List of Famous people who born in 1962

Yuri Nikolaevich Korolyov, born August 25, 1962 in Vladimir, Russia is an artistic gymnast who competed for The USSR during the 1980s, winning many World and European Medals. Part of a deep Soviet team that, throughout the 1980s, featured such names as Dmitry Bilozerchev, Valeri Liukin, Vladimir Artemov, Valentin Mogilny and others, Korolyov still managed to distinguish himself for the greater part of the decade by becoming World All-Around Champion in 1981 and 1985, as well as being World Cup All-Around Co-Champion in 1986, among many other titles and medals.

Marita Geraghty is an American television and film actress. She had roles in several movies during the late 1980s and early 1990s, most notably as Nancy Taylor in Groundhog Day. She was married to actor Michael Maguire.

Kevin Yagher is an American special effects technician, known for Freddy Krueger's makeup and the Crypt Keeper creature.

Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy is an Iranian actress. Her best-known work outside of Iran is probably The Circle, which has won several awards including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2000, but is banned in Iran.

Thomas Lennart Bodström is a Swedish former politician of the Swedish Social Democratic Party.

Christian Jungersen is a Danish novelist whose works have been translated into 20 languages. He has published three novels in Danish – Krat (1999), Undtagelsen, and Du Forsvinder.

Claudia Felser is a German full professor of physics and chemistry at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids.