Celebrity Deaths in 1962

87 notable figures died in 1962. Listed below in order of date of death.

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  Jerry Giesler

  1886 – 1962 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Jan 1
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  Michisuke Ueno

  1888 – 1962 · Educators Jan 1
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  Leroy Shield

  1893 – 1962 · Musicians and Composers Jan 9
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  Frank Hurley

  1885 – 1962 · Explorers and Adventurers Jan 16
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  James Wordie

  1889 – 1962 · Explorers and Adventurers Jan 16
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  Glen Cavender

  1883 – 1962 · Actors Feb 2
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  Jay Norwood Darling

  1876 – 1962 · Authors and Writers Feb 2
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  Mary Emily Foy

  1862 – 1962 Feb 2
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  Robert A. Stranahan

  1886 – 1962 · Business Magnates Feb 2
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  Willie Best

  1916 – 1962 · Actors Feb 2
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  Joseph Kearns

  1907 – 1962 · Actors Feb 17
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  Anton Otto Fischer

  1882 – 1962 · Artists and Architects Mar 3
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  Frances Marion Zucco

  1931 – 1962 · Actresses Mar 3
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  Juan Calvo Domenech

  1892 – 1962 · Actors Mar 3
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  Roscoe Ates

  1895 – 1962 · Actors Mar 3
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  Walter T. Butterworth

  1892 – 1962 · Actors Mar 3
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  Frank Orth

  1880 – 1962 · Actors Mar 17
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  Michael Curtiz

  1886 – 1962 · Actors, Director, Film Director Apr 10
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  Stuart Sutcliffe

  1940 – 1962 · Celebrities, Musicians Apr 10
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  Clara Blandick

  1876 – 1962 · Actresses Apr 15
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  Louise Fazenda

  1895 – 1962 · Actresses, Comedian, Philanthropists Apr 17
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  Vera Reynolds

  1899 – 1962 · Actresses Apr 22
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  Amy Archer-Gilligan

  1868 – 1962 · Serial Killer Apr 23
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  Milt Franklyn

  1897 – 1962 · Musicians and Composers Apr 24
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  Saint Gianna Beretta Molla

  1922 – 1962 · Religious Figures Apr 28
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  Assar Gabrielsson

  1891 – 1962 May 5
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  Barton Wood Currie

  1877 – 1962 · Authors and Writers May 5
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  Franz Kline

  1909 – 1962 · Artists and Architects May 5
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  Louise Chapman Wallace

  1881 – 1962 · Actresses May 5
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  Margo Morgan

  1897 – 1962 · Actresses May 5
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  Hans Luther

  1879 – 1962 · Politicians May 11
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  Adolf Eichmann

  1906 – 1962 · Politicians May 31
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  Bernie Babcock

  1868 – 1962 · Authors and Writers Jun 6
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  Charles Alexander

  1897 – 1962 · Authors and Writers Jun 6
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  Lucile Watson

  1879 – 1962 · Actresses Jun 6
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  Bert Wood Abbey

  1869 – 1962 · Athletes, Sports Figures Jun 11
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  Frank Borzage

  1894 – 1962 · Actors, Director, Film Director Jun 19
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  Ken Christy

  1894 – 1962 · Actors Jul 7
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  Lester Joseph “Les” Damon

  1908 – 1962 · Actors Jul 7
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  Owen D Young

  1874 – 1962 · Business Magnates Jul 7
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  Rex Bell

  1903 – 1962 · Actors Jul 7
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  Valeska Suratt

  1882 – 1962 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Virginia Dare

  1882 – 1962 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Edward Francis Hutton

  1875 – 1962 · Business Magnates Jul 11
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  Jerry Wald

  1911 – 1962 · Movie/TV Producer Jul 13
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  Victor Moore

  1876 – 1962 · Actors Jul 23
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  Saint George Preca

  1880 – 1962 · Religious Figures Jul 26
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  Ronald Fisher

  1890 – 1962 · Scientists and Inventors Jul 29
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  Elizabeth Ann Duncan

  1904 – 1962 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Aug 8
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  Hoot Gibson

  1892 – 1962 · Actors Aug 8
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  John K. “Uh Huh” Collum

  1926 – 1962 · Actors Aug 8
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  Richard T. Garrick

  1878 – 1962 · Actors Aug 8
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  Cleo Ridgely

  1894 – 1962 · Actresses Aug 18
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  E. E. Cummings

  1894 – 1962 · Authors and Writers Sep 9
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  Tod Browning

  1880 – 1962 · Director Oct 6
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  Darbi Winters

  1946 – 1962 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Inez Palange

  1889 – 1962 · Actresses Oct 10
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  John E. Brent

  1889 – 1962 · Artists and Architects Oct 10
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  Louise Beavers

  1902 – 1962 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Ludwig Bemelmans

  1898 – 1962 · Authors and Writers Oct 10
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  Natalia Goncharova

  1881 – 1962 · Artists and Architects Oct 10
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  Sylvia Beach

  1887 – 1962 · Authors and Writers Oct 10
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  Tom Gilson

  1934 – 1962 · Actors Oct 10
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  Eleanor Roosevelt

  1884 – 1962 · Politicians, US First Ladies Nov 7
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  Arthur Vining Davis

  1867 – 1962 Nov 11
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  Clifford Bax

  1886 – 1962 · Authors and Writers Nov 11
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  Irene

  1901 – 1962 · Business Magnates Nov 11
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  Ivy Crosthwaite

  1897 – 1962 · Actresses Nov 11
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  Norman Evans

  1901 – 1962 · Actors Nov 11
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  William Bailey

  1886 – 1962 · Actors Nov 11
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  Niels Bohr

  1885 – 1962 · Scientists and Inventors Nov 18
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  René Coty

  1882 – 1962 · Politicians Nov 22
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  Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

  1880 – 1962 · Royalty Nov 28
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  Art Chapman

  1906 – 1962 · Native Americans Dec 12
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  Frances Strain Biesel

  1898 – 1962 · Artists and Architects Dec 12
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  Harry Barris

  1905 – 1962 · Actors Dec 12
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  James Barton

  1890 – 1962 · Actors Dec 12
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  John George Taylor Spink

  1888 – 1962 · Business Magnates Dec 12
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  Lillian Anderson

  1911 – 1962 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Luis Alberni

  1886 – 1962 · Actors Dec 12
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  Paul Howard Gilmore

  1873 – 1962 · Actors Dec 12
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  Charles Laughton

  1899 – 1962 · Actors, Director Dec 15
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  Thomas Mitchell

  1892 – 1962 · Actors Dec 17
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  James McGranery

  1895 – 1962 · Politicians Dec 23
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  Lillian Hughes Prince

  1893 – 1962 · Actresses
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  Shonen Matsumura

  1877 – 1962
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  Zenzaburo Kojima

  1893 – 1962 · Artists and Architects