List of Famous people who died in 1962

Jack McDonald was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 71 films between 1912 and 1930. He was born in San Francisco, California.

Jacques Chevalier was a French philosopher.

Jean-Gabriel Domergue was a French painter specialising in portraits of Parisian women.

Jean-Marie Charles Abrial was a French Admiral and Naval Minister. He fought in both World wars, and was known mostly for his actions at Dunkirk in 1940.

Thomas John Mitchell was an American actor and writer. Among his most famous roles in a long career are those of Gerald O'Hara in Gone with the Wind, Doc Boone in Stagecoach, Uncle Billy in It's a Wonderful Life, Pat Garrett in The Outlaw, and Mayor Jonas Henderson in High Noon. Mitchell was the first male actor to win an Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony Award, better known as the Triple Crown of Acting.

Jean Dax was a French actor who appeared in more than seventy films during his career. He appeared in Maurice Tourneur's 1928 film The Crew

Arne Lofthus was a Norwegian painter who settled in Denmark.

Olav Bruvik was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs from 1961 until his death.

Vyacheslav Petrovich Volgin was a Soviet and Russian historian who wrote a number of books on early forms or precursors of communism, and who became vice-president of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.