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
Benny Benson (1913-1972)
7
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Gospel Singer
8
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
9
Joi Lansing (1929-1972)
TV Actress
10
Neilia Hunter (1942-1972)
Political Wife
11
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
12
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972)
Pop Singer
13
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
14
Prescott Bush (1895-1972)
15
Gil Hodges (1924-1972)
16
George Sanders (1906-1972)
TV Actor
17
Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972)
Fashion Designer
18
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
19
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
20
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
21
Rochelle Hudson (1916-1972)
Movie Actress
22
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
23
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
24
Celebrities Born in 1972
Deaths by Year
Meena Kumari (1933-1972)
25
Billy Murcia (1951-1972)
Drummer
26
Ismail Yasin (1912-1972)
Movie Actor
27
Hedwig Vontrapp (1917-1972)
28
Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972)
29
Gene Austin (1900-1972)
30
Charles Atlas (1892-1972)
Bodybuilder
31
Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)
Pilot
32
William Manuel Johnson (1872-1972)
Bassist
33
Yaakov Herzog (1921-1972)
34
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
35
Gary Davis (1896-1972)
36
Louella Parsons (1881-1972)
Screenwriter
37
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972)
38
Walter Winchell (1897-1972)
Radio Host
39
Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972)
40
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
41
Fernando Amorsolo (1892-1972)
Painter
42
Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972)
43
Isabel Jewell (1907-1972)
44
Marie Wilson (1916-1972)
45
Louis Leakey (1903-1972)
Archeologist
46
José Limón (1908-1972)
Choreographer
47
Gabby Hartnett (1900-1972)
48
