* 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

* Noordeen Mashoor ( born 1962 ), Sri Lankan politician

** Editions: Doubleday, 1962 ( original ); Anchor, 1964 ; Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1977, ISBN 81-7120-145-8 ; Vedanta Press, 1979, ISBN 0-87481-035-3 ; Vedanta Press, 1980 ; Cosmos, 2003, ISBN 81-7755-746-7 ;

Both types probably originated from Mana Grass of Sri Lanka, which according to Finnemore ( 1962 ) occurs today in two wild forms -- Cymbopogon nardus var.

He was educated at Royal College, Colombo and joined the Sri Lanka Army as an Officer Cadet in August 1962.

William Gopallawa ( Sinhala: ව ි ල ි යම ් ග ො පල ් ලව, ), MBE ( 17 September 1897 – 31 January 1981 ) was the last Governor General of Ceylon from 1962 to 1972 and became the first ( non-executive ) President of Sri Lanka when Ceylon declared itself a republic in 1972 and changed its name to Sri Lanka.

Egodahage George Wilfred Alwis Samarakoon ( January 13, 1911 – April 5, 1962 ) ( known as Ananda Samarakoon ) was a Sri Lankan composer and musician.

* Lalithamana Fernando ( born 1962 ), Sri Lankan cricketer

In 1911, the first mission into Central Africa ( DRCongo ) took place ; thereafter, new houses were established in South Africa, Rwanda and Indonesia ( 1929 ), Burundi ( 1938 ), India ( 1936 / 1994 ), Peru ( 1962 ), Italy ( 1967 ), Japan and Papua New Guinea ( 1970 ), The Philippines ( 1981 ), Sri Lanka ( 1989 ), Pakistan ( 1990 ), Tanzania and Kivu ( 1994 ), Brazil ( 1997 ), Romania ( 1999 ), Kenya ( 2002 ), Vietnam ( 2004 ), etc.

A conventual priory was founded in 1962 in Australia at Arcadia, Sydney by an Italian monk serving in Sri Lanka.

* L ' évolution future de l ' Humanité a compilation of texts by Sri Aurobindo ( 1962 )

Talduwe Ratugama Rallage Weris Singho better known as Talduwe Somarama ( 1915 – 1962 ) shot and killed Solomon Bandaranaike, the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka ( then called Ceylon ) in 1959.

Sri Temasek was the venue for a party hosted in 1962 by Lee Kuan Yew to thank trade unionists and civil servants for their help with the referendum on Singapore's merger with Malaysia, and in 1983 the body of the late Minister for Finance Hon Sui Sen lay in state there.

Don Sardha Brendon Priyantha Kuruppu ( 5 January 1962 ) is a former Sri Lankan wicket-keeper and opening batsman.

* 1962 – Rameez Raja, Pakistani cricketer

* 1962 – Shahid Mahboob, Pakistani cricketer

* 1889 – Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer ( d. 1962 )

* 1962 – Hugh Page, South African cricketer

* 1962 – Courtney Walsh, Jamaican West Indies cricketer

* February 5 – Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer ( d. 1962 )

* Debra Stock ( b. 1962 ), English cricketer

* Robert Simpson ( cricketer ) ( born 1962 ), English cricketer

* Ravi Shastri ( born 1962 ), a former Indian cricketer

A very specific incarnation and possible origin of this practise existed until 1962 in cricket, where a man playing the game was a " gentleman cricketer " if they did not get a salary for taking part in the game.

* William Johnson ( cricketer, born 1962 ), English cricketer

Courtney Andrew Walsh ( born October 30, 1962 ) is a former international cricketer ( fast bowler ) who represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001, captaining the West Indies in 22 Test matches.

* Neil Foster ( 1962 – ) – cricketer

* Andrew Davies ( cricketer, born 1962 ), former English cricketer

* Matthew Wheeler ( born 1962 ), English cricketer

* Sadanand Viswanath ( born 1962 ), Indian cricketer

* Tony Wright ( cricketer ) ( born 1962 ), English cricketer who captained Gloucestershire

* John Rhodes ( cricketer ) ( born 1962 ), cricketer

Martin David Crowe ( born 22 September 1962 in Henderson, New Zealand ) is a former New Zealand cricketer.