Born in 1932
People born in 1932 turn 94 in 2026. A dollar in 1932 buys what $24.70 buys in September 2026, and about 2.11 billion people were alive. Every figure below links to the source it came from.
Your birthday in 1932
1932
What things cost in 1932
| U.S. average | 1932 | in today’s dollars | latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| One dollar | $1.00 | $24.70 | CPI-U |
1932 figures are annual averages of the published monthly (or quarterly) values. “Today’s dollars” uses the Consumer Price Index for September 2026; “latest” is the most recent published price. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, via FRED. Average retail prices are only published from 1976 on; 1932 has the CPI alone.
Who was in charge in 1932
- United States
- Herbert Hoover (President)
- United Kingdom
- George V (King); Ramsay MacDonald (Prime minister)
- Soviet Union
- Joseph Stalin (General Secretary); Mikhail Kalinin (Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets); Vyacheslav Molotov (Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars)
- Republic of China (1916–1949)
- Chen Mingshu, then Wang Jingwei (Premier)
- French Third Republic
- Paul Doumer, then Albert François Lebrun (President); André Tardieu (Acting President); Pierre Laval, then André Tardieu, then Édouard Herriot, then Joseph Paul-Boncour (President of the Council of ministers)
- Weimar Republic of Germany
- Paul von Hindenburg (President); Heinrich Brüning, then Franz von Papen, then Kurt von Schleicher (Chancellor)
- Empire of Japan
- Hirohito (Emperor); Inukai Tsuyoshi, then Saitō Makoto (Prime minister); Takahashi Korekiyo (Acting Prime minister)
From Wikipedia’s List of state leaders in the 20th century (1901–1950) (revision 1377869146), each name checked against Wikidata. Every country in 1932 →
Famous people born in 1932
- February 22 – Ted Kennedy, American politician (died 2009) source
- February 8 – John Williams, American composer and conductor source
- 8 February - Horst Eckel, German footballer (died 2021) source
- April 4 – Anthony Perkins, American actor (died 1992) source
- December 5 – Little Richard, American singer and actor (died 2020) source
- March 12 - Andrew Young, American civil rights movement activist, Mayor of Atlanta, and ambassador to the United Nations source
- 12 March – Rory McEwen, artist and musician (died 1982 in England) source
- January 3 – Dabney Coleman, American actor (died 2024) source
- December 29 – Inga Swenson, American actress and singer (died 2023) source
- 27 February – Elizabeth Taylor, film actress (died 2011 in the United States) source
- 29 September - Rainer Weiss, German-born American physicist (died 2025) source
- 6 January - Max Streibl, German politician (died 1998) source
- January 6 – Stuart A. Rice, chemist (died 2024) source
- November 22 – Robert Vaughn, American actor (died 2016) source
- 22 November - Günter Sawitzki, German international goalkeeper (died 2020) source
What happened in 1932
- 4 January – Soviet–Estonian Non-Aggression Pact was signed. source
- January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hirohito of Japan. The Kuomintang's official newspaper runs an editorial expressing regret that the attempt failed, which is used by the Japanese as a pretext to attack Shanghai later in the month. source
- March 1 – Japan installs Puyi as puppet emperor of Manchukuo. source
- March 19 – The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens in Australia. source
- 19 February: Halkevleri, a project to educate citizens mostly in rural areas, open. source
- January 26 – British submarine aircraft carrier HMS M2 sinks with the loss of all 60 onboard on exercise in Lyme Bay in the English Channel. source
- February 4 – The 1932 Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid, New York. source
- February 2 – The Reconstruction Finance Corporation begins operations in Washington, D.C. source