Jackie Robinson (1919-1972)
Baseball Player
1
Roberto Clemente (1934-1972)
2
Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)
US President
3
Yip Man (1893-1972)
Teacher
4
Benny Benson (1913-1972)
5
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Poet
6
Edward VIII (1894-1972)
King
7
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
8
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Gospel Singer
9
Neilia Hunter (1942-1972)
Political Wife
10
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
11
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
12
George Sanders (1906-1972)
TV Actor
13
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
14
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972)
Pop Singer
15
Brian Donlevy (1901-1972)
Movie Actor
16
William Boyd (1895-1972)
17
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
18
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
19
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
20
Louella Parsons (1881-1972)
Screenwriter
21
Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972)
Fashion Designer
22
Neville Goddard (1905-1972)
Self-Help Author
23
Yaakov Herzog (1921-1972)
24
Celebrities Born in 1972
Deaths by Year
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
25
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
26
Clyde McPhatter (1932-1972)
R&B Singer
27
Walter Winchell (1897-1972)
Radio Host
28
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
29
Gary Davis (1896-1972)
30
Louis Leakey (1903-1972)
Archeologist
31
Lee Morgan (1938-1972)
Trumpet Player
32
Leo G. Carroll (1892-1972)
33
Meena Kumari (1933-1972)
Movie Actress
34
John Daniel Wild (1902-1972)
Philosopher
35
Janet Munro (1934-1972)
36
Prescott Bush (1895-1972)
37
Henri Coanda (1886-1972)
Pilot
38
Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972)
39
Joi Lansing (1929-1972)
TV Actress
40
Betty Smith (1896-1972)
Novelist
41
Rochelle Hudson (1916-1972)
42
Bruce Cabot (1904-1972)
43
Gia Scala (1934-1972)
44
Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895-1972)
Doctor
45
William Manuel Johnson (1872-1972)
Bassist
46
Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)
47
Victor Soultanbeieff (1895-1972)
Chess Player
48