1982 deaths

American musician (1940-1982)

Israeli orientalist (1919-1982)

South African sculptor (1905–1982)

American musician (1933–1982)

Colombian sculptor (1933–1982)

Czech stage, film and dubbing actor and university educator (1903–1982)

American botanist (1903-1982)

British actress (1919–1982)

New Zealand cricketer (1920-1982)

French archivist, paleographer and historian (1879-1982)

German aerospace engineer (1901-1982)

French designer (1891–1982)

Swedish astronomer (1893–1982)

American actress and model (1923–1982)

Italian religious priest, missionary and anthropologist who lived in Ecuador

Physician and SS-Standartenführer (1890-1982)

Bulgarian sport shooter (1934-1982)

Jordanian politician and diplomat (1902-1982)

New Zealand writer (1903-1982)

British snooker and billiard player (1886-1982)

American juvenile mystery novelist and publisher

Soviet artists and designers

Welsh statistician (1932–1982)

Yugoslav footballer (1895-1982)

Japanese political activist and novelist

Australian conductor

Swedish singer (1884-1982)

Italian archbishop (1913-1982)

American boxer (1903-1982)

American boxer (1906–1982)

British cryptographer

British sidecar racer (1954–1982)

American labor leader (1892-1982)

Australian Victoria Cross recipient, senior officer in the Royal Air Force and Governor of Western Australia (1914-1982)

English surgeon and bibliophile (1887–1982)

Croatian painter (1879-1982)

Irish actor (1903-1982)

American songwriter, singer, film producer, publisher, and market analyst (1902-1982)

U.S. Federal Reserve chairman, businessman (1893–1982)

Sicilian Mafia don. (1929–1982)

British Labour Party politician (1911-1982)

Israeli archaeologist (1896–1982)

English footballer (1902-1982)

British Egyptologist (1894–1982)

American set director (1906-1982)

American child actor (1918-1982)

American writer (1895–1982)

American actor (1944–1982)

American librarian (1903–1982)

Israeli writer (1891-1982)

Welsh philosopher (1922–1982)

Danish actor

South African cricketer (1911-1982)

Indian cricket player. (1911-1982)

American composer (1892–1982)

pianist (1918–1982)

Turkish cyclist (1905–1982)

Dutch historian (1890–1982)

American artist, composer, philanthropist, and founder of the Harkness Ballet (1915-1982)