1982 deaths

American labor union leader (1913 – disappeared 1975)

Azerbaijani composer (1918-1982)

Lebanese politician and militia commander and President of Lebanon (1947-1982)

Austro-Hungarian Canadian endocrinologist

Italian footballer (1907–1982)

American poet and Librarian of Congress (1892-1982)

Romanian Royal (1896–1982)

US physicist and discoverer of the relative-state interpretation of quantum mechanics

English actress (1908–1982)

Hindu Guru (1896–1982)

Polish singer, popular in Poland and in the Soviet Union (1936-1982)

wife of, first, Paul Éluard, then Salvador Dalí (1894–1982)

English design engineer (1928–1982)

Finnish long distance runner

Italian opera singer

Nepalese politician and writer (1914-1982)

New Zealand writer (1895-1982)

Pakistani politician (1904-1982)

New Zealand aviator (1909-1982)

Japanese association football player and manager (born 1891)

German-Israeli philosopher (1897–1982)

Italian filmmaker (1929–1982)

British World flying ace (1910-1982)

economist and father of Barack Obama Jr. (1934–1982)

American actor (1929–1982)

French film director (1912-1982)

South African politician (1894–1982)

English film editor and screenwriter (1899–1982)

French fashion designer (1914–1982)

Cuban artist (1902-1982)

Queen consort of Iran from 1925 to 1941

Kashmiri politician (1905-1982)

American actor (1928–1982)

Soviet Russian actor (1934–1982)

British actor, singer and comedian (1890–1982)

Italian film director and screenwriter (1926–1982)

Chilean footballer (1902-1982)

Canadian athlete (1908–1982)

Wehrmacht general (1900–1982)

actress from the United States (1910-1982)

British film and stage actor (1914–1982)

President of Bolivia (1918-1982)

politician and Prime minister of Pakistan (1905–1982)

American actress (1959–1982)

German general (1893-1982)

American mathematician and logician (1900-1982)

German general (1897-1982)

Soviet writer, poet and journalist (1888–1982)

American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist (1912-1982)

American actor and comic (1938–1982)

cipher clerk, Soviet defector (1919–1982)

American country singer (1925–1982)

German footballer (1925–1982)

Chinese-American linguist and educator (1892–1982)

Japanese writer (1905–1986)

Dancer, actress

British painter (1894-1982)

Croatian composer (1895-1982)

President of the Dominican Republic (1911–1982)

Polish mathematician (1905–1982)