Jackie Robinson (1919-1972)
Baseball Player
1
Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)
US President
2
Roberto Clemente (1934-1972)
3
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Poet
4
Yip Man (1893-1972)
Teacher
5
Edward VIII (1894-1972)
King
6
Benny Benson (1913-1972)
7
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Gospel Singer
8
Neilia Hunter (1942-1972)
Political Wife
9
Joi Lansing (1929-1972)
TV Actress
10
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
11
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
12
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
13
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
TV Actor
14
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972)
Pop Singer
15
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
16
Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972)
Fashion Designer
17
Meena Kumari (1933-1972)
Movie Actress
18
Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972)
19
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
20
George Sanders (1906-1972)
21
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972)
22
Walter Winchell (1897-1972)
Radio Host
23
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
24
Celebrities Born in 1972
Deaths by Year
William Manuel Johnson (1872-1972)
Bassist
25
Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972)
26
Betty Smith (1896-1972)
Novelist
27
Prescott Bush (1895-1972)
28
Clyde McPhatter (1932-1972)
R&B Singer
29
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
30
Steven L. Bennett (1946-1972)
Pilot
31
Brandon Dewilde (1942-1972)
Movie Actor
32
Yaakov Herzog (1921-1972)
33
Yossef Romano (1940-1972)
Weightlifter
34
William Boyd (1895-1972)
35
Hedwig Vontrapp (1917-1972)
36
Louella Parsons (1881-1972)
Screenwriter
37
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
38
Gene Austin (1900-1972)
39
Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)
40
Neville Goddard (1905-1972)
Self-Help Author
41
Isabel Jewell (1907-1972)
42
Lee Morgan (1938-1972)
Trumpet Player
43
Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972)
44
Marie Wilson (1916-1972)
45
Louis Leakey (1903-1972)
Archeologist
46
Paul Goodman (1911-1972)
Philosopher
47
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
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