Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1962

Niels Henrik David Bohr fue un físico danés que contribuyó en la comprensión del átomo y la mecánica cuántica. Fue galardonado con el Premio Nobel de Física en 1922.

Augusta Christine Fells, conocida como Augusta Savage, (Green Cove Springs fue una escultora estadounidense. Es una de las principales representantes del movimiento conocido como Renacimiento de Harlem.

Dhondo Keshav Karve, popularly known as Maharshi Karve, was a social reformer in India in the field of women's welfare He advocated widow remarriage and he himself married a widow. In his honour, Karvenagar in Pune was named after him & Queen's Road in Mumbai (Bombay) was renamed to Maharshi Karve Road. Karve was a pioneer in promoting widows' education. The Government of India awarded him with the highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, in 1958, the year of his 100th birthday.

Gabriele Münter fue una pintora alemana del expresionismo, fotógrafa y salvadora de las pinturas del movimiento Der Blaue Reiter durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Brigadier General Sir Raymond Lionel Leane, was an Australian Army officer who rose to command the 48th Battalion then 12th Brigade during World War I. For his performance during the war, Leane was described by the Australian Official War Historian Charles Bean as "the foremost fighting leader" in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), and "the head of the most famous family of soldiers in Australian history", among other accolades. After the war, he served as Commissioner of the South Australia Police from 1920 to 1944, for which he was knighted.

Charles Jean Rigoulot was a French weightlifter, professional wrestler, racing driver, and actor.

Purushottam Das Tandon was a freedom fighter from Uttar Pradesh, India. He is widely remembered for his opposition to the partition of India, as well as efforts in achieving the Official Language of India status for Hindi. He was customarily given the title Rajarshi. He was popularly known as UP Gandhi. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in 1961.

Major Shaitan Singh Bhati, PVC was an Indian Army officer and recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration. Singh was born in Rajasthan. On completing his graduation, Singh joined the Jodhpur State Forces. He was transferred to the Kumaon Regiment after the princely state of Jodhpur was merged into India. He took part in operations in the Naga Hills and also in the 1961 Indian annexation of Goa.

Victoria Mary Sackville-West, CH, la Honorable señora Nicolson, conocida como Vita Sackville-West, fue una poetisa, novelista y diseñadora de jardines inglesa. Su largo poema narrativo La Tierra ganó el Premio Hawthornden en 1927. Lo ganó una vez más en 1933 con sus Collected Poems, y hasta el momento es la única persona que ha ganado el premio dos veces. Ayudó a crear su propio jardín en Sissinghurst, Kent, que proporciona el telón de fondo al Castillo Sissinghurst. Fue famosa además por su vida aristocrática, su fuerte matrimonio y sus romances con mujeres como la novelista Virginia Woolf.

Ernie Kovacs fue un comediante estadounidense cuyo estilo cómico desinhibido, informal y dado a la experimentación visual influyó en numerosos programas televisivos años después de su fallecimiento ocurrido en un accidente de tráfico. Programas tan destacados y dispares como Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Uncle Floyd Show, Saturday Night Live, Captain Kangaroo, Sesame Street o The Electric Company, y personalidades como David Letterman, Craig Ferguson y Chevy Chase, han recibido la influencia de Kovacs.