Jackie Robinson (1919-1972)
Baseball Player
1
Roberto Clemente (1934-1972)
2
Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)
US President
3
Yip Man (1893-1972)
Teacher
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
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
10
George Sanders (1906-1972)
TV Actor
11
Jane Grant (1892-1972)
Journalist
12
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
13
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
14
Prescott Bush (1895-1972)
15
Leslie Harvey (1944-1972)
Guitarist
16
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
17
Brandon Dewilde (1942-1972)
Movie Actor
18
Gabby Hartnett (1900-1972)
19
José Limón (1908-1972)
Choreographer
20
Marie Wilson (1916-1972)
Movie Actress
21
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972)
Pop Singer
22
Bill Durnan (1916-1972)
Hockey Player
23
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
24
Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906-1972)
Physicist
25
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
26
Bruce Cabot (1904-1972)
27
Charles Atlas (1892-1972)
Bodybuilder
28
Yaakov Herzog (1921-1972)
29
Fred McDowell (1904-1972)
30
Berry Oakley (1948-1972)
Bassist
31
Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972)
32
Isabel Jewell (1907-1972)
33
Leo G. Carroll (1892-1972)
34
Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972)
Novelist
35
Hedwig Vontrapp (1917-1972)
36
Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972)
37
Turk Broda (1914-1972)
38
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
39
Joi Lansing (1928-1972)
TV Actress
40
Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)
Pilot
41
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972)
42
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
43
Louis Leakey (1903-1972)
Archeologist
44
Lee Morgan (1938-1972)
Trumpet Player
45
Meena Kumari (1933-1972)
46
Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972)
Fashion Designer
47
Moe Berg (1902-1972)
48
Celebrities Born in 1972
Deaths by Year
