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
Edward VIII (1894-1972)
King
5
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
6
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Poet
7
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Gospel Singer
8
Neilia Hunter (1942-1972)
Political Wife
9
Joi Lansing (1929-1972)
TV Actress
10
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
11
Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972)
12
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
13
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
14
George Sanders (1906-1972)
TV Actor
15
Prescott Bush (1895-1972)
16
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
17
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
18
Marie Wilson (1916-1972)
Movie Actress
19
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
20
Lee Morgan (1938-1972)
Trumpet Player
21
William Boyd (1895-1972)
Movie Actor
22
Ismail Yasin (1912-1972)
23
Gene Austin (1900-1972)
Pop Singer
24
Celebrities Born in 1972
Deaths by Year
Benny Benson (1913-1972)
25
Meena Kumari (1933-1972)
26
Leo G. Carroll (1892-1972)
27
Berry Oakley (1948-1972)
Bassist
28
Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972)
29
Gary Davis (1896-1972)
30
Gil Hodges (1924-1972)
31
José Limón (1908-1972)
Choreographer
32
Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)
Pilot
33
William Manuel Johnson (1872-1972)
34
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
35
Leslie Harvey (1944-1972)
Guitarist
36
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
37
Billy Murcia (1951-1972)
Drummer
38
Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972)
Philosopher
39
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
40
Moe Berg (1902-1972)
41
Yaakov Herzog (1921-1972)
42
Hedwig Vontrapp (1917-1972)
43
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972)
44
Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972)
Fashion Designer
45
Mary Loretta Kennedy (1892-1972)
Family Member
46
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972)
47
Janet Munro (1934-1972)
48
