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
Edward VIII (1894-1972)
King
5
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Poet
6
Neilia Hunter (1942-1972)
Political Wife
7
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Gospel Singer
8
George Sanders (1906-1972)
TV Actor
9
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
10
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
11
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
12
Gene Austin (1900-1972)
Pop Singer
13
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
14
William Boyd (1895-1972)
Movie Actor
15
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
16
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
17
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972)
18
Meena Kumari (1933-1972)
Movie Actress
19
Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972)
20
Mary Loretta Kennedy (1892-1972)
Family Member
21
Leslie Harvey (1944-1972)
Guitarist
22
Berry Oakley (1948-1972)
Bassist
23
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
24
Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972)
Fashion Designer
25
Bruce Cabot (1904-1972)
26
Clarice Cliff (1899-1972)
27
Charles Atlas (1892-1972)
Bodybuilder
28
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893-1972)
Mathematician
29
Moe Berg (1902-1972)
30
William Manuel Johnson (1872-1972)
31
Hedwig Vontrapp (1917-1972)
32
Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972)
Philosopher
33
Lance Reventlow (1936-1972)
Race Car Driver
34
Yaakov Herzog (1921-1972)
35
Jimmy Bracken (1909-1972)
Film Producer
36
Clyde McPhatter (1932-1972)
R&B Singer
37
John Daniel Wild (1902-1972)
38
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
39
Ted Shawn (1891-1972)
Dancer
40
Prescott Bush (1895-1972)
41
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
42
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
43
Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972)
44
Betty Smith (1896-1972)
Novelist
45
Lee Morgan (1938-1972)
Trumpet Player
46
Leo G. Carroll (1892-1972)
47
Walter Winchell (1897-1972)
Radio Host
48
Celebrities Born in 1972
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