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
Edward VIII (1894-1972)
King
5
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Poet
6
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Gospel Singer
7
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
8
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
9
Neilia Hunter (1942-1972)
Political Wife
10
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
11
Walter Winchell (1897-1972)
Radio Host
12
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
13
Joi Lansing (1928-1972)
TV Actress
14
George Sanders (1906-1972)
TV Actor
15
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
16
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
17
Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972)
Fashion Designer
18
Benny Benson (1913-1972)
19
Bruce Cabot (1904-1972)
Movie Actor
20
Steven L. Bennett (1946-1972)
Pilot
21
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
22
Meena Kumari (1933-1972)
Movie Actress
23
William Manuel Johnson (1872-1972)
Bassist
24
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
25
Moe Berg (1902-1972)
26
Brandon Dewilde (1942-1972)
27
Isabel Jewell (1907-1972)
28
William Boyd (1895-1972)
29
Louis Leakey (1903-1972)
Archeologist
30
Clarice Cliff (1899-1972)
31
Charles Atlas (1892-1972)
Bodybuilder
32
Clyde McPhatter (1932-1972)
R&B Singer
33
Leslie Harvey (1944-1972)
Guitarist
34
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972)
35
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893-1972)
Mathematician
36
Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895-1972)
Doctor
37
Gabby Hartnett (1900-1972)
38
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
39
Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)
40
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
41
Pie Traynor (1899-1972)
42
Fernando Amorsolo (1892-1972)
Painter
43
Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972)
44
Gene Austin (1900-1972)
Pop Singer
45
Gil Hodges (1924-1972)
46
Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972)
47
Marianne Moore (1887-1972)
48
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