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
George Sanders (1906-1972)
TV Actor
9
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
10
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
11
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
12
Prescott Bush (1895-1972)
13
Bruce Cabot (1904-1972)
Movie Actor
14
Marie Wilson (1916-1972)
Movie Actress
15
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
16
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
17
Jane Grant (1892-1972)
Journalist
18
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
19
José Limón (1908-1972)
Choreographer
20
Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972)
21
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
22
Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972)
23
Tom Neal (1914-1972)
24
Clyde McPhatter (1932-1972)
R&B Singer
25
Yaakov Herzog (1921-1972)
26
Leslie Harvey (1944-1972)
Guitarist
27
Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972)
28
Gene Austin (1900-1972)
Pop Singer
29
Lee Morgan (1938-1972)
Trumpet Player
30
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
31
Gabby Hartnett (1900-1972)
32
Fernando Amorsolo (1892-1972)
Painter
33
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
34
Joi Lansing (1928-1972)
TV Actress
35
Janet Munro (1934-1972)
36
Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895-1972)
Doctor
37
Clarice Cliff (1899-1972)
38
Marianne Moore (1887-1972)
39
Oscar Levant (1906-1972)
40
Fred McDowell (1904-1972)
41
Bill Durnan (1916-1972)
Hockey Player
42
Brandon Dewilde (1942-1972)
43
Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906-1972)
Physicist
44
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972)
45
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
46
Berry Oakley (1948-1972)
Bassist
47
Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)
Pilot
48
Celebrities Born in 1972
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