List of Famous people who died in 1982

Maximiliane Ackers was a lesbian German author and actress famous for writing lesbian fiction.

Stanley Augustus Holloway was an English stage and film actor, humourist, singer, poet and monologist. He was famous for his comic and character roles on stage and screen, especially that of Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady. He was also renowned for his comic monologues and songs, which he performed and recorded throughout most of his 70-year career.

John Frederic Gretton, 2nd Baron Gretton OBE, was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament.

Gordon Gray was an official in the government of the United States during the administrations of Harry Truman (1945–53) and Dwight Eisenhower (1953–61) associated with defense and national security.

James Joseph Broderick III was an American actor. He is known for his role as Doug Lawrence in the television series Family, which ran from 1976 to 1980, and he played a pivotal role in the 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon.

Semyon Kuzmich Tsvigun was an officer of the Soviet security police, the KGB whose sudden and unexplained death heralded a major shift in Kremlin power politics.

Erskine ("Eric") Arthur Nicolson, 3rd Baron Carnock DSO, JP, styled The Honourable from 1916 until 1952, was a British peer and sailor.