Jackie Robinson (1919-1972)
Baseball Player
1
Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)
US President
2
Jack Morley (1909-1972)
Rugby Player
3
Roberto Clemente (1934-1972)
4
Edward VIII (1894-1972)
King
5
Yip Man (1893-1972)
Teacher
6
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Poet
7
Benny Benson (1913-1972)
8
George Sanders (1906-1972)
TV Actor
9
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972)
Pianist
10
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Politician
11
Neilia Hunter (1942-1972)
Political Wife
12
Gene Austin (1900-1972)
Pop Singer
13
J Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Law Enforcement Officer
14
Clyde McPhatter (1932-1972)
R&B Singer
15
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Gospel Singer
16
Moe Berg (1902-1972)
17
MC Escher (1898-1972)
Graphic Designer
18
Dan Blocker (1928-1972)
19
Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895-1972)
Doctor
20
Charles Atlas (1892-1972)
Bodybuilder
21
Gary Davis (1896-1972)
22
Brian Donlevy (1901-1972)
Movie Actor
23
Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972)
24
Celebrities Born in 1972
Deaths by Year
Jean Garrigue (1914-1972)
25
Francis Chichester (1901-1972)
Pilot
26
Neville Goddard (1905-1972)
Self-Help Author
27
Carl Hayden (1877-1972)
28
Max Fleischer (1883-1972)
Cartoonist
29
Bruce Cabot (1904-1972)
30
Lee Morgan (1938-1972)
Trumpet Player
31
Betty Smith (1896-1972)
Novelist
32
Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972)
33
Walter Winchell (1897-1972)
Radio Host
34
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972)
35
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893-1972)
Mathematician
36
Marie Wilson (1916-1972)
Movie Actress
37
James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
38
Yaakov Herzog (1921-1972)
39
William Boyd (1895-1972)
40
Joi Lansing (1929-1972)
TV Actress
41
Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972)
42
Rochelle Hudson (1916-1972)
43
Leo G. Carroll (1892-1972)
44
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972)
45
Leslie Harvey (1944-1972)
Guitarist
46
José Limón (1908-1972)
Choreographer
47
Brandon Dewilde (1942-1972)
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