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Famous people and celebrities who died in November 1962

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in November 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

  • Winter Haynes Watts
    Nov. 1 Winter Haynes Watts

    Composer dies at 78

  • Felice Lattuada
    Nov. 2 Felice Lattuada

    Composer dies at age 80

  • L. O. Wenckebach
    Nov. 3 L. O. Wenckebach

    Dutch sculptor and painter (b. 1895)

  • Harlow H Curtice
    Nov. 3 Harlow H Curtice

    General motors president (1953-1958), dies at the age of 69.

  • Eleanor Roosevelt
    Nov. 7 Eleanor Roosevelt

    First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945, and a prominent American politician, diplomat, and activist.

  • Dhondo Keshav Karve
    Nov. 9 Dhondo Keshav Karve

    Indian activist and academic (b. 1858)

  • Julius Lenhart
    Nov. 10 Julius Lenhart

    Austrian gymnast and engineer (b. 1875)

  • Joseph Ruddy
    Nov. 11 Joseph Ruddy

    American swimmer and waterpolo player (d. 1962).

  • Joseph Allen Jr
    Nov. 11 Joseph Allen Jr

    Actor (all women have secrets) dies at 44

  • Roque González Garza
    Nov. 12 Roque González Garza

    Mexican general and acting president (1915) (b. 1885)

  • Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach
    Nov. 12 Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach

    Composer dies at 68

  • Sid Tomack
    Nov. 12 Sid Tomack

    Actor (gillis life of riley, my friend irma) dies at 55

  • Manuel Galvez
    Nov. 14 Manuel Galvez

    Argentina writer / poet (hombres & soledad), dies at 80

  • Niels Bohr
    Nov. 18 Niels Bohr

    PHY - Danish footballer, physicist, and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1885)

  • Niels Henrik David Bohr
    Nov. 18 Niels Henrik David Bohr

    Nobel Prize laureate for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them

  • Luc Haesaerts
    Nov. 18 Luc Haesaerts

    Flemish art critic (flandre) dies at 63

  • Jean Abrial
    Nov. 19 Jean Abrial

    French naval officer who aided the british during the evacuation of dunkirk, 1940. he was the governor general of algeria 1940-41 and was made secretary of navy by laval 11/18/42. he was sentenced to ten years hard labor by the french high court in 1946 for his collaboration with nazis. died 1962.

  • Grigol Robakidze
    Nov. 19 Grigol Robakidze

    Georgian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1880)

  • Jasper McLevy
    Nov. 20 Jasper McLevy

    Bridgeport, connecticut's socialist mayor dies.

  • Gloria Gordon
    Nov. 23 Gloria Gordon

    Actress (my friend irma), is killed at 81

  • Herman J Friedericy
    Nov. 23 Herman J Friedericy

    Dutch author (last general), is killed at 62

  • James J Kilroy
    Nov. 24 James J Kilroy

    At 60, kilroy, a tank inspector, dies.

  • Albert Sarraut
    Nov. 26 Albert Sarraut

    French lawyer and politician, 106th prime minister of france (b. 1872)

  • August Lass
    Nov. 27 August Lass

    Estonian footballer (b. 1903)

  • K. C. Dey
    Nov. 28 K. C. Dey

    Indian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)

  • Wilhelmina HPM
    Nov. 28 Wilhelmina HPM

    Queen of the netherlands (1898-1948), is killed at 82

  • Queen Mother
    Nov. 28 Queen Mother

    Wilhelmina of the netherlands (born 1880).

  • Rav Aaron Kotler
    Nov. 29 Rav Aaron Kotler

    Orthodox talmudic scholar, dies in lakewood, new jersey.