List of Famous people who born in 1962

Daniel Sallis Huston is an American actor, writer, and director. Huston got his start directing Mr. North, starring Anthony Edwards, Robert Mitchum, and Huston's half-sister, Anjelica Huston. Later, Huston gave his breakthrough acting performance in the independent film Ivans Xtc and was nominated for Best Male Performance at the Independent Spirit Awards in 2003.

Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma, often referred by his initials RGV, is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his work in Telugu and Hindi films alongside television dramas. Varma directed films across multiple genres, including parallel cinema and docudrama noted for their gritty realism, technical finesse, and craft. Regarded as one of the pioneers of new age Indian cinema, Varma received the National Film Award for scripting the political crime drama, Shool (1999). In 2004, he was featured in the BBC World series Bollywood Bosses. In 2006, Grady Hendrix of Film Comment, published by the Film Society of Lincoln Center cited Varma as "Bombay’s Most Successful Maverick" for his works on experimental films.

Liviu Nicolae Dragnea is a Romanian engineer and former politician. Starting his career in the Democratic Party (PD), he joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD), eventually becoming its leader. After holding several positions as Minister, he resigned from the cabinet in May 2015, following a conviction in a case involving electoral fraud, for which he received a two-year suspended sentence in April 2016.

Dorival Silvestre Júnior is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and is a manager.

Robert Leon Wilkie Jr. is an American lawyer and government official who served as the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs from 2018 to 2021. He was confirmed on July 23, 2018 by the United States Senate; the confirmation vote was 86–9. He was sworn in on July 30, 2018.

Maruschka Detmers is a Dutch actress. She moved to France as a teenager after finishing school, where she captured the attention of director Jean-Luc Godard. In 1983, she made her dramatic debut under Godard's direction in Prénom Carmen. Other noteworthy films include Hanna's War (1988) and The Mambo Kings (1992), but she is best known for her role in Devil in the Flesh (1986).

Elvira Lindo is a Spanish journalist and writer.

Sibylle Berg is a Swiss author and playwright. She writes novels, essays, short fiction, plays, radio plays, and columns.

Pansy Catalina Ho Chiu-king ONM is a Hong Kong-Canadian billionaire businesswoman who is the daughter of Macau-based businessman Stanley Ho, and the managing director of various companies he founded, including Shun Tak Holdings and the Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau. Pansy has major interests in two of the six casino licence-holders in Macau. She was named 23rd on Forbes’ list of Hong Kong’s 50 richest people in 2020 with an estimated fortune of HK$32.9 billion.

Christophe Hondelatte is a French television and radio host who has worked for BFMTV since fall 2014.