List of Famous people who died in 1962

Gaston Bachelard was a French philosopher. He made contributions in the fields of poetics and the philosophy of science. To the latter he introduced the concepts of epistemological obstacle and epistemological break. He influenced many subsequent French philosophers, among them Michel Foucault, Louis Althusser, Dominique Lecourt and Jacques Derrida, as well as the sociologists Pierre Bourdieu and Bruno Latour.

Olga Iosifovna Preobrajenska was a Russian ballerina of the Russian Imperial Ballet and a ballet instructor.

Princess Helen of Serbia was a Serbian princess, the daughter of King Peter I of Yugoslavia and his wife Princess Zorka of Montenegro. She was the elder sister of George, Crown Prince of Serbia and King Alexander I of Yugoslavia. Helen was also a niece of Princess Anastasia of Montenegro, wife of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, and of Princess Milica of Montenegro, wife of Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, the women who introduced Grigori Rasputin to Tsarina Alexandra.

Tito Vuolo was an Italian-born American actor, best known for his supporting work playing often stereotypical Italian characters. Prior to his film career, he had toured the United States as a stage actor. His wife was Grazia "Grace" Vuolo.

Victor Frederick Moore was an American actor of stage and screen, a major Broadway star from the late 1920s through the 1930s. He was also a comedian, writer, and director.

Frederick Beaconsfield Pentland was an English football player and coach.

Axel Nils August Nordlander was a Swedish officer and horse rider. He competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics and won the individual and team eventing competitions.

Giovanni Pietro Toesca was an Italian academic and art historian, notable as one of the most important historians of medieval to 20th century art. His La pittura e la miniatura nella Lombardia fino alla metà del Quattrocento was the first attempt to reconstruct the course of figurative Lombard art from the middle ages onwards, defining its importance across Europe.