[caption id=“attachment_2034” align=“alignright” width=“355”] Vivien Leigh, Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier in 1956[/caption]

In the year 1962, New York City introduces a subway train that operates without a crew on board (Jan 4), Cuba and the Soviet Union sign a trade pact (Jan 9), first Kmart store is opened (Mar 1), Taco Bell is founded (Mar 21), first Walmart store is opened (Jul 2), Algeria becomes independent from France (Jul 5), the Rolling Stones make their debut (Jul 12), Marilyn Monroe is found dead at her home in L.A. (Aug 5), Jamaica gains independence (Aug 6), Johnny Carson takes over as a host of NBC’s The Tonight Show (Oct 1), the Beatles release their first single (Oct 5), the Cuban Missile Crisis ends with the Soviet Union promising to remove their nuclear missiles from Cuba (Oct 28), Lawrence of Arabia premiers in London (Dec 10) - and all these fine people were born:

1962-0101 Mo Hayder* (b Clare Dunkel) author of crime and thriller fiction - Essex, England (2021/59) 1962-0104 Harlan Coben* writer of mystery novels and thrillers - Newark, NJ USA 1962-0104 Lena Nilsson* actress /mother of rapper Einár - Stockholm, Sweden 1962-0107 Aleksandr Dugin* ultranationalistic philosopher/strategist - Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union 1962-0107 Ron Rivera* Am. football player/coach - Fort Ord, CA USA 1962-0109 Frank Kozil* graphic artist (posters)/toy designer - Madrid, Spain (2023/61) 1962-0110 Claire King* (b Seed) actress (Emmerdale) - Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England 1962-0111 Ilkka Heiskanen* actor - Hamina, Finland 1962-0112 Gunde Svan* cross-country skier/ OG/racing driver - Dala-Järna, Sweden 1962-0117 Jim Carrey* stand-up comedian/ actor/producer - Newmarket, ON Canada 1962-0117 Denis O’Hare* actor/ singer/author - Kansas City, MO USA 1962-0118 Alison Arngrim* actress/author - New York City, NY USA 1962-0123 Boris McGiver* actor/of Irish and Ukrainian descent - Cobleskill, NY USA 1962-0125 Chris Chelios* hockey player (NHL 100)/OS - Chicago, IL USA 1962-0129 Nicholas Turturro* actor - Queens, NY USA 1962-0130 Mary Kay Letourneau* (b Schmitz) teacher/convicted rapist - Tustin, CA USA (2020/58) 1962-0205 Jennifer Jason Leigh* actress - Los Angeles, CA USA 1962-0207 Garth Brooks* country singer/songwriter - Tulsa, OK USA 1962-0217 Lou Diamond Phillips* actor - Subic Bay Naval Station, Philippines 1962-0222 Steve Irwin* The Crocodile Hunter - Essendon, Victoria, Australia (2006/44) 1962-0222 Ethan Wayne* actor/stuntman/son of John Wayne - Encino, CA USA 1962-0226 Avi Loeb* Israeli-American theoretical physicist/cosmologist - Beit Hanan, Israel 1962-0227 Adam Baldwin* actor - Chicago, IL USA 1962-0228 Caroline Henderson* Swedish-Danish singer/ actress - Stockholm, Sweden 1962-0301 1962-0302 Raimo Summanen* hockey player/coach - Jyväskylä, Finland 1962-0303 Jackie Joyner-Kersee* athlete (sprinter)/OG - East St. Louis, IL USA 1962-0306 Andreas Felder* ski jumper/OS - Hall, Austria 1962-0306 Erika Hess* alpine ski racer/OB - Wolfenschiessen, Switzerland 1962-0306 Jonathan Scott-Taylor* English actor/ - Sao Paolo, Brazil 1962-0310 1962-0311 Jeffrey Nordling* actor - Ridgewood, NJ USA 1962-0312 Darryl Strawberry* baseball player - Los Angeles, CA USA 1962-0313 Petri Skriko* hockey player - Karhula, Finland 1962-0317 Gil Hovav*  גיל חובב TV presenter/culinary journalist/author - Jerusalem, Israel 1962-0321 Matthew Broderick* actor - New York, NY USA 1962-0321 Rosie O’Donnell* actress/producer/author - Commack, NY USA 1962-0322 Gabriella Brum* German-British Miss World 1980 - London, England 1962-0325 Marcia Cross* actress - Marlborough, MA USA 1962-0326 1962-0327 Kevin J. Anderson* science fiction author - Racine, WI USA 1962-0327 Jann Arden* singer-songwriter/actress - Calgary, AB Canada 1962-0329 Elena Sofia Ricci* (b Barucchieri) actress - Florence, Italy 1962-0330 1962-0331 Kevin Mahaney* sailor (OS)/commercial real estate developer - Bangor, ME USA 1962-0331 Stockton Rush* engineer/ pilot/co-founder of OceanGate - San Francisco, CA USA (2023/61) 1962-0402 Clark Gregg* actor/ screenwriter/director - Boston, MA USA 1962-0403 Brenda Ann Spencer* convicted murderer - San Diego, CA USA 1962-0405 Sara Danius* literary critic/philosopher - Täby, Sweden (2019/57) 1962-0407 Hugh O´Connor* American actor - Rome, Italy (1995/32) 1962-0407 Robert Wells* pianist/ composer/singer - Stockholm, Sweden 1962-0409 Jeff Turner* basketball player/broadcasting announcer - Bangor, ME USA 1962-0410 Whitney Kershaw* (b Wiemer) singer/ actress - Orlando, FL USA 1962-0410 Jukka Tammi* hockey goalie/OS - Tampere, Finland 1962-0412 1962-0415 Nawal El Moutawakel* hurdler/OG - Casablanca, Morocco 1962-0416 Antony Blinken* politician/Secretary of State - Yonkers, NY USA 1962-0420 1962-0423 John Hannah* actor - East Kilbride, Scotland 1962-0426 Matteo Messina Denaro* convicted mafia boss - Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy 1962-0427 Patrick Page* actor/ singer/playwright - Spokane, WA USA 1962-0427 Seppo Räty* athlete (j_avelin/OS_) - Helsinki, Finland 1962-0428 Kevin James* American magician - France 1962-0430 1962-0501 1962-0504 Monica Roberts* blogger/writer/ transgender rights advocate - Houston, TX USA (2020/58) 1962-0505 Manoj Sood* Canadian actor/w Indian background/to Canada at age 2 - Mombasa, Kenya 1962-0510 1962-0512 Emilio Estevez* actor/director/writer - New York, NY USA 1962-0514 Daniel Huston* American actor/half-brother of Anjelica Huston - Rome, Italy 1962-0514 Wolfgang Přiklopil* communications technician/kidnapper of Natascha Kampusch - Vienna, Austria (2006/44) 1962-0515 1962-0518 Sandra Ann Lauer* singer - Saarbrücken, West Germany 1962-0528 Randy Pedersen* bowler/ commentator - Shallotte, NC USA 1962-0530 Choi Min-sik* actor  - Seoul, South Korea 1962-0530 Timo Soini* politician - Rauma, Finland 1962-0531 Sebastian Koch* actor - Karlsruhe, West-Germany 1962-0601 1962-0604 Hakainde Hichilema* businessman/politician/P of Zambia - Monze, Northern Rhodesia 1962-0607 Lance Reddick* actor/ musician - Baltimore, MD USA (2023/60) 1962-0608 Jari Laukkanen* cross-country skier - Viitasaari, Finland (2019/57) 1962-0609 Rodman Flender* actor/director/uncle of Timothée Hal Chalamet  - New York, NY USA 1962-0610 Tzi Ma* 馬泰 Hong Kong American actor - British Hong Kong 1962-0610 Brent Sutter* hockey player/coach - Viking, AB Canada 1962-0611 1962-0612 Paul Schulze* actor - New York City, NY USA 1962-0613 Ally Sheedy* actress/author - New York, NY USA 1962-0613 Hannah Storm* television sports journalist - Oak Park, IL USA 1962-0616 Arnold Vosloo* actor - Pretoria, South Africa 1962-0619 Paula Abdul* singer/dancer /television personality - San Fernando, CA USA 1962-0620 1962-0622 Nicholas Lea* actor/ producer - New Westminster, BC Canada 1962-0625 1962-0627 Sunanda Pushkar* businesswoman - Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, India (2014/51) 1962-0630 1962-0701 Andre Braugher* actor - Chicago, IL USA 1962-0701 Richard M. Dolan* historian/ufology - Brooklyn, NY USA 1962-0702 1962-0703 Tom Cruise *actor - Syracuse, New York USA 1962-0703 Thomas Gibson* actor - Charleston, SC USA 1962-0703 Hunter Tylo* actress - Fort Worth, TX USA 1962-0704 **Pam Shrive**r* tennis player/tennis broadcaster - Baltimore, MD USA 1962-0706 Christopher Chaplin* composer/actor/youngest son of Charlie Chaplin- Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland 1962-0709 Steven Avery* convicted of murder - Manitowoc County, WI USA 1962-0713 Tom Kenny* voice artist/comedian - Syracuse, NY USA 1962-0715 Martin Roach* actor /voice actor - Toronto, ON Canada 1962-0715 Barry Trotz* hockey player/ coach - Dauphin, MB Canada 1962-0716 Uwe Hohn* WR javelin thrower/coach - Neuruppin, East Germany 1962-0716 Natalya Lisovskaya* Russian-French athlete/shot putter/OG - Alegazy, Bashkortostan, Russia 1962-0717 Teuvo Loman* hairdresser/ fashion designer - Espoo, Finland 1962-0719 Anthony Edwards* actor - Santa Barbara, CA USA 1962-0719 Martti Suosalo* actor/singer - Oulu, Finland 1962-0720 Tomas Johansson* wrestler - Haparanda, Sweden 1962-0721 1962-0722 Rena Owen* actress - Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand 1962-0723 Eriq La Salle* actor - Hartford, CT USA 1962-0724 1962-0725 Aki Sirkesalo* singer/ broadcaster - Toijala, Finland (2004/42) 1962-0726 Sergey Kiriyenko* politician - Sukhumi, Georgia, Soviet Union 1962-0728 Ray Shero* hockey player/hockey executive - Saint Paul, MN USA (2025/62) 1962-0729 Kevin Chapman* actor - Boston, MA USA 1962-0730 Rele Kosunen* singer /entertainer -  Varkaus, Finland (2023/60) 1962-0731 Wesley Snipes* actor - Orlando, FL USA 1962-0801 1962-0802 Satu Silvo* actress/ entrepreneur - Sippola, Finland 1962-0806 Michelle Yeoh* Malaysian actress - Ipoh, Federation of Malaya 1962-0810 Atiq Ahmed* gangster/ politician - Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India (2023/60) 1962-0810 Suzanne Collins* television writer/ author - Hartford, CT USA 1962-0811 1962-0813 Ia Langhammer* actress / singer - Stockholm, Sweden 1962-0814 Steve Reevis* Native American actor - Browning, MT USA (2017/55) 1962-0815 David Zayas* actor - Ponce, Puerto Rico 1962-0816 Steve Carell* actor/director/ producer - Concord, MA USA 1962-0820 James Marsters* actor/ musician/comic book writer - Greenville, CA USA 1962-0824 David Koechner* actor/comedian - Tipton, MO USA 1962-0827 Adam Oates* hockey player (NHL 100)/coach/entrepreneur - Weston, ON Canada 1962-0828 David Fincher* director/producer - Denver, CO USA 1962-0830 Ross Coulthart* Australian investigative journalist/author/ufologist - England 1962-0901 Ruud Gullit* football player/manager - Amsterdam, Netherlands 1962-0902 Keir Starmer* politician/PM - Southwark, London, England 1962-0910 1962-0911 Kristy McNichol* actress/ acting teacher - Los Angeles, CA USA 1962-0914 Robert Herjavec* Canadian businessman/ investor (Shark Tank)/to Canada at age 8 - Varaždin, Croatia, Yugoslavia 1962-0917 Scott Arniel* hockey player/ coach - Kingston, ON Canada 1962-0917 Paul Feig* film director/producer/screenwriter - Royal Oak, MI USA 1962-0917 Baz Luhrmann* film director/producer/writer - Sydney, NSW Australia 1962-0918 1962-0920 1962-0921 Barb Higgins* journalist/news anchor - Edmonton, AB Canada 1962-0921 Rob Morrow* actor/director - New Rochelle, NY USA 1962-0924 Nia Vardalos* actress/ director/producer - Winnipeg, MB Canada 1962-0925 Aida Turturro* actress - Brooklyn, NY USA 1962-0926 Melissa Sue Anderson* actress - Berkeley, CA USA 1962-0926 Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson* businessman (PlayStation)/writer - Reykjavik, Iceland 1962-0928 Grant Fuhr* hockey goalie (NHL 100)/coach - Spruce Grove, AB Canada 1962-0929 Janne Andersson* football player/ manager - Halmstad, Sweden 1962-0930 1962-1001 Hakeem Kae-Kazim* Nigerian-British actor/producer - Lagos, Nigeria 1962-1001 Esai Morales* actor - Brooklyn, NY USA 1962-1002 Joe Lara* martial artist/actor (Tarzan)/musician - San Diego, CA USA (2021/58) 1962-1002 Mark Rypien* quarterback/Super Bowl XXVI MVP - Calgary, AB Canada 1962-1003 Tommy Lee* American musician (Mötley Crüe) - Athens, Greece 1962-1005 Michael Andretti* racing driver/team owner/son of Mario Andretti - Bethlehem, PA USA 1962-1007 1962-1009 Eduardo del Llano* Cuban writer/film director/producer - Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union 1962-1013 Kelly Preston* actress/wife of John Travolta - Honolulu, HI USA (2020/57) 1962-1019 Evander Holyfield* boxer/OB - Atmore, AL USA 1962-1026 Cary Elwes* actor/writer - Westminster, London, England 1962-1028 Jason Watkins* actor - Albrighton, Shropshire, England 1962-1029 1962-1030 Mikko Rasila* actor - Oulu, Finland 1962-1101 Magne Furuholmen* musician/ visual artist (A-Ha) - Oslo, Norway 1962-1101 Ulf Timmermann* athlete (shotput)/OG - East Berlin, East Germany 1962-1102 Jukka Jalonen* hockey coach/OG - Riihimäki, Finland 1962-1103 Antti Rinne* politician - Helsinki, Finland 1962-1105 Per Graffman* actor - Uppsala, Sweden 1962-1106 Georg Uecker* actor - Munich, West Germany 1962-1109 Teryl Rothery* actress - Vancouver, BC Canada 1962-1110 1962-1111 Demi Moore* actress - Roswell, NM USA 1962-1111 James Morrison* jazz musician - Boorowa, NSW Australia 1962-1112 Naomi Wolf* journalist/feminist/author - San Francisco, CA USA 1962-1114 Stefano Gabbana* fashion designer/ entrepreneur - Milan, Italy 1962-1118 Jamie Moyer* baseball player - Sellersville, PA USA 1962-1119 Jodie Foster* actress - Los Angeles, CA USA 1962-1119 Nicole Stott* engineer/astronaut - Albany, NY USA 1962-1120 1962-1123 Nicolás Maduro* bus driver/ politician/P - Caracas, Venezuela 1962-1126 Hannes Holm* film director/ screenwriter - Lidingö, Sweden 1962-1127 1962-1128 Jon Stewart* actor/ comedian/writer - New York City, NY USA 1962-1129 Andrew McCarthy* actor/travel writer/ television director - Westfield, NJ USA 1962-1129 Petter Stordalen* millionaire businessman/ environmentalist - Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway 1962-1130 1962-1201 1962-1204 Alexander Litvinenko* secret service agent - Vorobezh, Russia, Soviet Union (2006/43) 1962-1211 Paul Haslinger* musician/ composer - Linz, Austria 1962-1212 1962-1215 Nick Miles* actor (Emmerdale) - Moseley, Birmingham, England 1962-1217 Richard Jewell* police officer/security guard/hero - Danville, GA USA (2007/44) 1962-1219 Jill Talley* voice actress - Chicago, IL USA 1962-1222 Ralph Fiennes* actor - Ipswich, Suffolk England 1962-1224 Kate Spade* fashion designer/ businesswoman - Kansas City, MO USA (2018/55) 1962-1227 Joe Mantello* actor/ director - Rockford, IL USA 1962-1229 Carles Puigdemont* politician - Amer, Catalonia, Spain 1962-1231 Timo Harakka* journalist/ politician/ author - Helsinki, Finland 1962-1231 Lance Reddick* actor/ voice actor/musician - Baltimore, MD USA 1962-0 1962-0 1962-0 Updated 2025-0512 Helsinki-Tallinn Search for another year here