1932: The Year in People

The Silent Generation · Year of the Monkey 🐒 · Born in 1932 turn 94 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$0.18

US population

2.11B

US president

Herbert Hoover

Top song

"Night and Day" — Fred Astaire

Top film

Grand Hotel

Best Picture

Grand Hotel

In the news: Amelia Earhart flies solo across the Atlantic

What happened in 1932

1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1932nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 932nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 32nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1930s decade.

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Born in 1932

144 people in our data · most viewed first

Anthony Perkins

1932–1992 · April 4

American actor

Debbie Reynolds

1932–2016 · April 1

American actress and singer

Dallin H. Oaks

b. 1932 · August 12

American religious leader and jurist

Casey Kasem

1932–2014 · April 27

American disc jockey and actor

Andrei Tarkovsky

1932–1986 · April 4

Soviet filmmaker

Amrish Puri

1932–2005 · June 22

Indian actor

Dabney Coleman

1932–2024 · January 3

American actor

Alexander Kluge

1932–2026 · February 14

German author, film director and public intellectual

Dhirubhai Ambani

1932–2002 · December 28

Indian businessman

Dian Fossey

1932–1985 · January 16

American primatologist

Clive Davis

b. 1932 · April 4

American music executive

Alan Bean

1932–2018 · March 15

American astronaut and lunar explorer

Dave Thomas (businessman)

1932–2002 · July 2

Founder of Wendy's

Felicia Farr

b. 1932 · October 4

American actress

Carl Perkins

1932–1998 · April 9

American guitarist

Anouk Aimée

1932–2024 · April 27

French actress

Andrew Young

b. 1932 · March 12

American politician, diplomat, activist and pastor

Cesare Maldini

1932–2016 · February 5

Italian footballer

Alfred Worden

1932–2020 · February 7

American astronaut and lunar explorer

Don Francks

1932–2016 · February 28

Canadian actor and jazz musician

Des O'Connor

1932–2020 · January 12

English comedian, singer and television presenter

Bob Pettit

b. 1932 · December 12

American former basketball player and coach

Dennis Skinner

b. 1932 · February 11

British politician

Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath

1932–2020 · May 6

English politician, artist, and author

Died in 1932

Alberto Santos-Dumont1873–1932 · Brazilian aviation pioneer
Edgar Wallace1875–1932 · British writer
Aristide Briand1862–1932 · French statesman
Bipin Chandra Pal1858–1932 · Indian academic and politician
Gertrude Jekyll1843–1932 · British garden designer and writer
André Maginot1877–1932 · French civil servant, soldier and member of parliament
Albert Jacka1893–1932 · Australian Victoria Cross recipient and Mayor of St. Kilda
Fred Duesenberg1876–1932 · American automobile designer
Alexander Grin1880–1932 · Russian writer
Alexander Winton1860–1932 · British transportation innovator
Angela of the Cross1846–1932 · Spanish Catholic saint
Alfred Henry Maurer1868–1932 · American painter