Aged 62
Famous people who died at 62
205 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 62, including Aristotle, Martin Luther and John Maynard Keynes. Here are the 100 best known.
- AristotleGreek philosopher · c. 384–322 BC
- Martin LutherGerman priest and theologian · 1483–1546
- John Maynard KeynesBritish economist · 1883–1946
- Peter Paul RubensFlemish painter · 1577–1640
- Ludwig WittgensteinAustrian philosopher and logician · 1889–1951
- AkbarThe third and greatest Mughal emperor from 1556 to 1605 · 1542–1605
- Émile ZolaFrench novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet · 1840–1902
- Kwame NkrumahGhanaian politician · 1909–1972
- Zheng HeChinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat · c. 1371–1433
- Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib4th Rashidun Caliph (r. 656–661) and first Shia Imam · c. AD 599–661
- Antonín DvořákCzech composer · 1841–1904
- Giovanni BoccaccioItalian author and poet · c. 1313–1375
- Carl SaganAmerican astrophysicist, cosmologist and author · 1934–1996
- Georges PompidouPresident of France from 1969 to 1974 · 1911–1974
- Mikhail BakuninRussian revolutionary anarchist and philosopher · 1814–1876
- Joseph FourierFrench mathematician and physicist · 1768–1830
- J. Robert OppenheimerAmerican theoretical physicist · 1904–1967
- Anwar SadatPresident of Egypt from 1970 to 1981 · 1918–1981
- NostradamusFrench seer and astrologer · 1503–1566
- G. K. ChestertonEnglish author and Christian apologist · 1874–1936
- DemosthenesClassical Athenian statesman and orator · c. 384–322 BC
- Hadrian14th Roman Emperor · AD 76–138
- Alexander II of RussiaThe 12th Emperor of Russia · 1818–1881
- Maurice RavelFrench composer · 1875–1937
- William of OckhamEnglish Franciscan friar and theologian · c. 1287–1349
- Abraham MaslowAmerican psychologist · 1908–1970
- Hugo GrotiusDutch jurist and scholar · 1583–1645
- Ismail HaniyehHamas leader · 1962–2024
- Qasem SoleimaniIranian military officer · 1957–2020
- Bernard of ClairvauxBurgundian saint, abbot and theologian · c. 1091–1153
- Henri BarbusseFrench author · 1873–1935
- Karl Adolph GjellerupDanish writer · 1857–1919
- Giorgio VasariItalian painter, architect, writer and historian · 1511–1574
- Ludwig BoltzmannAustrian physicist and philosopher · 1844–1906
- Yevgeny PrigozhinRussian mercenary leader, oligarch, restaurateur, former owner of Wagner PVC · 1961–2023
- Christina of SwedenQueen of Sweden, ruled from 1632 until abdication in 1654 · 1626–1689
- Georges CuvierFrench naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist · 1769–1832
- Gregory II89th Pope of the Catholic Church · c. AD 669–731
- Louis the PiousKing of the Franks · c. AD 778–840
- Roh Moo-hyun16th President of the Republic of Korea · 1946–2009
- SkanderbegAlbanian noble and military commander · 1405–1468
- Robert H. GoddardAmerican physicist · 1882–1945
- Charles IVHoly Roman Emperor · 1316–1378
- John VIIIHead of the Catholic Church from 872 to 882 · c. AD 820–882
- Christopher HitchensEnglish American author and journalist · 1949–2011
- Martin VPope of the Catholic Church from 1417 to 1431 · c. 1369–1431
- Snorri SturlusonIcelandic historian, poet and politician · c. 1179–1241
- Farrah FawcettAmerican actress · 1947–2009
- Philip V of SpainKing of Spain from 1700 to 1746 · 1683–1746
- Aleksey TolstoyRussian-Soviet writer · 1883–1945
- Alfonso X of Castile and LeonKing of Castile from 1252 to 1284 · 1221–1284
- William MorrisTextile designer, artist, writer, printer · 1834–1896
- Benedict XIIPope of the Catholic Church 1334–1342 · c. 1280–1342
- Robert PeelFormer Prime Minister of the United Kingdom · 1788–1850
- L. Frank BaumAmerican author of children's books · 1856–1919
- Imre NagyHungarian politician · 1896–1958
- Jean PaulGerman Romantic writer · 1763–1825
- Karl KrausAustrian playwright and publicist · 1874–1936
- Marcus Licinius CrassusMember of the First Triumvirate · c. 115–53 BC
- Ahmed III23th Sultan of Ottoman Empire · 1673–1736
- Ngô Đình DiệmSouth Vietnamese politician; President of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963 · 1901–1963
- Evelyn WaughBritish writer and journalist · 1903–1966
- John XXIPope · c. 1215–1277
- Serge GainsbourgFrench singer, songwriter, composer, writer, actor and director · 1928–1991
- Baudouin I of BelgiumFifth king of the Belgians · 1930–1993
- LiciniusRoman emperor from 308 to 324 · c. AD 263–325
- Ptolemy II PhiladelphusKing of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt · c. 308–246 BC
- Ahmed Sékou TouréPresident of Guinea · 1922–1984
- Anne BaxterAmerican actress · 1923–1985
- Robert Burns WoodwardAmerican chemist · 1917–1979
- Ruggero Leoncavallo ↗Italian composer · 1857–1919
- Pierre Laval ↗French politician · 1883–1945
- Alfred Kinsey ↗American sexologist · 1894–1956
- Augustus II the Strong ↗King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Elector of Saxony · 1670–1733
- Adolf Loos ↗Austrian and Czech architect and art collector · 1870–1933
- Cimabue ↗Italian artist · c. 1240–1302
- Óscar Romero ↗Salvadoran Catholic archbishop and saint · 1917–1980
- Richard Smalley ↗American chemist · 1943–2005
- Fath-Ali Shah Qajar ↗Second Qajar shah of Iran (1797–1834). · 1772–1834
- Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor ↗Holy Roman Emperor · 1557–1619
- Robert I of France ↗King of West Francia from 922 to 923 · AD 860–923
- Tahmasp I ↗Safavid Shah of Iran from 1524 to 1576 · 1514–1576
- Tommy Lister Jr. ↗American actor and wrestler · 1958–2020
- Geraldine Page ↗American actress · 1924–1987
- Hans Geiger ↗German physicist · 1882–1945
- Oleksandr Dovzhenko ↗Soviet Ukrainian screenwriter, film producer and director · 1894–1956
- Ramesses III ↗Egyptian pharaoh of the 20th dynasty · c. 1217–1155 BC
- Sergei Bagapsh ↗Abkhazian politician · 1949–2011
- Avitus ↗Roman Emperor · c. AD 395–457
- Marwan I ↗Fourth Umayyad caliph from 684 to 685 · AD 623–685
- Ptolemy III Euergetes ↗Egyptian pharaoh · c. 284–222 BC
- Tiberius II Constantine ↗Byzantine Emperor · c. AD 520–582
- Guy Debord ↗French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker · 1931–1994
- Luigi Boccherini ↗Italian composer and cellist · 1743–1805
- Nur Muhammad Taraki ↗1st General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan · 1917–1979
- Paul of Greece ↗King of Greece from 1947 to 1964 · 1901–1964
- Richard Trevithick ↗British inventor and mining engineer · 1771–1833
- William Hyde Wollaston ↗English chemist and physicist · 1766–1828
- Gaius Maecenas ↗Roman political advisor (d. 8 BC) · c. 70–8 BC
- José I of Portugal ↗King of Portugal from 1750 to 1777 · 1714–1777
"c." means only the years are known, so the age could be a year out. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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