1982 (people)


 * 18 January - Actor Rik Makarem was born.
 * 18 March - Actor Chiké Okonkwo was born.
 * 22 April - Actor Harold Goldblatt died.
 * 12 May - Incidental music composer Humphrey Searle died.
 * 19 May - Writer Elwyn Jones died.
 * 29 May - Actor Anita Briem was born.
 * 3 June - Actor Sebastian Armesto was born.
 * 17 June - Actor Arthur Darvill was born.
 * 19 July - Actor John Harvey died.
 * 29 July - Actor Dominic Burgess was born.
 * 2 September - An American named Tom Baker died. Although actually unrelated, at least one reference book later erroneously indicated that it was the Doctor Who Tom Baker who had died on this date.
 * 22 September - Actor Billie Piper was born.
 * 9 October - Actor Laidlaw Dalling died.
 * 28 October - Actor Matt Smith was born.
 * 4 November - Actor Talfryn Thomas died.
 * 7 November - Actor John Bay died and actress Jeany Spark was born.
 * 23 November - Actor Raymond Westwell died.
 * 29 November - Actor Gemma Chan was born.
 * 30 November - Actor Eric Thompson died.
 * 4 December - Actor George Tovey died.
 * 6 December - Actor Ryan Carnes was born.
 * 21 December - Actor Edmund Bailey died.