Celebrity Deaths in 1972
115 notable figures died in 1972. Listed below in order of date of death.
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Buttermilk
1941 – 1972 · Actors -
Chargesheimer
1924 – 1972 · Artists and Architects Jan 1 -
John Allyn Berryman
1914 – 1972 · Authors and Writers Jan 1 -
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Manuel González Martí
1877 – 1972 · Artists and Architects Jan 1 -
Maurice Chevalier
1888 – 1972 · Celebrities, Musicians, Musicians and Composers, Singer Jan 1 -
Padraic Colum
1881 – 1972 · Authors and Writers Jan 1 -
Robert Samuel “Sam” McLaughlin
1871 – 1972 · Business Magnates Jan 1 -
Ross “David Seville” Bagdasarian Sr.
1919 – 1972 · Entertainers Jan 1 -
Lillian Gilbreth
1878 – 1972 · Scientists and Inventors Jan 2 -
Wesley Ruggles
1889 – 1972 · Film Director Jan 8 -
Frederik IX of Denmark
1899 – 1972 · Celebrities, Royalty Jan 14 -
Rochelle Hudson
1916 – 1972 · Actresses Jan 17 -
Jerome Cowan
1897 – 1972 · Actors Jan 24 -
Mahalia Jackson
1911 – 1972 · Celebrities, Musicians, Singer Jan 27 -
Jessie Landis
1896 – 1972 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Jessie Royce Landis
1896 – 1972 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Merle Norman
1887 – 1972 · Business Magnates Feb 2 -
John Litel
1892 – 1972 · Actors Feb 3 -
Kenne Duncan
1903 – 1972 · Actors Feb 5 -
Walter Lang
1896 – 1972 · Actors Feb 7 -
Pat Brady
1914 – 1972 · Actors Feb 27 -
Cristóbal Balenciaga
1895 – 1972 · Artists and Architects Mar 3 -
Kiyotaka Kaburagi
1878 – 1972 · Artists and Architects Mar 3 -
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M. C. Escher
1898 – 1972 · Artists and Architects Mar 3 -
Oberdan Sallustro
1915 – 1972 · Business Magnates Mar 3 -
Fredric Brown
1906 – 1972 · Authors and Writers Mar 11 -
Marilyn Maxwell
1921 – 1972 · Actors Mar 20 -
Meena Kumari
1932 – 1972 · Actresses, Poet Mar 31 -
C. W. Ceram
1915 – 1972 · Authors and Writers Apr 4 -
Hodding Carter
1907 – 1972 · Authors and Writers Apr 4 -
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval
1885 – 1972 · Artists and Architects Apr 4 -
Natalie Clifford Barney
1876 – 1972 · Authors and Writers Apr 4 -
Pedro Bas Codina
1899 – 1972 · Artists and Architects Apr 4 -
Brian Donlevy
1901 – 1972 · Actors Apr 5 -
Heinrich Lübke
1894 – 1972 · Politicians Apr 6 -
James Francis Byrnes
1882 – 1972 · Politicians, US Supreme Court Justices Apr 9 -
Kwame Nkrumah
1909 – 1972 · Politicians Apr 27 -
J. Edgar Hoover
1895 – 1972 · Politicians May 2 -
Billy Gene Baulch, Jr
1955 – 1972 · Victims of crime and disaster May 5 -
Dame Margaret Rutherford
1892 – 1972 · Actresses May 5 -
Dan Blocker
1928 – 1972 · Actors May 5 -
Francisco Bores
1898 – 1972 · Artists and Architects May 5 -
Frank Tashlin
1913 – 1972 · Artists and Architects, Director, Film Director May 5 -
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John Edgar Hoover
1895 – 1972 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers May 5 -
Johnny Dugan
1919 – 1972 · Actors May 5 -
José María Contursi
1911 – 1972 · Authors and Writers May 5 -
Kenneth MacDonald
1901 – 1972 · Actors May 5 -
Nigel Green
1924 – 1972 · Actors May 15 -
Cecil Day-Lewis
1904 – 1972 · Authors and Writers, Poet May 22 -
Asta Nielsen
1881 – 1972 · Actresses May 24 -
Edward VIII
1894 – 1972 · Royalty May 28 -
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
1894 – 1972 · Relatives Of Notable, Royalty May 28 -
Evelyn Duncan
1893 – 1972 · Actresses Jun 6 -
Gale Henry
1893 – 1972 · Actresses Jun 6 -
Howard Johnson
1897 – 1972 Jun 6 -
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Walter Augustus Huxman
1887 – 1972 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Jun 6 -
Günther Simon
1925 – 1972 · Actors Jun 25 -
Brandon deWilde
1942 – 1972 · Actors Jul 7 -
Max Aub
1903 – 1972 · Authors and Writers Jul 7 -
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Max Bell
1912 – 1972 · Business Magnates Jul 7 -
Mieczyslawa Trapszo Cwiklinska
1879 – 1972 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Talal I of Jordan
1909 – 1972 · Politicians Jul 7 -
Irene Purcell
1896 – 1972 · Actresses, Comedian, Theater Actor Jul 9 -
Sally Benson
1897 – 1972 · Authors and Writers Jul 19 -
Lance Reventlow
1936 – 1972 · Race Car Driver Jul 24 -
Allen Ellender
1890 – 1972 · Politicians, Senator Jul 27 -
Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi
1894 – 1972 · Politicians Jul 27 -
Paul-Henri Spaak
1899 – 1972 · Athletes, Politicians, Tennis Player Jul 31 -
Joi Lansing
1928 – 1972 · Actresses, Model Aug 7 -
Tom Neal
1914 – 1972 · Actors Aug 7 -
Edna Morris
1906 – 1972 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Pierre Brasseur
1905 – 1972 · Actors Aug 8 -
Serge Deyglun
1929 – 1972 · Actors Aug 8 -
William Thomas Grant
1876 – 1972 Aug 8 -
Berta Gersten
1894 – 1972 · Actors Sep 9 -
Hetty King
1883 – 1972 · Actresses Sep 9 -
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Max Fleischer
1883 – 1972 · Artists and Architects Sep 9 -
William Boyd
1895 – 1972 · Actors Sep 12 -
Lane Chandler
1899 – 1972 · Actors Sep 14 -
Winifred Emms
1883 – 1972 · Actresses Sep 28 -
Edgar Ulmer
1904 – 1972 · Film Director Sep 30 -
Miriam Hopkins
1902 – 1972 · Actresses Oct 9 -
Claire Windsor
1892 – 1972 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Leo G. Carroll
1886 – 1972 · Actors Oct 10 -
Leo Carroll
1886 – 1972 · Actors Oct 16 -
Turk Broda
1914 – 1972 · Hockey Oct 17 -
Esma Cannon
1905 – 1972 · Actresses Oct 18 -
Jackie Robinson
1919 – 1972 · Athletes, Baseball Oct 24 -
Norman Norell
1900 – 1972 · Artists and Architects Oct 25 -
Igor Sikorsky
1889 – 1972 · Scientists and Inventors Oct 26 -
Mitchell Leisen
1898 – 1972 · Director Oct 28 -
Bill Durnan
1916 – 1972 · Hockey Oct 31 -
Ezra Pound
1885 – 1972 · Celebrities, Musicians and Composers Nov 1 -
Reginald Owen
1887 – 1972 · Actors Nov 5 -
Alexis Davidoff
1893 – 1972 · Actors Nov 11 -
Alfred “Fred” Parent
1875 – 1972 · Native Americans Nov 11 -
Eve Southern
1900 – 1972 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Jennie Grossinger
1892 – 1972 Nov 11 -
Rafael Bardem
1889 – 1972 · Actors Nov 11 -
Robyna Neilson Ketchum
1901 – 1972 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Marie Wilson
1916 – 1972 · Actresses Nov 23 -
Carl Stalling
1891 – 1972 · Musicians and Composers Nov 29 -
Antonio Segni
1891 – 1972 · Politicians Dec 1 -
Janet Munro
1934 – 1972 · Actresses Dec 6 -
James Nicholson
1916 – 1972 · Producer Dec 10 -
Charles Atlas
1892 – 1972 · Sports Figures Dec 12 -
Edit Domjan
1932 – 1972 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Horace Mann Bond
1904 – 1972 Dec 12 -
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Joseph Cornell
1903 – 1972 · Artists and Architects Dec 12 -
Mary Bear
1910 – 1972 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Gabby Hartnett
1900 – 1972 · Athletes, Baseball Dec 20 -
Andrei Tupolev
1888 – 1972 · Business Magnates, Politicians Dec 23 -
Harry S. Truman
1884 – 1972 · Business Magnates, Politicians Dec 26 -
Harry Truman
1884 – 1972 · President, US Presidents and Vice Presidents Dec 26 -
Lester B. Pearson
1897 – 1972 · Politicians Dec 27