Famous people born in 1962
The best-known people born in 1962, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Keir StarmerPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2024 to 2026
September 2
Photo: Prime Minister's Office, OGL 3
Jodie FosterAmerican actress and filmmaker (born 1962)
November 19
Photo: Claire Fridkin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Demi MooreAmerican actress and producer (born 1962)
November 11
Photo: Gabriel Hutchinson, CC BY-SA 4.0
Steve IrwinAustralian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
February 22 · d. 2006
Photo: Richard Giles, aka User rich115 on Flickr, CC BY 2.0
Antony BlinkenAmerican lawyer and diplomat (born 1962) and former United States Secretary of State (2021–2025)
April 16
Photo: U.S. Department of State, Public domain
Jordan PetersonCanadian clinical psychologist, author, and political commentator and manosphere activist (1962-)
June 12
Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ralph FiennesEnglish actor, director and producer (born 1962)
December 22
Photo: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0
Manuel VallsFrench and Spanish politician
August 13
Photo: Nicolas Kovarik / European Union, 2025 / EC - Audiovisual Service, CC BY 4.0
Yahya SinwarPalestinian politician and Hamas leader (1962–2024)
October 29 · d. 2024
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY 4.0
Wesley SnipesAmerican actor (born 1962)
July 31
Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0
Alexander DuginRussian political activist and philosopher (born 1962)
January 7
Photo: Mehdi Bolourian, CC BY 4.0
David FincherAmerican film director (born 1962)
August 28
Photo: Elen Nivrae from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0
Milo Đukanović2nd President of Montenegro
February 15
Photo: © European Union 2018, European Parliament
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January
- January 4 · Harlan Coben, American writer
- January 5 · Suzy Amis Cameron, American actress and model (born 1962)
- January 21 · Marie Trintignant, French actress (1962–2003)
- January 22 · Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, Sultan of Terengganu
- January 23 · Elvira Lindo, Spanish writer
- January 26 · Oscar Ruggeri, Argentine footballer and manager
February
- February 5 · Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress (born 1962)
- February 6 · Axl Rose, American singer (born 1962)
- February 10 · Cliff Burton, American bassist (1962–1986)
- February 11 · Sheryl Crow, American musician (born 1962)
- February 21 · Chuck Palahniuk, American novelist, essayist
- February 21 · David Foster Wallace, American fiction writer and essayist (1962–2008)
March
- March 3 · Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American track and field athlete
- March 11 · Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, the 10th and current president of the Federal Republic of Somalia
- March 21 · Matthew Broderick, American actor (born 1962)
- March 21 · Rosie O'Donnell, American comedian, producer, actress, and television personality
- March 25 · Marcia Cross, American actress
- March 26 · John Stockton, American basketball player (born 1962)
April
- April 2 · Clark Gregg, American actor, screenwriter and director (born 1962)
- April 6 · Tomoyasu Asaoka, Japanese association football player (1962–2021)
- April 12 · Katsuhiro Kusaki, Japanese association football player
- April 15 · Nawal El Moutawakel, Moroccan hurdler and IOC member
- April 18 · Jeff Dunham, American ventriloquist and comedian
- April 27 · Edvard Moser, Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist
May
- May 14 · Danny Huston, American actor, director
- May 17 · Ferenc Krausz, Austrian-Hungarian laser physicist and university teacher (born 1962)
- May 18 · Sandra, German singer (born 1962)
- May 20 · Aleksandr Dedyushko, Russian actor (1962-2007)
- May 21 · Uwe Rahn, German association football player
- May 31 · Dina Boluarte, Peruvian lawyer and politician, president of Peru from 2022 to 2025
June
- June 4 · Hakainde Hichilema, President of Zambia since 2021
- June 5 · Jeff Garlin, American comedian and actor
- June 7 · Viola Amherd, Swiss politician
- June 16 · Arnold Vosloo, South African actor
- June 19 · Paula Abdul, American singer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personality
- June 27 · Ollanta Humala, President of Peru from 2011 to 2016
July
- July 3 · Thomas Gibson, American actor and director
- July 4 · Pam Shriver, American tennis player
- July 9 · Jordan Belfort, American stockbroker
- July 13 · Tom Kenny, American actor and comedian (born 1962)
- July 19 · Anthony Edwards, American actor
- July 26 · Sergei Kirienko, Russian politician
August
- August 5 · Patrick Ewing, Jamaican-American basketball player
- August 9 · Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, German politician, former federal minister of defence
- August 10 · Suzanne Collins, American television writer and novelist
- August 12 · Shigetatsu Matsunaga, Japanese association football player
- August 25 · Taslima Nasrin, author, secular humanist, and feminist
- August 31 · Dee Bradley Baker, American voice actor (born 1962)
September
- September 4 · Shinya Yamanaka, Japanese doctor and medical scientist (born 1962)
- September 8 · Thomas Kretschmann, German actor (born 1962)
- September 11 · Julio Salinas, Spanish association football player
- September 17 · Baz Luhrmann, Australian writer, director, and producer (born 1962)
- September 25 · Ales Bialiatski, Belarusian activist, Nobel laureate (born 1962)
- September 30 · Frank Rijkaard, Dutch association football player and manager
October
- October 2 · Jeff Bennett, American voice actor
- October 11 · Joan Cusack, American actress
- October 12 · Branko Crvenkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia
- October 13 · Kelly Preston, American actress (1962–2020)
- October 16 · Flea, Australian musician
- October 22 · Bob Odenkirk, American actor, comedian and filmmaker
November
- November 1 · Anthony Kiedis, American musician
- November 3 · Gabe Newell, American computer programmer and businessman
- November 18 · Kirk Hammett, American guitarist
- November 20 · Gerardo Martino, Argentine footballer and manager
- November 22 · Victor Pelevin, Russian author (born 1962)
- November 28 · Jon Stewart, American comedian, writer, producer, activist, and television host
December
- December 4 · Alexander Litvinenko, ex-KGB agent and FSB lieutenant-colonel (1962-2006)
- December 9 · Felicity Huffman, American actress
- December 12 · Tracy Austin, US tennis player
- December 18 · James Sie, American actor
- December 23 · Stefan Hell, director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany
- December 29 · Wynton Rufer, New Zealand association football player
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