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
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Poet
6
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
7
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Gospel Singer
8
Neilia Hunter (1942-1972)
Political Wife
9
Joi Lansing (1929-1972)
TV Actress
10
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
TV Actor
11
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
12
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
13
Meena Kumari (1933-1972)
Movie Actress
14
George Sanders (1906-1972)
15
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
16
Benny Benson (1913-1972)
17
Prescott Bush (1895-1972)
18
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
19
William Boyd (1895-1972)
Movie Actor
20
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
21
Marie Wilson (1916-1972)
22
Gil Hodges (1924-1972)
23
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
24
Celebrities Born in 1972
Deaths by Year
Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972)
25
Yaakov Herzog (1921-1972)
26
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
27
Brandon Dewilde (1942-1972)
28
Berry Oakley (1948-1972)
Bassist
29
Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972)
30
Gary Davis (1896-1972)
31
Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)
Pilot
32
Rochelle Hudson (1916-1972)
33
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
34
Leslie Harvey (1944-1972)
Guitarist
35
Lee Morgan (1938-1972)
Trumpet Player
36
Ismail Yasin (1912-1972)
37
William Manuel Johnson (1872-1972)
38
Gene Austin (1900-1972)
Pop Singer
39
Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972)
Novelist
40
Paul Goodman (1911-1972)
Philosopher
41
Geeta Dutt (1930-1972)
World Music Singer
42
Leo G. Carroll (1892-1972)
43
José Limón (1908-1972)
Choreographer
44
Moe Berg (1902-1972)
45
Hedwig Vontrapp (1917-1972)
46
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972)
47
Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972)
Fashion Designer
48
