Events from the year 1962 in Scotland.
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- January – William Duff, dentist, jailed for fraud and reckless endangerment
- 3 January – Gavin Hastings, rugby union player
- 4 January – Robin Guthrie, guitarist and producer (Cocteau Twins)
- 5 January – Murray Pittock, cultural historian
- 10 January – Ford Kiernan, actor and comedian
- 11 January – Steve Hislop, motorcycle racer (killed in helicopter accident 2003)
- February – John Gordon Sinclair (born Gordon John Sinclair), actor
- 26 February – Pen Hadow (born Rupert Nigel Pendrill Hadow), arctic explorer
- 5 March – The Proclaimers (Charlie and Craig Reid), twin folk rock musicians
- 9 March – Pete Wishart, SNP MP and member of Celtic rock group Runrig
- 17 March
- 10 April – Nicky Campbell, radio and television presenter and journalist
- 22 April – Ann McKechin, Labour MP
- 23 April – John Hannah, film and television actor
- 13 May – Kathleen Jamie, poet
- 17 May
- Craig Ferguson, American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, author, producer and voice artist
- Alan Johnston, journalist
- 19 May – Iain Harvie, guitarist
- 24 May – Derek Browning, former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
- 27 May – David Mundell, Secretary of State for Scotland, Conservative MP and solicitor
- 13 June – Paul Motwani, Grandmaster (chess)
- 22 June – Bobby Gillespie, rock singer-songwriter (Primal Scream)
- 30 June – Colin Campbell, 7th Earl Cawdor, peer and architect
- 24 August – Ali Smith, novelist
- 23 September – Deborah Orr, journalist (died 2019)
- 24 September – Ally McCoist, international footballer, manager, television pundit and A Question of Sport team captain
- 6 November – Stuart Dougal, football referee
- 28 December – Kaye Adams, television presenter
- Jackie Bird, journalist and newsreader[7]
- Jack Docherty, writer, actor, presenter and producer
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