List of Famous people who died at 62

Yuri Norayrovich Vardanyan was a Soviet Armenian weightlifter. Vardanyan won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics, becoming the world's first weightlifter to achieve a 400 kilogram total in the 82.5 kg weight category. During his career he set several world records. He trained at Lokomotiv in Leninakan, Armenia. He earned the title Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1977 and was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1985. In 1994 he was elected a member of the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame.

Luiz Flávio Gomes was a Brazilian jurist, professor and politician born in Sud Mennucci, São Paulo. As a member of the Socialist Party (PSB), he started his term in the Chamber of Deputies in February 2019, and died in office in 2020. He published more than 60 books, including O Jogo Sujo da Corrupção (2017). He founded Rede LFG and was a commentator on TV Cultura program Jornal da Cultura.

Ahmed Sékou Touré was a Guinean political leader and African statesman who became the first president of Guinea, serving from 1958 until his death in 1984. Touré was among the primary Guinean nationalists involved in gaining independence of the country from France.

Ariadna Sergeyevna Èfron ; 5 September [O.S. 18 September] 1912 – 26 July 1975) was a Russian translator of prose and poetry, memoirist, artist, art critic, poet ; she was a daughter of Sergei Èfron and Marina Tsvetaeva.

Dominique D'Onofrio was an Italian football coach, later chairman. He was born in Castelforte, Italy.

Maiola Kalili was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Kailili received a silver medal as a member of the second-place U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay, together with teammates Frank Booth, George Fissler and Manuella Kalili, who was also his younger brother.

Stanisław Andrzej Terlecki was a Polish footballer.

Edeltraud Roller was a German political scientist and head of the department Analyse und Vergleich politischer Systeme at the institute for political science at the University of Mainz.

Carlos Ernesto Soria was an Argentine lawyer and Justicialist Party politician. He died in the early hours of January 1, 2012, from a gunshot wound, at his farm, after the New Year celebrations. Soria was the governor of Rio Negro Province at the time. His widow was charged with first-degree murder on January 19, 2012.

Peter Schiller was a German ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Winter Olympics.