List of Famous people who died at 82

Russell Maurice Saunders was a stunt man and acrobat.

Sydney Chapman was a British mathematician and geophysicist. His work on the kinetic theory of gases, solar-terrestrial physics, and the Earth's ozone layer has inspired a broad range of research over many decades.

Leonard Mascot Blumenthal was a Jewish American mathematician.

Walter Hamor Piston Jr,, was an American composer of classical music, music theorist, and professor of music at Harvard University.

William Riley "W. R." Burnett was an American novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for the crime novel Little Caesar, the film adaptation of which is considered the first of the classic American gangster movies.

Aleksandr Spiridonovich Kanaki was a Russian athlete. He initially competed in decathlon and placed third at the 1936 Soviet Championships. During World War II his right hand was irreversibly injured in action. Hence after the war Kanaki changed to hammer throw, where his handicap was less impeding than in other throwing events. He set multiple records in hammer throw in the late 1940s and placed fifth at the 1950 European Championships.

André Deutsch was a Hungarian-born British publisher who founded an eponymous publishing company in 1951.