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
Neilia Hunter (1942-1972)
Political Wife
6
Edward VIII (1894-1972)
King
7
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Gospel Singer
8
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
9
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
TV Actor
10
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
11
George Sanders (1906-1972)
12
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
13
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
14
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
15
Lee Morgan (1938-1972)
Trumpet Player
16
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
17
Marie Wilson (1916-1972)
Movie Actress
18
Prescott Bush (1895-1972)
19
William Manuel Johnson (1872-1972)
Bassist
20
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
21
Gene Austin (1900-1972)
Pop Singer
22
Bruce Cabot (1904-1972)
Movie Actor
23
Benny Benson (1913-1972)
24
Gary Davis (1896-1972)
25
Brandon Dewilde (1942-1972)
26
Fred McDowell (1904-1972)
Guitarist
27
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
28
Janet Munro (1934-1972)
29
Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972)
Fashion Designer
30
Marianne Moore (1887-1972)
31
Billy Murcia (1951-1972)
Drummer
32
Liang Sicheng (1901-1972)
Architect
33
Moe Berg (1902-1972)
34
William Boyd (1895-1972)
35
Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972)
36
Kenneth MacDonald (1901-1972)
37
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
38
Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)
Pilot
39
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972)
40
Clyde McPhatter (1932-1972)
R&B Singer
41
Berry Oakley (1948-1972)
42
Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972)
43
Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972)
44
Jane Grant (1892-1972)
Journalist
45
Hedwig Vontrapp (1917-1972)
46
Joi Lansing (1928-1972)
TV Actress
47
Ismail Yasin (1912-1972)
48
Celebrities Born in 1972
Deaths by Year
