Famous people and celebrities who died in October 1962

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

• Oct. 2 Frank Lovejoy

  48 years old, actor (man against crime meet mcgraw),

• Oct. 2 Boris Y Bukreev

  Russian mathematician (born 1859)

• Oct. 4 John Lowry

  Mount vernon ny, nyc builder, dies at 79

• Oct. 5 Sylvia Beach

  Known for owning the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris, which was a gathering place for famous writers like Ernest Hemingway and James Joyce.

• Oct. 6 Tod Browning

  American screenwriter and actor (d. 1962).

• Oct. 7 Mauritius Dekker [Boris Robazki]

  Writer (boots in jail), dies aged 66

• Oct. 8 Solomon Linda

  South african singer/composer (born in 1909)

• Oct. 9 Milan Vidmar

  Slovenian chess player and engineer (b. 1885)

• Oct. 9 Lulu McConnell

  Comediene (it pays to be ignorant) dies at the age of 80.

• Oct. 10 Stancho Belkovski

  Bulgarian educator and architect (d. 1962).

• Oct. 16 Gaston Bachelard

  French philosopher and poet known for his work on the philosophy of science and the imagination.

• Oct. 17 Natalia Goncharova

  Russian painter, costume designer, and set designer (b. 1882)

• Oct. 18 Iván Petrovich

  Actor and singer from serbia, german (d. 1962).

• Oct. 26 Hattie McDaniel

  Actress (gone with the wind), passes away at 67

• Oct. 27 Enrico Mattei

  Enrico Mattei was a prominent Italian industrialist who revolutionized Italy's energy sector by transforming the national hydrocarbons authority ENI into a powerful state-owned oil company. He played a crucial role in Italy's post-war economic reconstruction and was known for challenging major international oil corporations. His mysterious death in a plane crash in 1962 has been the subject of numerous conspiracy …

• Oct. 27 Rudolf Anderson

  U.S. Air Force pilot who played a crucial role during the Cuban Missile Crisis, tragically shot down during a reconnaissance mission over Cuba in 1962.

• Oct. 27 Fatso Marco

  Comedian milton berle show, dies at 56

• Oct. 28 Pierre Froidebise

  Composer dies at 48

• Oct. 29 Naphtali Siegfried Salomon

  Composer dies at 77

• Oct. 31 Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion

  French astronomer (b. 1877)