1962 Chinese zodiac, age & generation
People born in 1962 are 63 or 64 years old this year and turn 64 on their birthday in 2026.Babies born in 1962 will belong to Baby Boomers. 1962 is the Year of the Water Tiger 🐅 and belongs to Baby Boomers.
- Age this year
- Turns 64
- Chinese zodiac
- 🐅 Water Tiger
- Generation
- 📺 Baby Boomer
- Leap year
- No (365 days)
- Jan 1, 1962
- Monday
- Chinese New Year
- February 5
How old is someone born in 1962?
Your exact age depends on whether you have had your birthday yet this year. Right now, someone born in 1962 is 63 or 64 years old. Use the age calculator for an exact answer in years, months and days.
Milestone birthdays for people born in 1962
- 10 in 1972
- 18 in 1980
- 21 in 1983
- 30 in 1992
- 40 in 2002
- 50 in 2012
- 60 in 2022
- 70 in 2032
- 80 in 2042
- 90 in 2052
- 100 in 2062
1962 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Tiger 🐅
1962 is a Water Tiger year (Yang). The 1962 Chinese zodiac year began on February 5, 1962 and ended on January 24, 1963. People born in January or early February 1962, before Chinese New Year on February 5, belong to the previous zodiac year: the Year of the Ox.
The Tiger stands for courage and power. People born in Tiger years are described as bold, magnetic and competitive, the kind of people who are not afraid to take a risk.
People with the Water element are traditionally described as flexible, perceptive and diplomatic.
What generation is 1962?
People born in 1962 are part of Baby Boomers, which covers birth years 1946–1964.
Baby Boomers are named after the sharp rise in births after World War II. Boomers lived through a period of economic growth, rock and roll, the civil rights movement and the space race.
Famous people born in 1962
- November 23, 1962Venezuelan politician
- January 17, 1962Canadian-American actor and comedian (born 1962)
- July 3, 1962American actor and producer (born 1962)
- November 19, 1962American actress and filmmaker (born 1962)
- January 30, 1962King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- November 11, 1962American actress and producer (born 1962)
- January 29, 1962Polish writer and activist (born 1962)
- June 24, 1962President of Mexico since 2024
- December 29, 1962Catalan politician
- July 20, 1962American actor
- February 22, 1962Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
- April 16, 1962American lawyer and diplomat (born 1962) and former United States Secretary of State (2021–2025)
- June 21, 1962Soviet rock musician (1962-1990)
- June 12, 1962Canadian clinical psychologist, author, and political commentator and manosphere activist (1962-)
- December 22, 1962English actor, director and producer (born 1962)
- May 12, 1962American actor, director, and writer
- August 13, 1962French and Spanish politician
- March 2, 1962American musician (born 1962)
- August 6, 1962Malaysian actress (born 1962)
- September 1, 1962Dutch association football player and manager
- August 18, 196263th President of Mexico
- October 29, 1962Palestinian politician and Hamas leader (1962–2024)
- January 7, 1962Russian political activist and philosopher (born 1962)
- March 17, 1962American astronaut
- July 31, 1962American actor (born 1962)
- February 15, 19622nd President of Montenegro
- August 16, 1962American actor and comedian (born 1962)
- August 10, 1962American television writer and novelist
- September 30, 1962Dutch association football player and manager
- February 21, 1962American novelist, essayist
- May 31, 1962Peruvian lawyer and politician, president of Peru from 2022 to 2025
- March 21, 1962American actor (born 1962)
- February 6, 1962American singer-songwriter (born 1962)
- August 25, 1962Author, secular humanist, and feminist
- November 28, 1962American comedian, writer, producer, activist, and television host
- December 4, 1962Ex-KGB agent and FSB lieutenant-colonel (1962-2006)
- June 19, 1962American singer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personality
- June 27, 1962President of Peru from 2011 to 2016
- November 18, 1962American guitarist
- December 18, 1962American actor
- March 25, 1962American actress
- September 25, 1962Belarusian activist, Nobel laureate (born 1962)
- December 9, 1962American actress
- December 23, 1962Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany
- February 11, 1962American musician (born 1962)
- September 4, 1962Japanese doctor and medical scientist (born 1962)
- November 1, 1962American musician
- November 3, 1962American computer programmer and businessman
- October 11, 1962American actress
- February 10, 1962American bassist (1962–1986)
- August 9, 1962German politician, former federal minister of defence
- April 27, 1962Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist
- October 16, 1962Australian musician
- November 22, 1962Russian author (born 1962)
- February 5, 1962American actress (born 1962)
- February 21, 1962American fiction writer and essayist (1962–2008)
- March 3, 1962American track and field athlete
- October 13, 1962American actress (1962–2020)
- May 17, 1962Austrian-Hungarian laser physicist and university teacher (born 1962)
- October 2, 1962American voice actor
Other birth years
Frequently asked questions
How old is someone born in 1962?
Someone born in 1962 turns 64 in 2026, 70 in 2032, 80 in 2042, 90 in 2052. Before their birthday each year, they are one year younger.
What Chinese zodiac is 1962?
1962 is the Year of the Tiger, with the Water element (Water Tiger). The 1962 zodiac year runs from February 5, 1962 to January 24, 1963. People born in 1962 before February 5 belong to the previous year, the Year of the Ox.
What generation is 1962?
People born in 1962 belong to Baby Boomers (Baby Boomer), which includes birth years 1946 to 1964. Some sources use slightly different cut-off years.
Is 1962 a leap year?
No. 1962 is a common year with 365 days.