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 – 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.

* 1932 – Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor ( d. 2007 )

* Jean-Pierre Marielle ( b. 1932 ), actor

Despite the time spent racing automobiles and producing the 1932 film Lac-aux-Dames, the first French " talkie " to gain international recognition ( adapted from a novel by Vicki Baum and directed by Marc Allegret, it had a script by Colette and starred Jean-Pierre Aumont and Simone Simon ), the energetic Philippe de Rothschild still devoted his energies and innovation to Château Mouton Rothschild in Pauillac.

Two of his sons, Paul Albert Laurens ( 1870 – 1934 ) and Jean-Pierre Laurens ( 1875 – 1932 ), became painters and teachers at the Académie Julian.

Jean-Pierre Goyer, PC, QC ( born January 17, 1932, died May 24, 2011 ) is a lawyer and former Canadian Cabinet minister.

* 1853 – René Bazin, French novelist ( d. 1932 )

* 1841 – Ferdinand Buisson, French pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize ( d. 1932 )

François Roland Truffaut ( 6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984 ) was an influential filmmaker and film critic, one of the founders of the French New Wave.

* 1932 – Michel Legrand, French composer

* 1932 – François Truffaut, French film director ( d. 1984 )

* 1871 – Frantz Reichel, French athlete and rugby player ( d. 1932 )

* 1857 – Paul Doumer, French President ( d. 1932 )

* 1932 – Stéphane Audran, French actress

* 1857 – Joseph Babiński, French neurologist ( d. 1932 )

* 1932 – Michel David-Weill, French investment banker

* 1932 – Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 2007 )

* 1932 – Louis Malle, French film director ( d. 1995 )

* 1932 – Jacques Pic, French chef ( d. 1992 )

* Polyphème is the theme of an opera by French composer Jean Cras ( 1879 – 1932 ).

* 1932 – The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.

* Théorie des opérations linéaires French translation from 1932

This and its 1932 sequel, Topper Takes a Trip ( set in the French Riviera ) were probably Smith's most famous work, about a respectable banker called Cosmo Topper, married to a depressingly staid wife Mary, and his misadventures with a couple of ghosts, Marion and George Kerby, who introduce him to other ghosts.

* October 21 – François Truffaut, French film director ( b. 1932 )

* February 17 – André Maginot, French politician ( d. 1932 )

* March 28 – Aristide Briand, French politician, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize ( d. 1932 )

* December 20 – Ferdinand Buisson, French pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize ( d. 1932 )