1982 (people)


 * 18 January - Actor Rik Makarem was born.
 * 10 February - Actor Robert Gill was born.
 * 10 March - Actor Zoe Lister was born.
 * 13 March - Actor Steven Miller was born.
 * 18 March - Actor Chiké Okonkwo was born.
 * 22 March - Actor Harold Goldblatt died.
 * 22 March - Actor Constance Wu was born.
 * 5 April - Actor Hayley Atwell was born.
 * 10 April - Actor Joanna Christie was born.
 * 27 April - Actor Samuel Anderson was born.
 * 8 May - Actor Christina Cole was born.
 * 12 May - Composer Humphrey Searle died.
 * 19 May - Writer Elwyn Jones died.
 * 20 May - Actor Jessica Raine was born.
 * 29 May - Actor Anita Briem was born.
 * 3 June - Actor Sebastian Armesto was born.
 * 17 June - Actor Jodie Whittaker was born.
 * 17 June - Actor Arthur Darvill was born.
 * 30 June - Actor Ashley Walters was born.
 * 30 June - Actor Alex Beckett was born.
 * 19 July - Actor John Harvey died.
 * 29 July - Actor Dominic Burgess was born.
 * 31 July - Actor George Rainsford was born.
 * 7 August - Actor Davood Ghadami was born.
 * 22 September - Actor Billie Piper was born.
 * 4 October - Actor Niamh McGrady was born.
 * 8 October - Actor Amy Beth Hayes was born.
 * 9 October - Actor Laidlaw Dalling died.
 * 10 October - Actor Dan Stevens was born.
 * 28 October - Actor Matt Smith was born.
 * 31 October - Actor Justin Chatwin was born.
 * 4 November - Actor Talfryn Thomas died.
 * 7 November - Actor John Bay died.
 * 7 November - Actor 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.
 * 14 December - Actor Matthew McNulty was born.
 * 21 December - Actor Edmund Bailey died.