List of Famous people who died in 1962

Hermann Clausen was a German politician of the Federalist Union and former SSW member of the German Bundestag.

Jules Gustave René Coty was President of France from 1954 to 1959. He was the second and last president of the Fourth French Republic.

Félix Goethals was a French professional road bicycle racer, who won seven stages in total in the Tour de France. His best final classification was a ninth place in 1920.

(Thomas) Ellis Robins, 1st Baron Robins KBE, DSO, known as Sir Ellis Robins between 1946 and 1958, was an American-born British businessman and public servant, mainly based in Rhodesia.

Willis Harold O'Brien was an American motion picture special effects and stop-motion animation pioneer, who according to ASIFA-Hollywood "was responsible for some of the best-known images in cinema history," and is best remembered for his work on The Lost World (1925), King Kong (1933) and Mighty Joe Young (1949), for which he won the 1950 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

Helge Krog was a Norwegian journalist, essayist, theatre and literary critic, translator and playwright.

Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski was a Polish physician, general, freemason and politician who served as Minister of Internal Affairs and as the 28th Prime Minister of Poland before and at the Outbreak of World War II.

Robert George Burton was an American film and television actor.

Florence Meyer Homolka was an American portrait photographer and socialite. She was the wife of the actor Oskar Homolka.

Margita Alfvén was a Danish-born Swedish film actress of the silent and early sound era.