List of Famous people who died in 1982

Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh was a New Zealand crime writer and theatre director. She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1966.

Kemal Arıkan (1927–1982) was a Turkish diplomat assassinated by two US citizens of Armenian origin in Los Angeles, United States.

Glenn Herbert Gould was a Canadian classical pianist. He was one of the best known and most celebrated pianists of the 20th century, and was renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach. Gould's playing was distinguished by a remarkable technical proficiency and a capacity to articulate the contrapuntal texture of Bach's music.

Gebhard Ludwig Himmler was a German Nazi functionary, mechanical engineer and older brother of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler.

Katsuhiko Haida was a Japanese film actor and music composer. He played an important role in the 1951 Tokyo File 212. He has also appeared in The Burning Sky, and Escapade From Japan. His brother is Yukihiko Haida, and they formed the Nihon Ukulele Association together.

Hermann Wilhelm Souchon was a German Naval officer who, according to the testimonies of two accomplices, executed Rosa Luxemburg on 15 January 1919 in Berlin.

Ulla Jacobsson was a Swedish actress who is best known for playing the only female speaking role in the film Zulu (1964).

Margrit Rainer born as Margrit Rosa Sandmeier was a Swiss comedian, radio personality, and stage and film actress starring usually in Swiss German language cinema and television and stage productions.

Enrique Alvear Urrutia was a Chilean Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of San Felipe from 1965 until 1974 when he was made one of the two auxiliaries for the Santiago de Chile archdiocese. He was a vocal critic during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet and braved potential detention and death threats to condemn human rights abuses and other atrocities the regime undertook.

Wichard von Alvensleben was a German agriculturist, Wehrmacht Officer, and Knight of the Order of Saint John. Alvensleben was the commander of Wehrmacht troops stationed in April 1945 at Bozen, whence he led his troops to liberate the prisoners being held by the SS at Tyrol.