Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
In the year 1962
493 Notable deaths
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
Dutch scholar (1881–1962).
Born October 19th, 1881 in London.
Died April 25th, 1962 at 80 years old in Ascona. [ref]
Vera Reynolds
American actress (1899-1962).
Born November 25th, 1899 in Richmond.
Died April 22nd, 1962 at 62 years old in Hollywood (disease).
Paul Boffa
Prime minister of malta (1890-1962).
Born June 30th, 1890 in Birgu.
Died July 6th, 1962 at 72 years old in Paola.
Aloisius Joseph Muench
Catholic cardinal (1889-1962).
Born February 18th, 1889 in Milwaukee.
Died February 15th, 1962 at 72 years old in Rome.
Felix Aderca
Romanian writer (1891-1962).
Born March 13th, 1891 in Vaslui County.
Died December 12th, 1962 at 71 years old in Bucharest (brain cancer).
Charles-Jean de la Vallée Poussin
Belgian mathematician.
Born August 14th, 1866 in Leuven. [ref]
Died March 2nd, 1962 at 95 years old in City of Brussels. [ref]
Donald Lippincott
American sprinter (1893–1962).
Born November 16th, 1893 in Philadelphia.
Died January 9th, 1962 at 68 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Andrés Ignacio Menéndez
President of el salvador (1879-1962).
Born February 1st, 1879 in Santa Ana.
Died June 7th, 1962 at 83 years old in New York City.
Anatoly Marienhof
Russian writer.
Born July 6th, 1897 in Nizhny Novgorod. [ref]
Died June 24th, 1962 at 64 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Viacheslav Ragozin
Soviet chess grandmaster.
Born October 8th, 1908 in Saint Petersburg.
Died March 11th, 1962 at 53 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 271 to 280 of 493
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler