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
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
6
Edward VIII (1894-1972)
King
7
Benny Benson (1913-1972)
8
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Gospel Singer
9
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
10
George Sanders (1906-1972)
TV Actor
11
Neilia Hunter (1942-1972)
Political Wife
12
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
13
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
14
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972)
Pop Singer
15
Joi Lansing (1929-1972)
TV Actress
16
Gene Austin (1900-1972)
17
Hedwig Vontrapp (1917-1972)
18
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
19
Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972)
Fashion Designer
20
William Manuel Johnson (1872-1972)
Bassist
21
Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972)
Movie Actress
22
Meena Kumari (1933-1972)
23
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
24
Celebrities Born in 1972
Deaths by Year
Yaakov Herzog (1921-1972)
25
Neville Goddard (1905-1972)
Self-Help Author
26
Isabel Jewell (1907-1972)
27
Marie Wilson (1916-1972)
28
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
29
Gil Hodges (1924-1972)
30
Louella Parsons (1881-1972)
Screenwriter
31
Gary Davis (1896-1972)
32
Prescott Bush (1895-1972)
33
Rochelle Hudson (1916-1972)
34
Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)
Pilot
35
Kenny Dorham (1924-1972)
Trumpet Player
36
Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972)
37
Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972)
Novelist
38
Lance Reventlow (1936-1972)
Race Car Driver
39
William Boyd (1895-1972)
Movie Actor
40
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
41
Clyde McPhatter (1932-1972)
R&B Singer
42
Walter Winchell (1897-1972)
Radio Host
43
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972)
44
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
45
Lee Morgan (1938-1972)
46
Brandon Dewilde (1942-1972)
47
José Limón (1908-1972)
Choreographer
48
