Jackie Robinson (1919-1972)
Baseball Player
1
Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)
US President
2
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Poet
3
Roberto Clemente (1934-1972)
4
Yip Man (1893-1972)
Teacher
5
Edward VIII (1894-1972)
King
6
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Gospel Singer
7
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
8
Benny Benson (1913-1972)
9
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
10
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
11
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
12
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
TV Actor
13
Neilia Hunter (1942-1972)
Political Wife
14
Joi Lansing (1929-1972)
TV Actress
15
Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972)
Movie Actress
16
William Boyd (1895-1972)
Movie Actor
17
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972)
Pop Singer
18
William Manuel Johnson (1872-1972)
Bassist
19
Prescott Bush (1895-1972)
20
Gene Austin (1900-1972)
21
Clyde McPhatter (1932-1972)
R&B Singer
22
Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)
Pilot
23
Brandon Dewilde (1942-1972)
24
Celebrities Born in 1972
Deaths by Year
George Sanders (1906-1972)
25
Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972)
26
Hedwig Vontrapp (1917-1972)
27
Leo G. Carroll (1892-1972)
28
Meena Kumari (1933-1972)
29
Isabel Jewell (1907-1972)
30
Marie Wilson (1916-1972)
31
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
32
Ismail Yasin (1912-1972)
33
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972)
34
Fred McDowell (1904-1972)
Guitarist
35
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
36
Louella Parsons (1881-1972)
Screenwriter
37
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
38
Joseph Cornell (1903-1972)
Sculptor
39
Gil Hodges (1924-1972)
40
Clara Muhammad (1899-1972)
Civil Rights Leader
41
Lee Morgan (1938-1972)
Trumpet Player
42
Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972)
43
Neville Goddard (1905-1972)
Self-Help Author
44
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
45
Yaakov Herzog (1921-1972)
46
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
47
Gabby Hartnett (1900-1972)
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