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
Edward VIII (1894-1972)
King
6
Benny Benson (1913-1972)
7
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Gospel Singer
8
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
9
Neilia Hunter (1942-1972)
Political Wife
10
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
11
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
12
Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972)
Fashion Designer
13
Joi Lansing (1929-1972)
TV Actress
14
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
15
George Sanders (1906-1972)
TV Actor
16
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
17
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972)
Pop Singer
18
Fernando Amorsolo (1892-1972)
Painter
19
Prescott Bush (1895-1972)
20
Gil Hodges (1924-1972)
21
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
22
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
23
William Manuel Johnson (1872-1972)
Bassist
24
Celebrities Born in 1972
Deaths by Year
Meena Kumari (1933-1972)
Movie Actress
25
Billy Murcia (1951-1972)
Drummer
26
Hedwig Vontrapp (1917-1972)
27
Berry Oakley (1948-1972)
28
Gene Austin (1900-1972)
29
Charles Atlas (1892-1972)
Bodybuilder
30
Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)
Pilot
31
Janet Munro (1934-1972)
32
Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972)
33
Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972)
34
Yaakov Herzog (1921-1972)
35
Marie Wilson (1916-1972)
36
William Boyd (1895-1972)
Movie Actor
37
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
38
Louella Parsons (1881-1972)
Screenwriter
39
Gary Davis (1896-1972)
40
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
41
Walter Winchell (1897-1972)
Radio Host
42
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972)
43
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
44
Isabel Jewell (1907-1972)
45
Louis Leakey (1903-1972)
Archeologist
46
José Limón (1908-1972)
Choreographer
47
Gabby Hartnett (1900-1972)
48
