* 1982 – Estonian Communist Party bureau declares " fight against bourgeois TV "— meaning Finnish TV — a top priority of the propagandists of Estonian SSR

* 1918 – Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian president ( d. 1982 )

* 1937 – Peter Maivia, Samoan wrestler ( d. 1982 )

* 1982 – Alana Austin, American actress

* 1982 – Sofia Boutella, Algerian-French dancer and actress

* 1982 – Michael Guy Chislett, Australian-American guitarist ( The Academy Is ... and Hillsong United )

* 1982 – Herculez Gomez, American soccer player

* 1982 – Ilan Hall, American chef

* 1982 – Bret Harrison, American actor

* 1982 – Travis Moen, Canadian hockey player

* 1982 – Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Spanish actor

* 1982 – Deen, Bosnian singer

* 1982 – Bijon Setu massacre

* 1982 – Lloyd Banks, American rapper ( G-Unit )

* 1982 – Kirsten Dunst, American actress

* 1982 – Cleo Higgins, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress ( Cleopatra )

* 1982 – Drew Seeley, Canadian singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

* 1982 – Turkish military diplomat Colonel Atilla Altıkat is shot and killed in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's capital.

* 1982 – Damien Monier, French cyclist

* 1908 – Will Lee, American actor ( d. 1982 )

* 1982 – Adrianne Curry, American model, actress, and producer

* 1982 – Karl Davies, English actor

* 1982 – Romola Garai, English actress and model

* 1982 – Danny Lopes, American model and actor

* 1982 – Ryan Sypek, American actor

In 1982 – 83 Australia had Greg Chappell back from WSC as captain, while the England team was weakened by the enforced omission of their South African tour rebels, particularly Graham Gooch and John Emburey.

* 1982 – John Alvbåge, Swedish footballer

The software is developed and sold by Autodesk, Inc., first released in December 1982 by Autodesk in the year following the purchase of the first form of the software by Autodesk founder, John Walker.

* In 1982, John Swenson wrote Bill Haley: The Daddy of Rock and Roll ( published in the UK under the title, Bill Haley ).

* 1982 – John Halls, English footballer

John Bruton said he had received £ 1, 000 from Dunne in 1982 towards his election campaign.

A version of " Two Tribes " was originally recorded for a BBC John Peel session in October 1982.

In 1982 Pope John Paul II conferred beatification, in recognition of the holiness of his life, thereby making the title of " Blessed " official.

On similar note, John Carpenter's The Thing ( 1982 ) was also a mix of horror and sci fi, however unlike Alien it was neither a box-office nor critical hit.

The Colts finished 0 – 8 – 1 in the strike-shortened 1982 season and earned the team the right to select Stanford quarterback John Elway with the first overall pick, but Elway refused to play for Baltimore, and using leverage as a draftee of the New York Yankees baseball club, forced a trade to Denver.

During the 1980s ( from 1982 to 1987 ,) the company was led by the charismatic John Harvey Jones.

* John Joseph Ford ( 1907 – 1982 ), American jurist who served on Los Angeles County Courts ( 1943 – 59 ) and California Second District Court of Appeal ( 1959 – 77 ); elevated to Presiding Justice in 1966

Journalist John Corry, wrote a 6, 000-word feature article in The New York Times in November 1982, responding and defending Kosiński, which appeared on the front page of the Arts and Leisure section.

Kosiński appeared 12 times on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson during 1971 – 73, and The Dick Cavett Show in 1974, was a guest on the talk radio show of Long John Nebel, posed half-naked for a cover photograph by Annie Leibovitz for The New York Times Magazine in 1982, and presented the Oscar for screenwriting in 1982.

* 1917 – John Robarts, Canadian politician ( d. 1982 )

* 1949 – John Belushi, American actor ( d. 1982 )

* 1982 – John Utaka, Nigerian footballer

* 1933 – John Gardner, American author ( d. 1982 )

* John Witte, Jr: A Brief Biography of Dooyeweerd, based on Hendrik van Eikema Hommes, Inleiding tot de Wijsbegeerte van Herman Dooyeweerd ( The Hague, 1982 ; pp 1 – 4, 132 ).

* 1982 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.

* 1982 – During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan Fernandez Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet.

In 1982, the Alhaji Shehu Shagari government urged the visiting Pontiff Pope John Paul II to grant audience to the leaders of Southern Africa guerrilla organisations Oliver Tambo of the ANC and Sam Nujoma of SWAPO.

* Elwyn R. Berlekamp, John H. Conway, and Richard K. Guy: Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays, Academic Press, Inc., 1982.