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 – 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.

Sri Lankabhimanya Lakshman Kadirgamar PC ( Sinhala: ලක ් ශමන ් කද ි ර ් ග ා මර ්, Tamil: லக ் ஷமன ் கத ி ர ் க ா மர ்) ( April 12, 1932 – August 12, 2005 ) was a Sri Lankan diplomat, politician and a lawyer.

Robert (" Bob ") Morton Newburgh Tisdall ( 16 May 1907 in Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon now Sri Lanka – 27 July 2004 in Nambour, Queensland, Australia ) was an Irish athlete who won a gold medal in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

The West Indies appeared in a Test match at Lord's for the first time in 1928, to be followed by New Zealand ( 1931 ), India ( 1932 ), Pakistan ( 1954 ), Sri Lanka ( 1984 ), Zimbabwe ( 2000 ) and Bangladesh ( 2005 ).

Sultan Iskandar ( known as Tunku Mahmud Iskandar until 1981 ) was the third son of Sultan Ismail ibni Sultan Ibrahim by Sultanah Ungku Tun Aminah binti Ungku Paduka Bena Sri Maharaja Utama Ahmad, and was born on 8 April 1932 in Istana Semayam, Johor Bahru.

There are no distinct boundaries to these racial forms and recent works do not recognize pallidus and saturatus ( designated by Whistler & Kinnear, 1932 for the northeastern Peninsular India ) but accept the desert form humayuni from Sindh and northwestern India, northeast Indian stanfordii (= stanfordi Deignan, 1949 ) and the Sri Lankan race haemorrhous (= haemorrhousus ( J. F. Gmelin, 1789 ) ).

After spending 7 years in Ceylon ( Sri Lanka ), he came back and became the prime minister of Sultan Hassan Nooraddine II on December 16, 1932.

Mahendranath Gupta () ( March 12, 1854-June 4, 1932 ), ( also famously known as M and Master Mahashay ), was a disciple of Ramakrishna — a 19th century mystic and the author of Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita, a Bengali classic.

In 1932, Hariharananda went to meet the Kriya master, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri who initiated him into Kriya Yoga, in his Serampore ashram, West Bengal.

* 1932 – Thomas P. Salmon, American politician, 75th Governor of Vermont

* 1932 – Houari Boumediene, Algerian politician, 2nd President of Algeria ( d. 1978 )

* 1932 – Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded Canwest ( d. 2003 )

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

* 1932 – Edward M. " Ted " Kennedy, American politician ( d. 2009 )

* 1932 – Dennis Skinner, British politician

* 1932 – John Murtha, American politician ( d. 2010 )

* 1932 – Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands ( b. 1852 )

* 1932 – Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician

* 1932 – Gyula Horn, Hungarian politician

* 1932 – Donald Rumsfeld, American politician, 13th and 21st United States Secretary of Defense

* 1932 – Dick Thornburgh, American politician

* 1932 – Joe Berinson, Australian politician

* 1859 – William Alden Smith, American politician ( d. 1932 )

* 1932 – Pete Domenici, American politician

* 1932 – Herbert Marx, Canadian politician

* 1932 – Marc Bazin, Haitian politician ( d. 2010 )

* 1932 – Bronisław Geremek, Polish social historian and politician.

* 1932 – Keith Wickenden, British politician ( d. 1983 )

* 1932 – John Grant, British politician ( d. 2000 )

Marcos Orlando Letelier del Solar ( April 13, 1932 – September 21, 1976 ) was a Chilean economist, Socialist politician and diplomat during the presidency of Socialist President Salvador Allende.

* 1932 – Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, 23rd President of Nauru ( d. 2008 )

* 1976 – Orlando Letelier, Chilean economist, politician, and diplomat ( b. 1932 )

* 1932 – Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese author and politician, Governor of Tokyo