1962 in Italy

Events during the year 1962 in Italy

Incumbents

 * President – Antonio Segni
 * Prime Minister – Amintore Fanfani

Events
31 May – Voghera train crash: in Voghera a freight train coming from Milan did not respect a red light and crashed into a train full of passengers headed for Liguria, which was stopped on the third track. It was the most serious Italian rail disaster of the post-war period, with 63 victims.

Births

 * 15 January – Margherita Buy, actress
 * 10 February – Piero Pelù, singer and songwriter
 * 2 March – Gabriele Tarquini, race car driver
 * 29 March – Elena Sofia Ricci, actress
 * 23 September – Cosimo Fusco, actor
 * 30 September – Massimo Bottura, Chef and Restaurateur
 * 14 November – Stefano Gabbana, Fashion Designer
 * 30 December – Alessandra Mussolini, former politician, model and singer

Deaths

 * 28 April – Gianna Beretta Molla, saint (born 1922)
 * 20 May – Alessandro Pirzio Biroli, army general (born 1877)