Famous people and celebrities who died in February 1962

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in February 1962. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• Feb. 2 Shlomo Hestrin

  Canadian-israeli biochemist and academic (b. 1914)

• Feb. 3 Werner Bock

  Writer

• Feb. 5 Jacques Ibert

  French-swiss composer (b. 1890)

• Feb. 6 Candido Portinari

  Celebrated Brazilian painter who masterfully captured the essence of Brazilian life and culture through his distinctive artistic style, becoming one of Brazil's most important artists of the 20th century.

• Feb. 7 Clara Nordstrom

  German translator and writer (born 1886).

• Feb. 10 Willem Paerels

  Age 83. dutch/belgian artist/graphic painter.

• Feb. 15 Vladimir Sokoloff

  Actor (road to morocco, cloak & dagger), died at 72

• Feb. 17 Bruno Walter

  At 85, the new york philharmonic's symphony conductor has died.

• Feb. 19 Georgios Papanikolaou

  The pap smear was invented by a greek-american pathologist (d. 1962).

• Feb. 19 Albert Israel Elkus

  Composer dies at 77

• Feb. 20 Halliwell Hobbes

  Dies at 64

• Feb. 25 Wilhelm Pessler

  German sociologist, who dies at the age of 81.

• Feb. 26 Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg

  Composer dies at 83

• Feb. 27 Willie Best

  Actor charlie-my little margie, dies at 45

• Feb. 28 Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson

  At 70, comedian (olsen & johnson) dies