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1962: The Year in People

Baby Boomers · Year of the Tiger 🐅 · Born in 1962 turn 64 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$0.31

Median home

$12,800

Minimum wage

$1.15/hr

Movie ticket

$0.69

US population

3.14B

US president

John F. Kennedy

Top song

"Stranger on the Shore" — Acker Bilk

Top film

Lawrence of Arabia

Top TV show

Beverly Hillbillies

Best Picture

Lawrence of Arabia

In the news: Cuban Missile Crisis brings the world to the brink

What happened in 1962

1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1962nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 962nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 62nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1960s decade.

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Born in 1962

370 people in our data · most viewed first

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Jennifer Jason Leigh

b. 1962 · February 5

American actress

Anthony Kiedis

Anthony Kiedis

b. 1962 · November 1

American singer

Bill Self

Bill Self

b. 1962 · December 27

American basketball coach

Anthony Edwards (actor)

Anthony Edwards (actor)

b. 1962 · July 19

American actor and director

Carol Kirkwood

Carol Kirkwood

b. 1962 · May 29

Scottish weather presenter

Lance Reddick

Lance Reddick

1962–2023 · June 7

American actor

David Fincher

David Fincher

b. 1962 · August 28

American film director

Cary Elwes

Cary Elwes

b. 1962 · October 26

English actor

Claudia Sheinbaum

Claudia Sheinbaum

b. 1962 · June 24

President of Mexico since 2024

Adam Baldwin

Adam Baldwin

b. 1962 · February 27

American actor

Felicity Huffman

Felicity Huffman

b. 1962 · December 9

American actress

David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace

1962–2008 · February 21

American writer

Andre Braugher

Andre Braugher

1962–2023 · July 1

American actor

Andrew McCarthy

Andrew McCarthy

b. 1962 · November 29

American actor

Abdullah II of Jordan

Abdullah II of Jordan

b. 1962 · January 30

King of Jordan since 1999

Billy Beane

Billy Beane

b. 1962 · March 29

American baseball player and executive

Bo Jackson

Bo Jackson

b. 1962 · November 30

American football and baseball player

Ally Sheedy

Ally Sheedy

b. 1962 · June 13

American actress

L

Lana Clarkson

1962–2003 · April 5

American actress and fashion model

Daphne Zuniga

Daphne Zuniga

b. 1962 · October 28

US actress

Baz Luhrmann

Baz Luhrmann

b. 1962 · September 17

Australian filmmaker

Craig Ferguson

Craig Ferguson

b. 1962 · May 17

Scottish comedian and television host

Aleksandr Dugin

Aleksandr Dugin

b. 1962 · January 7

Russian political philosopher

Amy Yasbeck

Amy Yasbeck

b. 1962 · September 12

American actress

Died in 1962

  • Adolf Eichmann1906–1962 · German SS officer and war criminal
  • Eleanor Roosevelt1884–1962 · American diplomat and activist
  • Hermann Hesse1877–1962 · German writer
  • Charles Laughton1899–1962 · British and American actor
  • E. E. Cummings1894–1962 · American poet and author
  • Ernie Kovacs1919–1962 · American comedian
  • Bidhan Chandra Roy1882–1962 · Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1950 to 1962
  • Alan L. Hart1890–1962 · Transgender American physician and writer
  • Clara Blandick1880–1962 · American actress
  • A. K. Fazlul Huq1873–1962 · Pakistani statesman and jurist
  • C. Wright Mills1916–1962 · American sociologist
  • Auguste Piccard1884–1962 · Swiss physicist, inventor, and explorer
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