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.

* 1918 – Rin Tin Tin, German-American acting dog ( d. 1932 )

Between 1930 and 1955, " Rin Tin Tin " was heard in three different radio series, beginning April 5, 1930 with The Wonder Dog, in which the original Rin Tin Tin did his own sound effects until his death in 1932, when Rin Tin Tin, Jr. took over.

Following Rin Tin Tin's death in August 1932 in Los Angeles ( in the arms of actress Jean Harlow, according to Hollywood legend ), his owner arranged to have the dog returned to his country of birth for burial in the Cimetière des Chiens, the renowned pet cemetery in the Parisian suburb of Asnières-sur-Seine.

In 1932, a European Lam Part ( 林伯氏 ) set up a nudist club in Heung Fan Liu ( 香粉寮 ) in Sha Tin.

* Fanfare for Tin Trumpets ( 1932 )

* 1932 – Lamar Hunt, American sports executive ( d. 2006 )

* 1932 – Meir Kahane, American rabbi and activist, founder of the Jewish Defense League ( d. 1990 )

* 1932 – Maurice Rabb, Jr., American ophthalmologist

* 1932 – Mel Tillis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Old Dogs )

* 1932 – Lee Hoffman, American author ( d. 2007 )

* 1932 – Dallin H. Oaks, American attorney, jurist, author, and religious leader, apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

* 1932 – Charlie O ' Donnell, American game show announcer ( d. 2010 )

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

* 1932 – Melvin Van Peebles, American actor and screenwriter

* 1932 – Mark Russell, American comedian, singer, and pianist

* 1932 – Edward Egan, American Cardinal-Archbishop Emeritus of New York

* 1932 – Loretta Lynn, American singer-songwriter, author, and philanthropist

* 1932 – Peter Eisenman, American architect, designed the City of Culture of Galicia

* 1932 – Hart Crane, American writer ( b. 1899 )

* 1932 – Elaine May, American comedian

* 1932 – Meadowlark Lemon, American basketball player

* 1932 – Jesse Belvin, American musician ( d. 1960 )

* 1876 – Fred Duesenberg, German-born American automobile maker ( d. 1932 )

* 1932 – German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.

* 1871 – Bill Pickett, American rodeo performer ( d. 1932 )

* 1932 – Sheldon Lee Glashow, American physicist, Nobel laureate

* 1932 – Little Richard, American singer and pianist