List of Famous people who died in 1962
Filippo Del Giudice
Filippo Del Giudice,, born in Trani, Italy, was an Italian film producer. Giudice was a lawyer, legal advisor and film producer. He worked with people that were already well known in their field of work.
Irma Gramatica
Irma Gramatica was an Italian stage and film actress. Gramatica appeared in ten films during her career including The Materassi Sisters (1944). Her sisters Anna Capodaglio and Emma Gramatica were both actresses.
Thomas J. Mabry
Thomas Jewett Mabry was a New Mexico politician and judge, who was Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court (1939–46) and the 14th governor of New Mexico (1947–51).
Adila Fachiri
Adila Fachiri was a Hungarian violinist who had an international career but made her home in England. She was the sister of the violinist Jelly d'Arányi.
Antoine Pevsner
Antoine Pevsner was a Russian-born sculptor and the older brother of Alexii Pevsner and Naum Gabo. Both Antoine and Naum are considered pioneers of twentieth-century sculpture.
John Howard Dellinger
John Howard Dellinger was a noted American telecommunication engineer who discovered how solar flares caused fadeouts of short-wave radios.
Leroy Shield
Leroy Bernard Shield was an American film score and radio composer. He is best known for the themes and incidental music he wrote for the classic Hal Roach comedy short films of the 1920s–30s, including the Our Gang and Laurel and Hardy series.
James Garfield Gardiner
James Garfield "Jimmy" Gardiner, was a Canadian farmer, educator, and politician. He served as the fourth Premier of Saskatchewan, and as a minister in the Canadian Cabinet.
Louis de Soissons
Louis Emanuel Jean Guy de Savoie-Carignan de Soissons CVO RA FRIBA (1890–1962) was the younger son of Charles, the Count de Soissons. An architect, he was called for professional purposes Louis de Soissons.
Frederick Handley Page
Sir Frederick Handley Page, CBE, FRAeS was an English industrialist who was a pioneer in the aircraft industry and became known as the father of the heavy bomber.