In the year 1962
548 Notable deaths
Halliwell Hobbes
British actor (1877-1962).
Born November 16th, 1877 in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Died February 20th, 1962 at 84 years old in Santa Monica (myocardial infarction).
Pedro Pablo Ramírez
22nd president of argentina (1885–1962).
Born January 30th, 1884 in La Paz.
Died June 11th, 1962 at 78 years old in Buenos Aires.
Abba Ahimeir
Israeli journalist, historian, and political activist.
Born November 2nd, 1897 in Babruysk.
Died June 6th, 1962 at 64 years old in Tel Aviv (myocardial infarction).
Raoul Nordling
Nordling (1882–1962).
Born November 11th, 1882 in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 1st, 1962 at 79 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Kunio Yanagita
Japanese folklorist (1875–1962).
Born July 31st, 1875 in Fukusaki.
Died August 8th, 1962 at 87 years old in Tokyo.
George Preca
Maltese roman catholic priest (1880–1962).
Born February 12th, 1880 in Valletta.
Died July 26th, 1962 at 82 years old in Santa Venera.
Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Danish princess (1888-1962).
Born June 1st, 1888 in Thumby.
Died June 30th, 1962 at 74 years old in Hellerup (disease).
Assar Gabrielsson
Swedish businessman (1891–1962).
Born August 13th, 1891 in Korsberga.
Died May 28th, 1962 at 70 years old in Gothenburg.
Dennis Chavez
Democratic politician from the u.s. state of new mexico. (1888-1962).
Born April 8th, 1888 in Los Chaves.
Died November 18th, 1962 at 74 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).
Arthur Oncken Lovejoy
American philosopher and intellectual historian (1873-1962).
Born October 10th, 1873 in Berlin.
Died December 30th, 1962 at 89 years old in Baltimore.
Harold Lamb
American historian and novelist (1892–1962).
Born September 1st, 1892 in Alpine.
Died April 9th, 1962 at 69 years old in Rochester.
Wilhelm Ackermann
German mathematician best known for the ackermann function (1896–1962).
Born March 29th, 1896 in Herscheid.
Died December 24th, 1962 at 66 years old in Lüdenscheid.
Emilio Esteban Infantes
Spanish general (1892-1962).
Born May 18th, 1892 in Toledo.
Died September 6th, 1962 at 70 years old in Madrid.
Dobroslav Jevđević
Bosnian serb politician and chetnik commander.
Born December 28th, 1895 in Prača.
Died October 2nd, 1962 at 66 years old in Rome.
Anita Delgado
Spanish dancer (1890-1962).
Born February 8th, 1890 in Málaga.
Died July 7th, 1962 at 72 years old in Madrid (cardiovascular disease).
Thomas Jefferson Jackson See
American astronomer (1866–1962).
Born February 19th, 1866 in Montgomery City.
Died July 4th, 1962 at 96 years old in Oakland.
Warren Austin
American politician (1877-1962).
Born November 12th, 1877 in Highgate.
Died December 25th, 1962 at 85 years old in Burlington.
Erik Scavenius
Prime minister of denmark (1877-1962).
Died November 29th, 1962 at 85 years old in Copenhagen.
Albert Sarraut
French politician (1872-1962).
Born July 28th, 1872 in Bordeaux.
Died November 26th, 1962 at 90 years old in Paris.
Conrad Helfrich
Dutch luitenant-admiraal of world war ii (1886–1962).
Born October 11th, 1886 in Semarang.
Died September 20th, 1962 at 75 years old in The Hague.
Joseph Rock
Austrian-american scientist-explorer (1884-1962).
Born January 13th, 1884 in Vienna.
Died December 5th, 1962 at 78 years old in Honolulu.
Abol-Ghasem Kashani
Iranian ayatollah (1882–1962).
Born November 19th, 1882 in Tehran.
Died March 14th, 1962 at 79 years old in Tehran.
Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria
Archduchess of austria (1879-1962).
Born November 17th, 1879 in Kraków.
Died August 16th, 1962 at 82 years old in Anholt Castle.
Diego Martínez Barrio
Prime minister of spain (1883-1962).
Born November 25th, 1883 in Seville. [ref]
Died January 1st, 1962 at 78 years old in Paris. [ref]
Jacques Majorelle
French painter (1886-1962).
Born March 7th, 1886 in Nancy.
Died October 14th, 1962 at 76 years old in Paris.
Deaths 151 to 175 of 548
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe