In the year 1962
454 Notable deaths
Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa
Mongolian politician (1894-1962).
Born February 15th, 1894 in Ulaanbaatar.
Died May 1st, 1962 at 68 years old in Ulaanbaatar.
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).
Joseph Rock
Austrian-american scientist-explorer (1884-1962).
Born January 13th, 1884 in Vienna.
Died December 5th, 1962 at 78 years old in Honolulu.
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.
Pedro Pablo Ramírez
De facto president of argentina.
Born January 30th, 1885 in La Paz, Entre Ríos.
Died June 11th, 1962 at 77 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).
Harold Lamb
Historian, screenwriter, short story writer, novelist.
Born September 1st, 1892 in Alpine. [ref]
Died April 9th, 1962 at 69 years old in Rochester. [ref]
Albert Sarraut
French politician (1872-1962).
Born July 28th, 1872 in Bordeaux. [ref]
Died November 26th, 1962 at 90 years old in Paris. [ref]
Erik Scavenius
Prime minister of denmark (1877-1962).
Died November 29th, 1962 at 85 years old in Copenhagen.
Mouloud Feraoun
Algerian writer and martyr of the algerian revolution.
Born March 8th, 1913 in Kabylie. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1962 at 49 years old in Algiers. [ref]
Deaths 151 to 160 of 454
The fear of death is the beginning of slavery. Robert Anton Wilson