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
Neilia Hunter (1942-1972)
Political Wife
7
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
8
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Gospel Singer
9
George Sanders (1906-1972)
TV Actor
10
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
11
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
12
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
13
Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972)
Fashion Designer
14
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
15
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
16
Yaakov Herzog (1921-1972)
17
William Boyd (1895-1972)
Movie Actor
18
Ted Shawn (1891-1972)
Dancer
19
Gene Austin (1900-1972)
Pop Singer
20
Meena Kumari (1933-1972)
Movie Actress
21
Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878-1972)
Engineer
22
William Manuel Johnson (1872-1972)
Bassist
23
Henri Coanda (1886-1972)
Pilot
24
Geeta Dutt (1930-1972)
World Music Singer
25
Clyde McPhatter (1932-1972)
R&B Singer
26
Leo G. Carroll (1892-1972)
27
Don Loper (1906-1972)
Screenwriter
28
Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906-1972)
Physicist
29
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
30
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
31
Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972)
32
Prescott Bush (1895-1972)
33
Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)
34
Berry Oakley (1948-1972)
35
Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972)
36
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
37
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972)
38
Mary Loretta Kennedy (1892-1972)
Family Member
39
Betty Smith (1896-1972)
Novelist
40
Lee Morgan (1938-1972)
Trumpet Player
41
Brandon Dewilde (1942-1972)
42
Louella Parsons (1881-1972)
43
Walter Winchell (1897-1972)
Radio Host
44
Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972)
45
Bruce Cabot (1904-1972)
46
Leslie Harvey (1944-1972)
Guitarist
47
Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895-1972)
Doctor
48
Celebrities Born in 1972
Deaths by Year
