List of Famous people who died in 1982

Salomon Bochner was an American mathematician, known for work in mathematical analysis, probability theory and differential geometry.

Robert Knight (Bob) Andras, was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Port Arthur from 1965 to 1979, and Thunder Bay—Nipigon from 1979 to 1980, in the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Raymond Louis Wilder was an American mathematician, who specialized in topology and gradually acquired philosophical and anthropological interests.

Pandit Raghunath Murmu was an Indian Santali writer and educator, best known as the inventor of the Ol Chiki script used in Santali language.

Paul Béchard was a French politician. He represented the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) in the Constituent Assembly elected in 1945, in the National Assembly from 1946 to 1948, from 1951 to 1955 and from 1958 to 1967 and in the Senate from 1955 to 1958. From January 27, 1948 to May 24, 1951 he was Governor of French West Africa. He was the mayor of Alès from 1947 to 1948 and from 1953 to 1965.

Gene Sheldon was an American actor, mime artist, and musician. He is remembered as the mute servant Bernardo in Walt Disney's live-action Spanish Western series Zorro (1957-1959).

Jeron Criswell King, known by his stage-name The Amazing Criswell, was an American psychic known for wildly inaccurate predictions. In person, he went by Charles Criswell King, and was sometimes credited as Jeron King Criswell.