January 1982
1
- Paul Belmondo, 83, French sculptor [1]
- Estella Blain, 51, French actress [2]
- Victor Buono, 43, American actor [3]
- John Fanning, 78, Irish politician
- Albert Earl Godfrey, 91, Canadian flying ace
- Margot Grahame, 70, English actress [4]
- Eli Ilan, 54, Israeli sculptor [5]
- Frano Kršinić, 84, Croatian sculptor [6]
- Jack Macdonald, 74, New Zealand sportsman [7]
- Charles Malpas, 82, Australian inventor and businessman [8]
- Kálmán Marvalits, 80, Hungarian athlete and Olympian [9]
- Gillis le Fèvre de Montigny, 80, Dutch military officer
- Gustav Niemann, 82, German mechanical engineer [10]
- Ruth Vollmer, 80, German conceptual artist [11]
2
- Johan Barendregt, 57, Dutch psychologist and chess International Master
- David Abraham Cheulkar, 73, Indian actor [12]
- Victor Fontan, 89, French cyclist [13]
- Tam Galbraith, 64, Scottish Unionist politician [14]
- Monte Hale, 42, American sportscaster [15]
- Fred Harman, 79, American cartoonist [16]
- Antoni Knot, Polish scholar, historian, librarian and teacher [17]
- Ivana Lang, 69, Croatian composer, pianist and piano teacher
- Jill McDonald, 54, New-Zealand-born children's writer and illustrator [18]
- Leo Stern, 80, Austrian-German left-wing political activist [19]
- David Záizar, 53, Mexican mariachi singer and actor
3
- Heidi Blomstedt, 70, Finnish designer
- Arthur Graham Brown, 62, Australian medical doctor and amateur ornithologist [20]
- Pat Cameron, 86, Canadian politician
- Erwin Canham, 77, American journalist [21]
- Hermann Czirniok, 78, German politician
- Finis Farr, 77, American writer and biographer [22]
- Grigory Sarkisovich Grigoryants, 62, Soviet surgeon
- Inger Haldorsen, 86, Norwegian physician, midwife and politician [23]
- Elmer George Homrighausen, 81, American theologian [24]
- Mohamed Jamoussi, 71, Tunisian singer, composer, and poet [25]
- Hugo Klaerner, 73, American baseball pitcher [26]
- Étienne Onimus, 75, French basketball player
- Derek Sealy, 69, West Indian cricketer [27]
- Kenny Starke, 81, South African international rugby union player
- Wilfred Wood, 84, British soldier awarded the Victoria Cross
4
- Margaret Culkin Banning, 90, American writer [28]
- Wykeham Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis, 89, British peer, cavalry officer and amateur cricketer [29]
- Eunice Renshaw Geiger, 90, American First Lady of Guam [30]
- Ray Hanson, 86, American military officer and college sports coach and administrator [31]
- Trygve Hoff, 86, Norwegian businessman, writer and editor
- Gorilla Jones, 75, American boxer [32]
- Gordon F. Marsh, 73, American politician [33]
- Kathryn Scola, 90, American screenwriter [34]
- Elmer Sopha, 57, Canadian politician [35]
- Francisco Valdés Subercaseaux, 73, Chilean Roman Catholic prelate
5
- Elizabeth Bagshaw, 100, Canadian physician [36]
- Neal Baker, 77, American baseball player [37]
- Gilbert Betts, 65, English cricketer
- Hans Conried, 64, American actor [38]
- Lilian Constantini, 79, French actress [39]
- Edmund Herring, 89, senior Australian Army officer during the WWII [40]
- Harvey Lembeck, 58, American actor [41]
- Gustave Roy, 74, Canadian politician
- Thomas Stang, 84, Norwegian forester and businessperson [42]
6
- Katherine Bacon, 85, English classical pianist [43]
- John Bradley, 93, Royal Air Force officer
- Kurt Ettinger, 80, Austrian fencer
- Harry Mews, 84, Canadian politician
- Wally Post, 52, American baseball player [44]
- Shang Yue, 80, Chinese Marxist economic historian, author and professor [45]
7
- Chet Falk, 76, American baseball player [46]
- Almond E. Fisher, 68, United States Army officer [47]
- Kay Hammond, 80, American actress [48]
- Jan Gałązka, 36, Polish boxer
- Vilhelm Lund, 81, Norwegian actor
- Al Murray, 75, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Max Opitz, 91, German politician
- Lady Pamela Smith, 67, English socialite [49]
- Frank Van der Veer, 60, Academy Award winning American optical and visual special effects artist [50]
8
- Grégoire Aslan, 73, Armenian actor [51]
- Daan de Groot, 48, Dutch track cyclist and Olympian
- Tony Méndez, 79, Puerto Rican politician [52]
- Reta Shaw, 69, American actress [53]
- Lucille Lee Stewart, 92, American actress [54]
- Irwin St. John Tucker, 95, American priest of the Episcopal Church and socialist activist [55]
9
- Nurullah Berk, Turkish painter, writer and academic (b. 1906)
- Howard L. Chace, American linguist (b. 1897)
- Vido Musso, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1913)
- Sid Robinson, American middle-distance runner and Olympian (b. 1902)
10
- Romeo Roy Blanchette, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1913)
- Raymond Broshears, gay Pentecostal Evangelist preacher and activist (b. 1935)
- Ignacia Jasso, Mexican drug dealer (b. 1901)
- Paul Lynde, American comedian, actor and game show panelist (b.1926)
- Stan Long, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
- Ben Starret, American football player (b. 1917)
- Lazar Weiner, Imperial Russian-born, American-naturalized composer (b. 1897)
11
- A. W. Haydon, American inventor (b. 1906)
- Jiro Horikoshi, Japanese aircraft designer (b. 1903) [56]
- Paul Lynde, American actor and comedian (b. 1926)
12
- Jyotirmoy Basu, 61, Indian politician
- Joseph Charles Bequaert, 95, Belgian-born American naturalist
- Harold W. Chase, 59, American professor of political science and major general in the United States Marine Corps Reserve
- Emil Hass Christensen, 78, Danish actor
- Curtis Henderson, 70, American baseball player
- William Hendriksen, 81, American theologian
- Rainer Hinteregger, 37, Austrian rower
- Joshua Pulumo Mohapeloa, 73, Sotho composer
- Frank Crowther Roberts, 90, British Army officer
13
- Jules Bender, American collegiate and professional basketball player.
- Pete Bostwick, 72, American court tennis player, a steeplechase jockey and horse trainer [57]
- Jack Bray, 66, Australian rules footballer [58]
- Cliff Butler, 58, American musician [59]
- Marcel Camus, 69, French film director [60]
- Harvey Clifford, 55, Canadian alpine skier [61]
- Franklin Hansen, 84, American sound engineer and Academy Award winner
- Sigurd F. Olson, 82, American writer and environmentalist [62]
- Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya, 93, Telugu writer
14
- Ernst Dubach, 100, Swiss racing cyclist [63]
15
16
- Harald Agersnap, Danish composer, conductor, cellist, and pianist (b. 1899)
17
- Juan O'Gorman, 76, Mexican painter and architect [64]
18
- Juan O'Gorman, Mexican painter and architect (b. 1905)
- Burnet Corwin Tuthill, American conductor, composer and musicologist (b. 1888)
- Trent Lehman, American child actor (b. 1961)
19
- Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (b. 1945) [65]
- Leopold Trepper, Polish Communist and career Soviet agent of the Red Army Intelligence (b. 1904)
20
- Marc Demeyer, professional road racing cyclist (b. 1950)
21
- Hayim Halevy Donin, 53, American Orthodox rabbi and author
- Victor Kearney, 78, Australian politician [66]
- Al Lefevre, 83, American baseball player
- Käthe Lettner, 75, Austrian alpine skier
- Hans Tröger, 85, German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II
22
- Rachel Blodgett Adams, 87, American mathematician [67]
- Edwin Carolan, Gaelic footballer
- Penelope Dudley-Ward, 67, English actress [68]
- Hans Fidesser, 82, Austrian singer and actor
- Arne Lie, 60, Norwegian actor
- Bruce Lonsdale, 32, Canadian politician [69]
- George James Macdonald, 60, New Zealander naval officer [70]
- Eduardo Frei Montalva, 71, 27th President of Chile [71]
- Tommy Tucker, American blues singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1933)
- Lester Evans Willis, 74, American baseball player
- Pantelis Zervos, Greek actor
23
- Maria Archer, 83, Portuguese writer
- Les Chapple, 83, Australian rules footballer [72]
- Ragini Devi, 88, American dancer [73]
- Hope Hampton, American silent motion picture actress and producer (b. 1897)
- M. B. Shetty, Indian actor
24
- Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian military officer, 48th President of Bolivia (b. 1918)
25
- Mikhail Suslov, senior Soviet Communist Party official (b. 1902)
26
- Jean Outland Chrysler, 60, American art collector [74]
- Zehnder Confair, American politician (b. 1906)
- Mollie Huston Lee, American librarian (b. 1907)
- Jack Owens, American singer-songwriter (b. 1912)
- Bill Schoech, vice admiral in the United States Navy (b. 1904)
27
- Alec Eist, British detective for Scotland Yard (b. 1929)
- Bill Haeffner, American baseball player (b. 1894)
- Trần Văn Hương, 3rd President of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) and 3rd Prime Minister of South Vietnam (b. 1902)
- Francis E. Kelly, American politician (b. 1903)
- Félix Labisse, French Surrealist painter, illustrator, and designer (b. 1905)
- Han Langen, Chinese actor (b. 1909)
28
- Kemal Arıkan, Turkish diplomat (b. 1927)
- Andrea Buchanan, American tennis player (b. 1955)
- Marion Cunningham, American baseball player (b. 1895)
- Woodrow W. Keeble, American military officer (b. 1917)
- Malcolm Moos, American political scientist, speechwriter, and academic administrator (b. 1916)
- Henry Peploski, Polish baseball player (b. 1905)
- Hub Pruett, American baseball player (b. 1900)
- Paul Schreiber, American baseball player (b. 1902)
29
- Gabriel Fabella, Filipino historian (b. 1898)
- John Liney, American cartoonist (b. 1912)
- Hironori Ōtsuka, Japanese master of karate (b. 1892)
- Roger Stanier, Canadian microbiologist (b. 1916)
- Manoah Leide-Tedesco, Italian-American composer, conductor and violinist (b. 1894)
30
- Refaat Al-Gammal, Egyptian intelligence officer (b. 1927)
- Victor Glushkov, Soviet computer scientist (b. 1923)
- Stanley Holloway, British actor (b. 1890)
- Lightnin' Hopkins, American blues musician (b. 1912) [75]
- Helen Lynd, American sociologist and philosopher (b. 1896)
- Virginia Marshall, American child actress (b. 1918)
- Frances O'Connor, American entertainer (b. 1914)
31
- C. W. Grafton, 72, American crime novelist [76]
- Marvin Milkes, 58, American baseball executive [77]
- Florindo Sassone, 70, Argentine violinist and composer [78]
- Wilfried Sätty, 42, German graphic artist [79]
- Jiří Srnka, 74, Czech composer [80]
- Agnes Sligh Turnbull, 93, American writer [81]
