List of Famous people who died in 1982

Antonio del Giudice was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked for forty years in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, serving twenty years as an apostolic nuncio. His diplomatic career included a series of postings to countries at sensitive points in their political history, including Spain, the Dominican Republic, Taiwan, Korea, and the Middle East.

Carlo Mauri was an Italian mountaineer and explorer.

Robert Addie was an American sportswriter who covered baseball for The Washington Post and Washington Times-Herald. Addie was known for his red socks, dark glasses, and unabashed sentiment. He never missed a day on the Washington Senators' beat for 20 years until the team left town in 1971. Addie was presented with the J. G. Taylor Spink Award by the Baseball Writers' Association of America in 1981. He covered the PGA after baseball moved from Washington and wrote many articles for the Post after his retirement from the paper in 1977. He wrote a book about his sportswriting career entitled Sportswriter which was published in 1980.

Antonio Greppi was an Italian writer, politician and dramaturge. He was the first mayor of Milan after its liberation in 1945.

Anna Maria Brizio (1902-1982) was professor of art history at the University of Milan, a member of the Commissione Vinciana and an authority on the work of Leonardo da Vinci.

Jakov Gotovac was a Croatian composer and conductor of classical music. His comic opera, Ero s onoga svijeta, Croatia's best-known opera, was first performed in Zagreb in 1935.

Marco Tulli was an Italian character actor, probably best known in the role of "Smilzo" in the Don Camillo film series.

Tubal Claude Ryan was an American aviator born in Parsons, Kansas. Ryan was best known for founding several airlines and aviation factories.

Ted Lewis was a British writer known for his crime fiction.

Gilmore David Clarke was an American civil engineer and landscape architect who designed many parks and public spaces in and around New York City.