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
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Poet
5
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
6
Benny Benson (1913-1972)
7
Edward VIII (1894-1972)
King
8
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
9
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Gospel Singer
10
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
11
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
TV Actor
12
Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972)
Novelist
13
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972)
Pop Singer
14
Louis Leakey (1903-1972)
Archeologist
15
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
16
George Sanders (1906-1972)
17
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
18
Gene Austin (1900-1972)
19
William Manuel Johnson (1872-1972)
Bassist
20
Celebrities Born in 1972
Deaths by Year
Meena Kumari (1933-1972)
Movie Actress
21
José Limón (1908-1972)
Choreographer
22
Prescott Bush (1895-1972)
23
Hedwig Vontrapp (1917-1972)
24
Kurt Geiger (1915-1972)
Entrepreneur
25
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972)
26
Betty Smith (1896-1972)
27
Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895-1972)
Doctor
28
Bruce Cabot (1904-1972)
Movie Actor
29
Steven L. Bennett (1946-1972)
Pilot
30
Neilia Hunter (1942-1972)
Political Wife
31
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
32
Brian Donlevy (1901-1972)
33
Edmund Wilson (1895-1972)
Non-Fiction Author
34
Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906-1972)
Physicist
35
William Boyd (1895-1972)
36
Leo G. Carroll (1892-1972)
37
Louella Parsons (1881-1972)
Screenwriter
38
Yaakov Herzog (1921-1972)
39
Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972)
40
Fred McDowell (1904-1972)
Guitarist
41
Clarice Cliff (1899-1972)
42
Marianne Moore (1887-1972)
43
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893-1972)
Mathematician
44
Mary Loretta Kennedy (1892-1972)
Family Member
45
Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972)
Fashion Designer
46
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
47
Tom Neal (1914-1972)
48
