1983: The Year in People

Millennials · Year of the Pig 🐖 · Born in 1983 turn 43 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$1.16

Median home

$57,700

Minimum wage

$3.35/hr

Movie ticket

$3.15

US population

4.69B

US president

Ronald Reagan

Top song

"Every Breath You Take" — The Police

Top film

Return of the Jedi

Top TV show

60 Minutes

Best Picture

Terms of Endearment

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What happened in 1983

1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1983rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 983rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 83rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1980s decade.

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Born in 1983

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Chris Hemsworth

b. 1983 · August 11

Australian actor

Andrew Garfield

b. 1983 · August 20

English and American actor

Henry Cavill

b. 1983 · May 5

British actor

Amanda Righetti

b. 1983 · April 4

American actress

Adam Driver

b. 1983 · November 19

American actor

Domhnall Gleeson

b. 1983 · May 12

Irish actor

Carrie Underwood

b. 1983 · March 10

American singer and actress

Kate Bosworth

b. 1983 · January 2

American actress

Greta Gerwig

b. 1983 · August 4

American actress and filmmaker

Amber Tamblyn

b. 1983 · May 14

American actress and author

Alona Tal

b. 1983 · October 20

Israeli actress and singer

Aaron Rodgers

b. 1983 · December 2

American football player

Adam DeVine

b. 1983 · November 7

American comedian, actor, producer and writer

Amber Rose

b. 1983 · October 21

American model and television personality

Aidan Turner

b. 1983 · June 19

Irish actor

Eric André

b. 1983 · April 4

American comedian and actor

Alice Braga

b. 1983 · April 15

Brazilian actress and producer

Brody Jenner

b. 1983 · August 21

American reality television personality and model

Alexa Chung

b. 1983 · November 5

English television presenter

Delonte West

b. 1983 · July 26

American Basketball player

Michelle Branch

b. 1983 · July 2

American musician

Anthony Carrigan (actor)

b. 1983 · January 2

American actor

Action Bronson

b. 1983 · December 2

American rapper

Ari Graynor

b. 1983 · April 27

American actress

Died in 1983

David Niven1910–1983 · English actor, memoirist and novelist
Dennis Wilson1944–1983 · American musician
Meyer Lansky1902–1983 · Russian-born American gangster
Carolyn Jones1930–1983 · American actress
Muddy Waters1913–1983 · American blues musician
Anthony Blunt1907–1983 · British art historian and Soviet spy
Corrie ten Boom1892–1983 · Dutch resistance hero and writer
John Le Mesurier1912–1983 · English actor
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha1912–1983 · Duke and Nazi politician
Dolores del Río1904–1983 · Mexican actress
Arthur Koestler1905–1983 · Hungarian-British author and journalist
Bear Bryant1913–1983 · American football coach