1982 deaths

United States admiral (1897-1982)

Dutch sprint canoeist

actress (1911–1982)

Australian Army general during World War II and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria (1892-1982)

Canadian ice hockey player (1904-1982)

German mechanic (1908–1982)

United States Supreme Court Justice (1910-1982)

speed skater (1916–1982)

American actor (1914–1982)

Indian actor

American writer, editor, film critic, social critic, philosopher and political radical (1906-1982)

Scottish rock musician (1935–1982)

American actor (1908-1982)

American pianist (1922-1982)

Soviet ballet dancer (1942-1982)

composer, pianist (1935–1982)

German Olympic sailor (1904-1982)

German writer (1922-1982)

American psychic (1907-1982)

German general and Knight's Cross recipient

Indian politician (1896–1982)

Chilean footballer (1911-1982)

Slovak footballer (1921–1982)

German actress (1894-1982)

German World War II military aviator (1915–1982)

Greek composer (1937–1982)

American actress (1929-1982)

Japanese writer (1894–1982)

Swiss ice hockey player (1901-1960)

Belgian cyclist (1890–1982)

Italian film director (1924–1982)

painter (1899-1982)

English Gandhian social activist

American actor (1913-1982)

Soviet film director (1906-1982)

actor (1896–1982)

Indian writer and poet (1909-1982)

Italian journalist and politician (1905-1982)

Canadian coxswain and architect (1887–1982)

field hockey player (1898–1982)

American composer, conductor, clarinetist, pianist, business executive, and music director (1889-1982)

Chinese film director (1907–1982)

British motorcycle racer (1911–1982)

American boxer (1902–1982)

Swiss middle-distance runner (1903-1982)

Turkish-Armenian who burned himself in protest of ASALA terrorist attacks on Turks

English orthopaedic surgeon (1911–1982)

German sprinter

Spanish footballer (1930–1982)

Ukrainian-American poet (1902-1982)

sailor (1907–1982)

German musician (1920-1982)

Canadian actor (1906–1982)

Russian ice hockey player (1931–1982)

Belgian cyclist (1950–1982)

Polish American designer and sculptor (1908–1982)

Polish chess player (1905–1982)

actress (1895-1982)

British Army World War II general (1896–1982)

Bavarian princess (1890–1982)