* 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

* Martin, Bernard and Spurrell, Mark, ( eds .)( 1962 ).

* 1962 – Mark Shulman, American author

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum opened on Broadway on May 8, 1962 at the Alvin Theatre, and then transferred to the Mark Hellinger Theatre and the Majestic Theatre, where the show closed on August 29, 1964, after 964 performances and 8 previews.

* 1962 – Mark Few, American basketball coach

* 1962 – Mark Gardner, American baseball player

* 1962 – Mark Waid, American comic book writer

* 1962 – Mark Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player

* Mark Kearney ( born 1962 ), English footballer

Biopics directed by Rapper include The Adventures of Mark Twain ( 1944 ), Pontius Pilate ( 1962 ) and his last film, the 1978 flop Born Again, about convicted Watergate conspirator and former Richard Nixon aide Charles Colson.

* Mark Adamo ( born 1962 ), composer and librettist with New York City Opera.

* Mark R. Johnsen ( born 1962 ), founder and owner of Spartanburg's first and only brewery, RJ Rockers Brewing Company

* Mark Brazill ( born 1962 ), American TV producer

Mark Anthony " Baz " Luhrmann (; born 17 September 1962 ) is an

Ralph Twisleton Wykeham Fiennes was born in Ipswich on 22 December 1962, the eldest child of Mark Fiennes ( 1933 – 2004 ), a farmer and photographer whose father was industrialist Sir Maurice Fiennes ( 1907 – 1994 ), and Jennifer Lash ( 1938 – 1993 ), a writer of English and Irish descent.

The Cortina was produced in five generations ( Mark I through to Mark V, although officially the last one was called the Cortina 80 ) from 1962 until 1982.

* Maciste, l ' uomo più forte del mondo / Maciste, the Strongest Man in the World ( Mole Men Vs The Son of Hercules, 1962 ) starring Mark Forest

* Maciste, il gladiatore piu forte del mondo / Maciste, the World's Strongest Gladiator ( Colossus of the Arena, 1962 ) starring Mark Forest

* Mole Men vs the Son of Hercules ( Maciste, the Strongest Man in the World ) 1962, starring Mark Forest

* Maciste, l ' uomo più forte del mondo / Maciste, the Strongest Man in the World ( Mole Men vs the Son of Hercules, 1962 ) starring Mark Forest

* Maciste, il gladiatore piu forte del mondo / Maciste, the World's Strongest Gladiator ( Colossus of the Arena, 1962 ) starring Mark Forest

* Mole Men vs the Son of Hercules ( released in Italy as Maciste, the Strongest Man in the World ) 1962, starring Mark Forest

* Magnificent Gladiator, The ( 1962 ) Mark Forest

* Secret Mark of D ' artagnan, The ( 1962 )