Jackie Robinson (1919-1972)
Baseball Player
1
Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)
US President
2
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Poet
3
Roberto Clemente (1934-1972)
4
Yip Man (1893-1972)
Teacher
5
Edward VIII (1894-1972)
King
6
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Gospel Singer
7
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
8
Benny Benson (1913-1972)
9
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
10
Neilia Hunter (1942-1972)
Political Wife
11
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
TV Actor
12
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
13
Meena Kumari (1933-1972)
Movie Actress
14
William Manuel Johnson (1872-1972)
Bassist
15
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
16
Louella Parsons (1881-1972)
Screenwriter
17
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
18
George Sanders (1906-1972)
19
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972)
20
Yaakov Herzog (1921-1972)
21
Brandon Dewilde (1942-1972)
Movie Actor
22
Gil Hodges (1924-1972)
23
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
24
Celebrities Born in 1972
Deaths by Year
Hedwig Vontrapp (1917-1972)
25
Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972)
26
Leslie Harvey (1944-1972)
Guitarist
27
Clyde McPhatter (1932-1972)
R&B Singer
28
Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972)
29
Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972)
30
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972)
Pop Singer
31
Joi Lansing (1929-1972)
TV Actress
32
Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)
Pilot
33
Prescott Bush (1895-1972)
34
Gabby Hartnett (1900-1972)
35
Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895-1972)
Doctor
36
Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972)
37
Walter Winchell (1897-1972)
Radio Host
38
Gene Austin (1900-1972)
39
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
40
Moe Berg (1902-1972)
41
Lee Morgan (1938-1972)
Trumpet Player
42
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
43
Isabel Jewell (1907-1972)
44
Jamini Roy (1887-1972)
Painter
45
José Limón (1908-1972)
Choreographer
46
Louis Leakey (1903-1972)
Archeologist
47
Marie Wilson (1916-1972)
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