List of Famous people who died at 82

Stanley Elphinstone Kerr was an American humanitarian, clinical biochemist and educator.

Donald Edward Osterbrock was an American astronomer, best known for his work on star formation and on the history of astronomy.

Elie Siegmeister was an American composer, educator and author.

Denis Parsons Burkitt, MD, FRCS(Ed), FRS was a surgeon who made significant advances in health, such as the etiology of a pediatric cancer, now called Burkitt's lymphoma, and the finding that the rates of colorectal cancer is higher in those who eat limited dietary fibre.

Jacqueline Victoire Brookes was an American film, television, and stage actress, best known for her work both off-Broadway and on Broadway.

Douglas L. Coleman was a scientist and professor at The Jackson Laboratory, in Bar Harbor, Maine. His work predicted that the ob gene encoded the hormone leptin, later co-discovered in 1994 by Jeffrey Friedman, Rudolph Leibel and their research teams at Rockefeller University. This work has had a major role in our understanding of the mechanisms regulating body weight and that cause of human obesity.

Walerian Borowczyk was an internationally known Polish film director described by film critics as a 'genius who also happened to be a pornographer'. He directed 40 films between 1946 and 1988. Borowczyk settled in Paris in 1959. As a film director he worked mainly in France.

Datuk Choong Ewe Beng was a Malaysian badminton player. He was David Choong's brother and they played men's doubles together.