Jackie Robinson (1919-1972)
Baseball Player
1
Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)
US President
2
Yip Man (1893-1972)
Teacher
3
Roberto Clemente (1934-1972)
4
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Poet
5
Edward VIII (1894-1972)
King
6
Neilia Hunter (1942-1972)
Political Wife
7
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Gospel Singer
8
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
9
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
10
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
11
George Sanders (1906-1972)
TV Actor
12
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
13
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
14
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
15
Lee Morgan (1938-1972)
Trumpet Player
16
Gary Davis (1896-1972)
17
Bruce Cabot (1904-1972)
Movie Actor
18
José Limón (1908-1972)
Choreographer
19
William Manuel Johnson (1872-1972)
Bassist
20
Moe Berg (1902-1972)
21
Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972)
Philosopher
22
Tom Neal (1914-1972)
23
Janet Munro (1934-1972)
Movie Actress
24
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
25
Berry Oakley (1948-1972)
26
Brandon Dewilde (1942-1972)
27
Fred McDowell (1904-1972)
Guitarist
28
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
29
Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972)
30
Hedwig Vontrapp (1917-1972)
31
Prescott Bush (1895-1972)
32
William Boyd (1895-1972)
33
Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)
Pilot
34
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
35
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972)
Pop Singer
36
Benny Benson (1913-1972)
37
Betty Smith (1896-1972)
Novelist
38
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893-1972)
Mathematician
39
Marie Wilson (1916-1972)
40
Oscar Levant (1906-1972)
41
Potsy Clark (1894-1972)
Football Coach
42
Gene Austin (1900-1972)
43
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
44
Leo G. Carroll (1892-1972)
45
Rochelle Hudson (1916-1972)
46
Marianne Moore (1887-1972)
47
Mary Loretta Kennedy (1892-1972)
Family Member
48
Celebrities Born in 1972
Deaths by Year
