Jackie Robinson (1919-1972)
Baseball Player
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Benny Benson (1913-1972)
2
Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)
US President
3
Roberto Clemente (1934-1972)
4
Yip Man (1893-1972)
Teacher
5
Edward VIII (1894-1972)
King
6
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Poet
7
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
8
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
9
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Gospel Singer
10
Prescott Bush (1895-1972)
11
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
12
Berry Oakley (1948-1972)
Bassist
13
Neilia Hunter (1942-1972)
Political Wife
14
Kurt Geiger (1915-1972)
Entrepreneur
15
Betty Smith (1896-1972)
Novelist
16
George Sanders (1906-1972)
TV Actor
17
John Daniel Wild (1902-1972)
Philosopher
18
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
19
Jack Morley (1909-1972)
Rugby Player
20
Celebrities Born in 1972
Joseph Cornell (1903-1972)
Sculptor
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Marie Wilson (1916-1972)
Movie Actress
22
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
23
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972)
Pop Singer
24
Janet Munro (1934-1972)
25
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972)
26
Leslie Harvey (1944-1972)
Guitarist
27
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893-1972)
Mathematician
28
Neville Goddard (1905-1972)
Self-Help Author
29
Paul Goodman (1911-1972)
30
Alexander Uninsky (1910-1972)
31
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
32
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
33
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
34
Gene Austin (1900-1972)
35
Louella Parsons (1881-1972)
Screenwriter
36
Gary Davis (1896-1972)
37
José Limón (1908-1972)
Choreographer
38
Isabel Jewell (1907-1972)
39
Gabby Hartnett (1900-1972)
40
William Manuel Johnson (1872-1972)
41
Bruce Cabot (1904-1972)
Movie Actor
42
Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972)
43
Meena Kumari (1933-1972)
44
Yaakov Herzog (1921-1972)
45
Helen Hoyt (1887-1972)
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Gil Hodges (1924-1972)
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Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
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