Ari Hjelm

Finnish footballer and coach.

Born February 24th, 1962 (age 64 years) in Tampere.

Martin Earley

Irish cyclist.

Born June 15th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Clonsilla.

Leo Van der Elst

Belgian footballer.

Born January 7th, 1962 (age 64 years) in Opwijk.

Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir

Mauritanian politician.

Born December 17th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Hodh El Gharbi.

Aidan Dodson

English egyptologist and historian (born 1962).

Born September 11th, 1962 (age 63 years) in London, Chelsea.

Horst Bulau

Canadian ski jumper.

Born August 14th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Ottawa.

Pierre Quinon

Pole vaulter (1962-2011).

Born February 20th, 1962 in 3rd arrondissement of Lyon.

Died August 17th, 2011 at 49 years old in Hyères (falling). ^[ref]

Valérie Boyer

French politician.

Born June 11th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Bourges.

Andoni Ortuzar

Spanish politician and journalist.

Born July 13th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Portugalete.

Piero Liatti

Italian racecar driver.

Born May 7th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Biella.

Luis José Rueda Aparicio

Colombian prelate.

Born March 3rd, 1962 (age 64 years) in San Gil.

Leila S. Chudori

Indonesian journalist and writer.

Born December 12th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Jakarta.

Veran Matić

Serbian journalist (born 1962).

Born May 19th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Suvo Selo. ^[ref]

Hiroyuki Morioka

Japanese writer.

Born March 2nd, 1962 (age 64 years) in Kobe.

Ryszard Tarasiewicz

Polish association football player and manager.

Born April 27th, 1962 (age 64 years) in Wrocław.

Santiago Ostolaza

Uruguayan footballer.

Born July 10th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Dolores.

Nelson Gutiérrez

Uruguayan footballer.

Born April 13th, 1962 (age 64 years) in Montevideo.

Mikhail Ignatyev

President of the chuvash republic (2010–2020).

Born January 8th, 1962 in Malye Torkhany.

Died June 18th, 2020 at 58 years old in Saint Petersburg (heart failure, COVID-19).

Eleni Tsaligopoulou

Greek singer.

Born April 11th, 1962 (age 64 years) in Naoussa.

Austin Mardon

Canadian scientist.

Born June 25th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Edmonton.

Sarah Wiener

German-austrian entrepreneur and politician.

Born August 27th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Halle.

Volodymyr Lyutyi

Ukrainian footballer (born 1962).

Born April 20th, 1962 (age 64 years) in Dnipro.

Elisabeth Aspaker

Norwegian politician.

Born October 16th, 1962 (age 63 years) in Harstad Municipality. ^[ref]

Vladimir Popov

Soviet wrestler.

Born January 1st, 1962 in Barnaul. ^[ref]

Died August 2nd, 2025 at 63 years old in Omsk. ^[ref]

Leopoldo Serantes

Boxer (1962–2021).

Born March 15th, 1962 in Philippines.

Died September 1st, 2021 at 59 years old in Manila (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). ^[ref]