* Atlas Computer ( Manchester ) ( 1962 – 1971 ), an early computer built at the University of Manchester

** Atlas Major, a Standard Motor Company van 1962 – 1963

* Atlas ( 1927 – 1962 ), a LMS Royal Scot Class steam locomotive

* 1962 – Leonard Bernstein causes controversy with his remarks from the podium during a New York Philharmonic concert featuring Glenn Gould performing Brahms ' First Piano Concerto.

* 1903 – Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player ( d. 1962 )

* 1962 – Iris Häussler, German artist

* 1901 – Lowell Stockman, American politician ( d. 1962 )

* 1962 – Art Alexakis, American singer, composer, and guitarist ( Everclear, Colorfinger, and The Easy Hoes )

* 1962 – Nobuhiko Takada, Japanese mixed martial arts fighter and wrestler

* 1962 – The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.

* 1962 – Vic Mignogna, American voice actor, singer, and director

* 1962 – Adam Oates, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1962 – Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

* 1892 – Hoot Gibson, American actor ( d. 1962 )

* 1962 – Marc Lavoine, French singer and actor

* 1962 – Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian-Hong Kong actress

* 1872 – Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal ( d. 1962 )

* 1962 – Louis Lipps, American football player

* 1962 – Kevin Mack, American football player

* 1962 – John " Hot Rod " Williams, American basketball player

* 1962 – Representatives from the Russian Orthodox Church and Vatican City meet in Metz, France, and come to an agreement wherein the Russian church would send observers to the Second Vatican Council and in exchange, the Roman Catholic Church would refuse to condemn Communism.

* 1879 – John Ireland, English composer ( d. 1962 )

* 1890 – Ellen Osiier, Danish fencer ( d. 1962 )

* 1962 – Thanos Kalliris, Greek singer-songwriter ( Bang )

* 1962 – John Slattery, American actor

* Ginger Lynn ( born 1962 ), American pornographic actress

The prominent fusion guitarist John McLaughlin, for example, had played what Allmusic describes as a " blend of jazz and American R & B " with Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames as early as 1962 and continued with The Graham Bond Organisation ( with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker ) whose style Allmusic calls " rhythm & blues with a strong jazzy flavor ".

Elle will star as Ginger along with Alice Englert who will play Rosa in the drama film Ginger & Rosa that takes place during 1962 in London.

* Children ( 8 ): Gwendolyn Gail ( 1935 – 1976 ), Sue ( 1937 – 1978 ), Bill ( 1939 – 1962 ), Cathy Ann ( 1943 – 1947 ), Arlo Davy ( 1947 –), Joady Ben ( 1948 –), Nora ( 1950 –), Lorinna Lynn ( 1954 – 1973 )

Bonnie Lynn Bassler ( born 1962 ) is an American molecular biologist.

He has been married to Meredith Lynn Auld ( a former Miss South Dakota and author ) since 1962.

They include mountain climbers ( Heidi Howkins, class of 1989, the only woman to lead expeditions to both Everest and K-2 ), authors ( such as Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, class of 1914, pen name Carolyn Keene ), astronomers ( including Annie Jump Cannon, class of 1884, who developed the well-known Harvard Classification of stars based upon temperature ), screenwriters, ( including Nora Ephron, class of 1962, famous for such films as When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle ), journalists ( Linda Wertheimer, class of 1965, Lynn Sherr, class of 1963, Diane Sawyer, class of 1967, and Cokie Roberts, class of 1964, being a few notable examples ), entrepreneurs ( including Robin Chase, class of 1980, the co-founder of ZipCar ), mathematicians ( Winifred Edgerton Merrill, class of 1883, was the first woman to ever receive a PhD in mathematics ), judges ( including Jane Bolin, class of 1928, the first African-American woman to become a judge, and current federal appeals judges Reena Raggi, Amalya Kearse, and Susan P. Graber ).

By the end of 1962, it was clear that Lynn was on her way to becoming the fourth.

Lynn released her first Decca single, " Success ," in 1962, and it went straight to Number 6, beginning a string of Top 10 singles that would run through the rest of the decade and throughout the next.

" She's Got You ", which formerly went to # 1 by Cline in 1962, went to # 1 again that year by Lynn.

** Leslie Ann Landon, born 1962, is the biological child of Lynn Noe and Mannie Baier and was legally adopted by Landon according to what was written in his last will and testement.

* Helen Blake, 65, sexually molested and strangled with her nylon stockings ; found on June 30, 1962 in her apartment at 73 Newhall Street, Lynn, Mass.

He had two younger brothers, actor Don Swayze ( born 1958 ) and Sean Kyle ( born 1962 ), and two sisters, Vickie Lynn ( 1949 – 1994 ) and Bambi.

Deborah Lynn Foreman ( born October 12, 1962 ) is an American actress.

He was born in Revere, Massachusetts, and was a 1962 graduate of St. Mary's High School ( Lynn, Massachusetts ).

Up to that point, and since World War II, there had only been three British names that topped the U. S. chart: in May 1962 " Stranger on the Shore " by clarinetist Mr. Acker Bilk ; the second was " He's Got the Whole World in His Hands " by Laurie London ( 1958 ), whilst the first was " Auf Wiederseh ' n Sweetheart " by Vera Lynn ( 1952 ).

Al Pitrelli ( born September 26, 1962 in New York, NY ) is a guitarist, best known for his work with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Joe Lynn Turner, Asia and Savatage.

* Lynn Townsend White, Jr., Medieval Technology and Social Change ( Oxford: University Press, 1962 ).

* Lynn Schenk ( 1962 ), lawyer, politician, U. S. Representative

She was portrayed by Bette Davis in the 1962 film adaptation and by Lynn Redgrave in the 1991 made for TV remake.