leader and statesman · 1867–1951
- Ludwig Mies van der RoheGerman architect · 1886–1969
- Fethullah GülenTurkish preacher and imam · 1941–2024
- Gene KellyAmerican dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer · 1912–1996
- Johannes StarkGerman physicist · 1874–1957
- Zine El Abidine Ben AliTunisian politician · 1936–2019
- Paul ErdősHungarian mathematician · 1913–1996
- Mikhail BotvinnikSoviet chess player · 1911–1995
- Paul IVPope of catholic church 1555-1559 · 1476–1559
- Carlos FuentesMexican writer · 1928–2012
- George Paget ThomsonEnglish physicist · 1892–1975
- Ginger RogersAmerican actress and dancer · 1911–1995
- B. J. Habibie3rd President of Indonesia (1998—1999) and 7th Vice President of Indonesia · 1936–2019
- Leonard NimoyAmerican actor · 1931–2015
- Kurt Georg KiesingerChancellor of West Germany · 1904–1988
- William S. BurroughsAmerican novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer · 1914–1997
- Anita EkbergSwedish actress · 1931–2015
- Maximilian SchellSwiss and Austrian film and stage actor · 1930–2014
- Harry MulischDutch writer · 1927–2010
- William Alfred FowlerAmerican nuclear physicist · 1911–1995
- Yevgeny YevtushenkoSoviet and Russian poet · 1933–2017
- Otto WallachGerman chemist · 1847–1931
- Fernand BraudelFrench historian and leader of the Annales School · 1902–1985
- Jalal TalabaniIraqi politician · 1933–2017
- Jean DubuffetFrench artist · 1901–1985
- Maurice ChevalierFrench singer, actor, and entertainer · 1888–1972
- Muhammad ibn Jarir al-TabariIranian scholar, historian and commentator on the Qur'an · c. AD 839–922
- Gary S. BeckerAmerican economist · 1930–2014
- George Cukor ↗American film director and producer · 1899–1983
- Igor Sikorsky ↗American aviation pioneer from Russian Empire · 1889–1972
- Manuel Noriega ↗Panamanian head of state · 1934–2017
- Yury Luzhkov ↗Russian politician · 1936–2019
- Cordell Hull ↗American politician, U.S. Secretary of State from 1933 to 1944 · 1871–1955
- Joseph Campbell ↗American mythologist, writer and lecturer · 1904–1987
- Olivier Messiaen ↗French composer, organist and ornithologist · 1908–1992
- Peter Falk ↗American actor · 1927–2011
- Camille Flammarion ↗French astronomer and author · 1842–1925
- David Lean ↗British filmmaker and editor · 1908–1991
- Otto von Guericke ↗German scientist, inventor, and politician · 1602–1686
- P. V. Narasimha Rao ↗Prime Minister of India · 1921–2004
- Cevdet Sunay ↗5th President of the Republic of Turkey · 1899–1982
- Edwin McMillan ↗American physicist · 1907–1991
- John Hume ↗Irish politician from Northern Ireland · 1937–2020
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz ↗American film director, screenwriter, and producer · 1909–1993
- Casimir Funk ↗Polish-American biochemist · 1884–1967
- Ivar Andreas Aasen ↗Norwegian linguist and poet, dubbed the father of Nynorsk · 1813–1896
- Jules Rimet ↗Founder of association football institutions · 1873–1956
- Chuck McCann ↗American voice actor and comedian · 1934–2018
- Gabriel Marcel ↗French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist · 1889–1973
- Mike Nichols ↗American director and comedian · 1931–2014
- Mohamed Naguib ↗1st President of the Republic of Egypt · 1901–1984
- Paul Bourget ↗French writer, playwright and critic · 1852–1935
- Auguste Beernaert ↗Belgian prime minister and human rights activist · 1829–1912
- George Gurdjieff ↗Philosopher, mystic, and writer · 1866–1949
- J. Paul Getty ↗American industrialist and art collector · 1892–1976
- John Lee Hooker ↗American blues musician · 1917–2001
- Julius Wagner-Jauregg ↗Austrian doctor, Nobel prize laureate and psychiatrist · 1857–1940
- Bảo Đại ↗Emperor of Vietnam from 1926 to 1945 · 1913–1997
- Maximus the Confessor ↗Christian monk, theologian, scholar and saint · c. AD 579–662
- Odd Hassel ↗Norwegian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate · 1897–1981
- Peter Mansfield ↗English physicist known for magnetic resonance imaging · 1933–2017
- Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet ↗Irish mathematician and physicist · 1819–1903
- György Ligeti ↗Hungarian composer · 1923–2006
- John Jay ↗Founding Father, U.S. Chief Justice from 1789 to 1795 · 1745–1829
- Sławomir Mrożek ↗Polish dramatist and writer · 1930–2013
"c." means only the years are known, so the age could be a year out. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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