Jackie Robinson (1919-1972)
Baseball Player
1
Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)
US President
2
Roberto Clemente (1934-1972)
3
Yip Man (1893-1972)
Teacher
4
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Gospel Singer
5
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Poet
6
Edward VIII (1894-1972)
King
7
Neilia Hunter (1942-1972)
Political Wife
8
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
9
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
10
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
11
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
12
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
TV Actor
13
George Sanders (1906-1972)
14
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
15
Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895-1972)
Doctor
16
José Limón (1908-1972)
Choreographer
17
Louella Parsons (1881-1972)
Screenwriter
18
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
19
Gary Davis (1896-1972)
20
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
21
Marianne Moore (1887-1972)
22
Tom Neal (1914-1972)
Movie Actor
23
Moe Berg (1902-1972)
24
Celebrities Born in 1972
Deaths by Year
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
25
Janet Munro (1934-1972)
Movie Actress
26
Gia Scala (1934-1972)
27
Berry Oakley (1948-1972)
Bassist
28
Meena Kumari (1933-1972)
29
Prescott Bush (1895-1972)
30
Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972)
Fashion Designer
31
Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972)
32
Gene Austin (1900-1972)
Pop Singer
33
Joi Lansing (1929-1972)
TV Actress
34
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
35
Benny Benson (1913-1972)
36
Yaakov Herzog (1921-1972)
37
William Boyd (1895-1972)
38
Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972)
39
Marie Wilson (1916-1972)
40
Hedwig Vontrapp (1917-1972)
41
Isabel Jewell (1907-1972)
42
Leslie Harvey (1944-1972)
Guitarist
43
Fred McDowell (1904-1972)
44
Kenneth MacDonald (1901-1972)
45
Joseph Cornell (1903-1972)
Sculptor
46
Oscar Levant (1906-1972)
47
Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)
Pilot
48
