1982 deaths

Chinese historian, ethnologist and educator (1899-1982)

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1906–1982)

Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)

Swedish actress (1915–1982)

American actress and Princess consort of Monaco (1929–1982)

American actor (1905–1982)

American science fiction author (1928–1982)

French poet (1897–1982)

Polish-American classical pianist (1887-1982)

German-French actress (1938–1982)

Russian linguist (1896–1982)

King of Saudi Arabia (1911-1982)

German-Austrian ethologist (1886-1982)

German composer (1895–1982)

German filmmaker, playwright and actor (1945-1982)

5th President of the Republic of Turkey (1899–1982)

Canadian-American sociologist (1922–1982)

austrian-British psychoanalyst (1895–1982)

Soviet marshal (1900–1982)

American jazz pianist and composer (1917–1982)

American chemist (1895-1982)

American actor (1949–1982)

Marshal of the Soviet Union (1897-1982)

British athlete, politician, Cabinet minister, life peer and Nobel Peace Prize winner (1889–1982)

French filmmaker (1907-1982)

Canadian composer and pianist (1932–1982)

Polish politician (1905-1982)

biochemist (1903-1982)

Soviet writer, journalist, poet and Gulag survivor

French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist (1936–1982)

First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953

British historian, journalist, diplomat and political scientist (1892–1982)

American biochemist (1913-1982)

Soviet-era statesman (1902-1982)

Iraqi president (1914–1982)

Japanese association football player (1907-1982)

German World War II Stuka pilot and neo-Nazi activist (1916–1982)

American theatre director, actor and acting teacher (1901–1982)

Swedish-German playwright and author (1916–1982)

American Modernist writer, poet and artist (1892-1982)

Canadian racing driver (1950–1982)

American novelist and short story writer (1912-1982)

American film director, film producer, and screenwriter (1894-1982)

King of Swaziland (1899-1982)

French politician (1907-1982)

German actor (1915–1982)

Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights (1895-1982)

NASA Astronaut, Pilot (1931-1982)

French actor (1947-1982)

President of Chile (1911-1982)

British author, actor, comedian and director (1934–1982)

Icelandic politician, 3rd President of Iceland (1916-1982)

Japanese actor (1905–1982)

Russian-American engineer (1888–1982)

Russian mathematician (1896–1982)

Brazilian singer of popular and jazz music (1945–1982)

American guitarist (1956–1982)

Greek-French writer (1905-1982)

Yugoslavian writer

German diplomat and statesman (1901–1982)