List of Famous people who died in 1982

Harvey Lembeck was an American comedic actor best remembered for his role as Cpl. Rocco Barbella on The Phil Silvers Show in the late 1950s, and as the stumbling, overconfident quasi-outlaw biker Eric Von Zipper in beach party films during the 1960s. He also turned in noteworthy performances in both the stage and screen versions of Stalag 17. He was the father of actor and director Michael Lembeck and actress Helaine Lembeck.

John Joseph Connolly, was a Canadian parliamentarian.

Alexander Abusch. He was a German journalist, non-fiction writer, and politician.

Klaus von Rautenfeld (1909–1982) was a cinematographer. Of Baltic German origin, he was born in Estonia which was then part of the Russian Empire. During the 1930s he worked as an assistant cameraman for Luis Trenker. Following the Second World War he was very active in West German commercial cinema working on a mixture of thrillers and comedies.

John Parmenter Robarts, was a Canadian lawyer and statesman who served as the 17th premier of Ontario for nearly a decade, from November 8, 1961, to March 1, 1971.

Guido Gonella was an Italian politician from the Christian Democracy, former Minister of Public Education and Minister of Justice.

Frederick Ronald Williams OBE was an Australian painter and printmaker. He was one of Australia’s most important artists, and one of the twentieth century's major landscapists. He had more than seventy solo exhibitions during his career in Australian galleries, as well as the exhibition Fred Williams - Landscapes of a Continent at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1977.

Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell was a Swedish scientist and Nobel Prize laureate in medicine.

Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist, from Centerville, Texas. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.

Maria Jeritza was a Czech soprano singer, long associated with the Vienna State Opera (1912–1935) and the Metropolitan Opera. Her rapid rise to fame, beauty and personality earned her the nickname "The Moravian Thunderbolt".