* 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

* 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

An international breakthrough came in 1962 when Leonard Bernstein recorded the Fifth Symphony with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra for CBS.

Andrew Leonard Sevier, Sr. ( 1894 – 1962 ) was a member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1932 until his death in 1962.

* Leonard S. Unger ( 25 July 1962 – 1 December 1964 )

* The Dick Powell Show playing " Leonard Barsevick " " Pericles on 31st Street " 12 April 1962

Although Mancini developed such a close partnership with Manne that he was using him for practically all his scores and other music at this time, the drummer still found time to perform on movie soundtracks and in TV shows with music by others, including the series Richard Diamond ( music by Pete Rugolo, 1959 – 1960 ), and Checkmate ( music by John Williams, 1959 – 1962 ), and the film version of Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story ( 1961 ).

Leonard Wibberley, ca 1962

He recorded it in 1962 with Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic, after having already recorded it in 1953 with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

She appeared in the first concert ever televised from Lincoln Center in 1962, and also appeared that year in the first of the Leonard Bernstein Young People's Concerts ever televised from that venue, in what is now Avery Fisher Hall.

* Sir Leonard Rogers ( 1868 – 1962 ), tropical medicine specialist, Professor of Pathology, Bengal Medical College, 1906 – 1920, and founder of the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine and the British Empire Leprosy Relief Association ( now LEPRA )

Percy Twentyman – Leonard Williams ( 1962 / Series 1-2 / 30 episodes )

Notable productions were Lulu ( 1962 ; conducted by Karl Böhm, staged by Otto Schenk, designed by Caspar Neher, starring Evelyn Lear ), Haydn's Orfeo ed Euridice ( 1967 ; conducted by Richard Bonynge, staged by Rudolf Hartmann, with Nicolai Gedda, Joan Sutherland ), Fidelio ( 1970 ; conducted by Leonard Bernstein, staged by Schenk, with Gwyneth Jones, James King ), Il ritorno d ' Ulisse in patria ( 1971 ; conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, staged by Federik Mirdita ), L ' elisir d ' amore ( 1973 ; conducted by Silvio Varviso, staged by Schenk, with Nicolai Gedda, Reri Grist, Eberhard Wächter ), Die Fledermaus ( 1975 ; conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich, staged by Michael Kehlmann, with Wiesław Ochman, Reri Grist, Elizabeth Harwood, Waldemar Kmentt ), La clemenza di Tito ( 1976 ; conducted by Julius Rudel, staged by Mirdita, with Werner Hollweg, Teresa Berganza, Arleen Augér, Edda Moser ), Fierrabras ( 1988 ; conducted by Claudio Abbado, staged by Ruth Berghaus, with Thomas Hampson, Karita Mattila, László Polgár ), Die Entführung aus dem Serail ( 1989 ; conducted by Harnoncourt, staged by Ursel Herrmann, Karl-Ernst Herrmann ), Don Giovanni ( 1990 ; conducted by Abbado, staged by Luc Bondy, with Ruggero Raimondi, Karita Mattila, Marie McLaughlin, Cheryl Studer ), Le nozze di Figaro ( 1991 ; conducted by Abbado, staged by Jonathan Miller, with Ruggero Raimondi, Marie McLaughlin, Cheryl Studer ) and the world premiere of Adriana Hölszky's Die Wände ( 1995 ; conducted by Ulf Schirmer, staged by Hans Neuenfels ).

Eugene Leonard Burdick ( December 12, 1918 – July 26, 1965 ) was an American political scientist, novelist, and non-fiction writer, co-author of The Ugly American ( 1958 ) and Fail-Safe ( 1962 ) and author of The 480 ( 1965 ).

( 1957 ), Chess ( 1959 ), Introduction to Chess Moves and Tactics Simply Explained ( 1959 ), Modern Chess Miniatures ( with Wolfgang Heidenfeld, 1960 ), Erevan 1962 ( 1963 ), The Ruy Lopez ( 1963 ), The Guardian Chess Book ( 1967 ), An Introduction to Chess ( 1967 ), The King's Indian Defence ( 1968 ), Chess: Master the Moves ( 1977 ), Guide to the Chess Openings ( with Tim Harding, 1977 ), Leonard Barden's Chess Puzzle Book ( 1977 ) ( a collection of his Evening Standard columns ), The Master Game ( with Jeremy James, 1979 ), How to Play the Endgame in Chess ( 1979 ), Play Better Chess ( 1980 ), Batsford Chess Puzzles ( 2002 ), and One Move and You're Dead ( with Erwin Brecher, 2007 ).

* Leonard Coleman ( born 1962 ), former American footballer

For English Decca he recorded L ' elisir d ' amore with Hilde Güden and Fernando Corena ( 1955 ), La Gioconda ( with Zinka Milanov and Leonard Warren, 1957 ), La forza del destino ( 1958 ) and a second Tosca ( with Leontyne Price and Giuseppe Taddei, Herbert von Karajan conducting, 1962 ).

The first generation consisted of Sauer's own students: Fred Kniffen ( 1930 ), Peveril Meigs ( 1932 ), Donald Brand ( 1933 ), Henry Bruman ( 1940 ), Felix W. McBryde ( 1940 ), Robert Bowman ( 1941 ), Dan Stanislawski ( 1944 ), Robert C. West ( 1946 ), James J. Parsons ( 1948 ), Edwin Doran ( 1953 ), Philip Wagner ( 1953 ), Brigham Arnold ( 1954 ), Homer Aschmann ( 1954 ), B. LeRoy Gordon ( 1954 ), Gordon Merrill ( 1957 ), Donald Innis ( 1958 ), Carl Johannessen ( 1959 ), Clinton Edwards ( 1962 ), and Leonard Sawatzky ( 1967 ).

** Leonard B. Jordan ( R ), from August 6, 1962

The jail saw three double hangings: Roy Hotrum and William McFadden in August 1921 ; Leonard Jackson and Steven Suchan in December 1952 ; Ronald Turpin and Arthur Lucas on 11 December 1962.

Pickett co-wrote " Monster Mash " with Leonard Capizzi in May 1962.

Philippe Sella ( born 14 February 1962 in Tonneins ) is a French former rugby union player, who held the record for most international appearances until beaten by Jason Leonard.

The piece was commissioned by Leonard Bernstein in 1962 to commemorate the opening of Philharmonic Hall, now Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States.

COMSAT began operations with its headquarters in Washington, DC, in 1962, with a six-person founding board of directors appointed by President John F. Kennedy, including: Leo D. Welch, Joseph V. Charyk, David M. Kennedy, George Killion, Leonard H. Marks, and Bruce Sundlun.