Famous People Who Died In 1972

• Harry S. Truman

  Politician

  Missouri, United States of America

• Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis

  Scientist

  Bangladesh

• Kwame Nkrumah

  Politician

  Western Region, Ghana

• Saul Alinsky

  Writer

  Illinois, United States of America

• Ezra Pound

  Journalist

  Idaho, United States of America

• Miriam Hopkins

  Actress

  Georgia, United States of America

• Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

  Baptist

  Connecticut, United States of America

• Walter Winchell

  Journalist

  New York, United States of America

• Maurice Chevalier

  Actor

  Île-de-France, France

• Edward Calvin Kendall

  Chemist

  Connecticut, United States of America

• Roberto Clemente

  Sportsman

  Puerto Rico, United States of America

• M. C. Escher

  Artist

  Friesland, Netherlands

• M.C. Escher

  Illustrator

  Friesland, Netherlands

• Mahalia Jackson

  Singer

  Louisiana, United States of America

• Jigme Dorji Wangchuck

  Royalty

  Bhutan

• Walter Lang

  Director

  Tennessee, United Kingdom

• Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev

  Royalty

  Nepal

• Edward VIII

  Royalty

  England, United Kingdom

• John Edgar Hoover

  Politician

  United States of America

• Wesley Ruggles

  Director

  California, United States of America

• Louis Leakey

  Paleoanthropologist

  Kiambu County, Kenya

• C. Day Lewis

  Poet

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland

• Lester B. Pearson

  Politician

  Ontario, Canada

• Max Fleischer

  Animator

  Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

• William Dieterle

  Actor

  Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

• Maria Goeppert Mayer

  Physicist

  Silesian, Poland

• Berry Oakley

  Bassist

  Illinois, United States of America

• J. Arthur Rank, Baron Rank

  Industrialist

  Yorkshire, United Kingdom

• Rose Schneiderman

  Government Official

  Lublin, Poland

• Marianne Moore

  Poet

  Missouri, united states of America

• Jackie Robinson

  Sportsman

  Georgia, United States of America

• Margaret Rutherford

  Actress

  England, United Kingdom

• Charles Atlas

  Athlete

  Calabria, Italy

• Oscar Levant

  Actor

  Pennsylvania, United States Of America

• Clyde McPhatter

  R&B Singer

  North Carolina, United States of America

• Yasunari Kawabata

  Author

  Osaka, Japan

• Jose Limon

  Ballet Dancer

  Sinaloa, Mexico

• Igor Sikorsky

  Engineer

  Ukraine, Russia

• Martin Dies, Jr.

  U.S. Representative

  Texas, United States of America

• Cristobal Balenciaga

  Fashion Designer

  Gipuzkoa, Spain

• Bruce Cabot

  Actor

  New Mexico, united states of America

• Yip Man

  Martial Artist

  Guangdong, China