List of Famous people who died in 1962

Jeyhun Hajibeyli (1891–1962) was an Azerbaijani publicist, journalist and ethnographer.

Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille was a French philosopher and intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, consumerism, and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, and poetry, explored such subjects as erotism, mysticism, surrealism, and transgression. His work would prove influential on subsequent schools of philosophy and social theory, including poststructuralism.

Princess Margarete Karola Wilhelmine Viktoria Adelheid Albertine Petrusa Bertram Paula, Duchess of Saxony was the fifth child and second-eldest daughter of Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and his wife Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany and a younger sister of Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony and Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen. She was Princess of Hohenzollern from 22 October 1927 until 16 October 1962.

Philip Andrew Traynor was an American dentist and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party and served two terms as U.S. Representative from Delaware.

Joseph Lade Pawsey was an Australian scientist, radiophysicist and radio astronomer.

Avraham Granot was a Zionist activist, Israeli politician and a signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence.

Thibaudeau Rinfret, was a Canadian jurist and the ninth Chief Justice of Canada and Administrator of Canada in 1952.

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sokoloff was a Russian-American character actor of stage and screen. After studying theatre in Moscow, he began his professional film career in Germany and France during the Silent era, before emigrating to the United States in the 1930s. He appeared in over 100 films and television series, often playing supporting characters of various nationalities and ethnicities.

Ernest William Dalrymple Tennant OBE was an English merchant banker and industrialist. An advocate of closer links between the UK and Germany, he was a prominent voice for co-operation between the countries in the years before the Second World War. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1919.

Cécile Vogt-Mugnier was a French neurologist from Haute-Savoie. She and her husband Oskar Vogt are known for their extensive cytoarchetectonic studies on the brain.