List of Famous people who died in 1962

Eugène Freyssinet was a French structural and civil engineer. He was the major pioneer of prestressed concrete.

Nelle Clyde Wilson Reagan was the mother of United States President Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) and his older brother Neil Reagan (1908–1996).

Arseny Grigoryevich Golovko was a Soviet admiral, whose naval service extended from the 1920s through the early Cold War.

Forrest Custer Smithson was an American athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Shunroku Hata was a Field Marshal (Gensui) in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He was the last surviving Japanese military officer with a marshal's rank. Hata was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1948, but was paroled in 1954.

Irving Gifford Fine was an American composer. Fine's work assimilated neoclassical, romantic, and serial elements. Composer Virgil Thomson described Fine's "unusual melodic grace" while Aaron Copland noted the "elegance, style, finish and...convincing continuity" of Fine's music.

Walter Arthur Alexander Anderson was a Baltic German ethnologist (folklorist) and numismatist.

Harmodio Arias Madrid was a Panamanian politician. He served as acting President of Panama in January 1931 and again from June 5, 1932, to October 1, 1936, after winning the 1932 presidential election.

John Thomas "Jack" Rimmer was a British athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Rimmer won the AAA Championships in 4 miles (6.4 km) in 1900. He was born in Birkdale, Merseyside. With two, he jointly held the record for the most Olympic titles in athletics by a British athlete.

Karl Theophil Fries was a German chemist.