In Art and Artist ( 1932 ), the psychologist Otto Rank wrote that the psychological trauma of birth was the pre-eminent human symbol of existential anxiety and encompasses the creative person's simultaneous fear of – and desire for – separation, individuation and differentiation.

* 1851 – Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer ( d. 1932 )

* 1932 – Helmut Griem, German actor ( d. 2004 )

* 1884 – Tenby Davies, Welsh runner ( d. 1932 )

* 1932 – Dennis Banks, American-Indian activist

* 1932 – Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan politician ( d. 2005 )

* 1932 – Jean-Pierre Marielle, French actor

* 1932 – Tiny Tim, American singer, ukulele player, and archivist ( d. 1996 )

* 1858 – Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician ( d. 1932 )

* 1932 – Cor Brom, Dutch footballer and manager ( d. 2008 )

* 1932 – Antonia Fraser, English author

* 1874 – Charles Fort, American writer ( d. 1932 )

* 1932 – Howard Hodgkin, English painter

* 1932 – John Gomery, Canadian jurist

It was the prospect of bowling at this line-up that caused England's 1932 – 33 captain Douglas Jardine to adopt the tactic of fast leg theory, also known as Bodyline.

It should be noted that the MCC, although it had earlier condoned and encouraged bodyline tactics in the 1932 – 33 series, laid the blame on Larwood when relations turned sour.

In Australia, the grounds currently used are The Gabba in Brisbane ( first staged an England – Australia Test in the 1932 – 33 season ), Adelaide Oval ( 1884 – 85 ), The WACA, Perth ( 1970 – 71 ) the Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ) ( 1876 – 77 ) and the Sydney Cricket Ground ( SCG ) ( 1881 – 82 ).

Bodyline, a fictionalised television miniseries based on the " Bodyline " Ashes series of 1932 – 33, screened in Australia in 1984, to significant public interest and critical acclaim.

* 1932 – The positron ( antiparticle of the electron ) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.

Donald Henry Rumsfeld ( born July 9, 1932 ) is an American politician and businessman.

* 1932 – Donald N. Langenberg, American physicist

* 2004 – Donald Jones, American Dutch actor and dancer ( b. 1932 )

In 1932, Disney received a special Academy Award for the creation of " Mickey Mouse ", a series which switched to color in 1935 and soon launched spin-offs for supporting characters such as Donald Duck, Goofy, and Pluto.

* Donald Crowhurst ( 1932 – 69 ), who tried to fake a round-the-world solo yacht journey, set up his business in the town and was a Town Councillor.

In the Mickey Mouse series he continued to add personalities to his characters ; this resulted in the creation of new characters such as Pluto with The Chain Gang in 1930, Goofy with Mickey's Revue in 1932 and Donald Duck in 1934 with The Wise Little Hen ( under the Silly Symphony series ).

Donald Glenn " Don " Garlits ( born January 14, 1932, Tampa, Florida ) is considered the father of drag racing.

* Donald James Campbell ( 1932 – 1984 ), politician in British Columbia, Canada

A Broadway stage adaptation was produced by the Theatre Guild in 1932, written by the father and son playwriting team of Owen and Donald Davis, but it was poorly received by the critics, and ran only 56 performances.

David Cameron is the younger son of stockbroker Ian Donald Cameron ( 12 October 1932 – 8 September 2010 ) and his wife Mary Fleur ( née Mount, born 1934, a retired Justice of the Peace, daughter of Sir William Mount, 2nd Baronet ).

Sir Donald Charles Hugh Maclean, KBE, PC ( 9 January 1864 – 15 June 1932 ), was a British Liberal politician.

* Donald Alaster Macdonald ( 1859 – 1932 )-Journalist, nature writer and sports commentator.

* Donald Alaster Macdonald ( 1859 – 1932 ), Australian sports journalist and war correspondent

* Donald Stovel Macdonald ( born 1932 ), Canadian politician, cabinet minister in the government of Pierre Trudeau

Donald Stovel Macdonald, PC, CC ( born March 1, 1932 ) is a former Canadian Liberal politician and Cabinet minister.

Jardine is best known for captaining the English team during the 1932 – 33 Ashes tour of Australia, in which his team employed Bodyline tactics against Donald Bradman and other opposing Australian batsmen.

In 1932, Northrop, backed by Donald Douglas of Douglas Aircraft, founded another company, the Northrop Corporation in El Segundo, California.

Franklin was among a family of printers with his brother William Cornelius Hollister ( born in 1861 ), nephew Joseph Cornelius Hollister ( born in 1892 ), and great-nephew Donald Roland Launius ( born 1932 ).

Donald L. Bren ( born May 11, 1932 ) is an American businessman who is Chairman of the Irvine Company, a US-based real estate investment company, which he wholly owns.

In 1932 Sir Donald MacLean died.

Donald Jones ( January 24, 1932 – November 5, 2004 ) was an actor and dancer ; born in Harlem, he went to the Netherlands in his early twenties and became the first Dutch black star.

*" Singin ' in the Rain " Prologue-Cliff Edwards from The Hollywood Revue of 1929 ( 1929 ), Jimmy Durante with Sidney Toler from Speak Easily ( 1932 ), Judy Garland from Little Nellie Kelly and the main title sequence from Singin ' in the Rain ( Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O ' Connor )

She was born Geraldine McKeown on 9 May 1932 in Old Windsor, Berkshire, England, the daughter of Donald McKeown and his wife, Nora ( Burns ).

* Donald Bradman played at the ground for the first time and attracted a crowd in excess of 20, 000 in 1932.