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
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Poet
5
Edward VIII (1894-1972)
King
6
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
7
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Gospel Singer
8
Neilia Hunter (1942-1972)
Political Wife
9
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
10
Joi Lansing (1929-1972)
TV Actress
11
Benny Benson (1913-1972)
12
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
13
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
TV Actor
14
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
15
Prescott Bush (1895-1972)
16
George Sanders (1906-1972)
17
Meena Kumari (1933-1972)
Movie Actress
18
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
19
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
20
Gil Hodges (1924-1972)
21
Marianne Moore (1887-1972)
22
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
23
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
24
Celebrities Born in 1972
Deaths by Year
Marie Wilson (1916-1972)
25
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
26
William Manuel Johnson (1872-1972)
Bassist
27
Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972)
28
William Boyd (1895-1972)
Movie Actor
29
Yaakov Herzog (1921-1972)
30
Brandon Dewilde (1942-1972)
31
Berry Oakley (1948-1972)
32
Rochelle Hudson (1916-1972)
33
Lee Morgan (1938-1972)
Trumpet Player
34
Ismail Yasin (1912-1972)
35
Leslie Harvey (1944-1972)
Guitarist
36
Gene Austin (1900-1972)
Pop Singer
37
Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972)
Novelist
38
Paul Goodman (1911-1972)
Philosopher
39
Geeta Dutt (1930-1972)
World Music Singer
40
Leo G. Carroll (1892-1972)
41
Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972)
42
José Limón (1908-1972)
Choreographer
43
Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906-1972)
Physicist
44
Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)
Pilot
45
Moe Berg (1902-1972)
46
Hedwig Vontrapp (1917-1972)
47
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972)
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