page_title: 1982
section_title: October
hierarchical_section_title: 1982 / Deaths / October
caption_attribution_description: English: Black and white photograph of General Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes in full military uniform decorated with medals of honor. The photograph is inscribed to President John F. Kennedy. This file has been extracted from another file&#x3a;&#32; JFKSG-MO-1963-5868-MAIN.jpg original file
context_page_description: 1982 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1982nd year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 982nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 82nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1980s decade.
context_section_description: October 3 – Vivien Merchant, British actress (b. 1929)
  October 4
  Ahmad Hassan al-Bakr, 25th Prime Minister of Iraq and 4th President of Iraq (b. 1914)
  Criswell, American psychic, entertainer (b. 1907)
  Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist (b. 1932)
  Leroy Grumman, American aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and industrialist. (b. 1895)
  Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1898)
  October 5 – François Simon, Swiss actor (b. 1917)
  October 8
  Philip Noel-Baker, Canadian-born peace activist; recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1889)
  Fernando Lamas, Argentine-born actor (b. 1916)
  October 9
  Anna Freud, Austrian psychoanalyst (b. 1895)
  Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German historian (b. 1893)
  October 10 – Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (b. 1908)
  October 16
  Nikolai Efimov, Soviet mathematician (b. 1910)
  Hans Selye, Canadian endocrinologist (b. 1907)
  October 18
  Bess Truman, First Lady of the United States (b. 1885)
  Dwain Esper, American director (b. 1892)
  Pierre Mendès France, French politician, 93rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
  October 20 – Jimmy McGrory, Scottish football player and manager (b. 1904)
  October 21 – Sylvia Lance Harper, Australian tennis player (b. 1895)
  October 22 – Savitri Devi, French-born writer and philosopher (b. 1905)
  October 25 – Arvid Wallman, Swedish diver (b. 1901)
  October 26 – Giovanni Benelli, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1921)
  October 27 – Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, Guatemalan general, 21st President of Guatemala (b. 1895)
  October 29 – William Lloyd Webber, British organist and composer (b. 1914)
  October 30
  Wolfgang Heinz, German actor (b. 1900)
  Iryna Vilde, Ukrainian writer (b. 1907)
  October 31 – Dick Merrill, American aviation pioneer (b. 1894)
caption: Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes