Jackie Robinson (1919-1972)
Baseball Player
1
Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)
US President
2
Roberto Clemente (1934-1972)
3
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Poet
4
Yip Man (1893-1972)
Teacher
5
Edward VIII (1894-1972)
King
6
Benny Benson (1913-1972)
7
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Gospel Singer
8
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
9
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
10
Neilia Hunter (1942-1972)
Political Wife
11
Joi Lansing (1929-1972)
TV Actress
12
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
13
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
14
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
TV Actor
15
George Sanders (1906-1972)
16
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972)
Pop Singer
17
William Boyd (1895-1972)
Movie Actor
18
Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972)
Movie Actress
19
William Manuel Johnson (1872-1972)
Bassist
20
Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)
Pilot
21
Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972)
22
Yaakov Herzog (1921-1972)
23
Hedwig Vontrapp (1917-1972)
24
Celebrities Born in 1972
Deaths by Year
Meena Kumari (1933-1972)
25
Prescott Bush (1895-1972)
26
Marie Wilson (1916-1972)
27
Clyde McPhatter (1932-1972)
R&B Singer
28
Bruce Cabot (1904-1972)
29
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
30
Fred McDowell (1904-1972)
Guitarist
31
Brandon Dewilde (1942-1972)
32
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
33
Steven L. Bennett (1946-1972)
34
Gary Davis (1896-1972)
35
Louella Parsons (1881-1972)
Screenwriter
36
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
37
Joseph Cornell (1903-1972)
Sculptor
38
Clara Muhammad (1899-1972)
Civil Rights Leader
39
Gil Hodges (1924-1972)
40
Gene Austin (1900-1972)
41
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972)
42
Lee Morgan (1938-1972)
Trumpet Player
43
Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972)
44
Neville Goddard (1905-1972)
Self-Help Author
45
Howard Deering Johnson (1897-1972)
Entrepreneur
46
Isabel Jewell (1907-1972)
47
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
48
