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
Benny Benson (1913-1972)
5
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Poet
6
Edward VIII (1894-1972)
King
7
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Gospel Singer
8
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
9
Neilia Hunter (1942-1972)
Political Wife
10
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
11
Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972)
Fashion Designer
12
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
13
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
14
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972)
Pop Singer
15
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
TV Actor
16
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
17
George Sanders (1906-1972)
18
William Boyd (1895-1972)
Movie Actor
19
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
20
Henri Coanda (1886-1972)
Pilot
21
Louella Parsons (1881-1972)
Screenwriter
22
Janet Munro (1934-1972)
Movie Actress
23
Leo G. Carroll (1892-1972)
24
Celebrities Born in 1972
Deaths by Year
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
25
Prescott Bush (1895-1972)
26
Louis Leakey (1903-1972)
Archeologist
27
Joi Lansing (1929-1972)
TV Actress
28
Brian Donlevy (1901-1972)
29
Rochelle Hudson (1916-1972)
30
John Berryman (1914-1972)
31
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
32
Gil Hodges (1924-1972)
33
William Manuel Johnson (1872-1972)
Bassist
34
Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972)
35
Fernando Amorsolo (1892-1972)
Painter
36
Yaakov Herzog (1921-1972)
37
Meena Kumari (1933-1972)
38
Ismail Yasin (1912-1972)
39
Berry Oakley (1948-1972)
40
Bruce Cabot (1904-1972)
41
Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972)
42
Charles Atlas (1892-1972)
Bodybuilder
43
Gia Scala (1934-1972)
44
Neville Goddard (1905-1972)
Self-Help Author
45
Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895-1972)
Doctor
46
Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)
47
Billy Murcia (1951-1972)
Drummer
48
