Jackie Robinson (1919-1972)
Baseball Player
1
Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)
US President
2
Yip Man (1893-1972)
Teacher
3
Roberto Clemente (1934-1972)
4
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Poet
5
Edward VIII (1894-1972)
King
6
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Gospel Singer
7
Neilia Hunter (1942-1972)
Political Wife
8
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
9
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
10
George Sanders (1906-1972)
TV Actor
11
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
12
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
13
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
14
William Manuel Johnson (1872-1972)
Bassist
15
José Limón (1908-1972)
Choreographer
16
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
17
Lee Morgan (1938-1972)
Trumpet Player
18
Gary Davis (1896-1972)
19
Bruce Cabot (1904-1972)
Movie Actor
20
Berry Oakley (1948-1972)
21
Moe Berg (1902-1972)
22
Fred McDowell (1904-1972)
Guitarist
23
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
24
Celebrities Born in 1972
Deaths by Year
Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972)
Philosopher
25
Janet Munro (1934-1972)
Movie Actress
26
Tom Neal (1914-1972)
27
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
28
William Boyd (1895-1972)
29
Prescott Bush (1895-1972)
30
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
31
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893-1972)
Mathematician
32
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972)
Pop Singer
33
Benny Benson (1913-1972)
34
Betty Smith (1896-1972)
Novelist
35
Brandon Dewilde (1942-1972)
36
Louella Parsons (1881-1972)
Screenwriter
37
Potsy Clark (1894-1972)
Football Coach
38
Hedwig Vontrapp (1917-1972)
39
Marie Wilson (1916-1972)
40
Oscar Levant (1906-1972)
41
Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972)
42
Big Maybelle (1924-1972)
R&B Singer
43
Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)
Pilot
44
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
45
Leo G. Carroll (1892-1972)
46
Rochelle Hudson (1916-1972)
47
Marianne Moore (1887-1972)
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