| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Charles Atlas |
Fitness Guru |
30-Oct-1892 |
23-Dec-1972 |
Former 97-pound weakling |
| Ross Bagdasarian |
Musician |
27-Jan-1919 |
16-Jun-1972 |
Progenitor of Alvin and the Chipmunks |
| Georg von Békésy |
Scientist |
3-Jun-1899 |
13-Jun-1972 |
Mechanism of cochlear stimulation |
| John Berryman |
Poet |
25-Oct-1914 |
7-Jan-1972 |
Homage to Mistress Bradstreet |
| Dan Blocker |
Actor |
10-Dec-1928 |
13-May-1972 |
Hoss on Bonanza |
| Hale Boggs |
Politician |
15-Feb-1914 |
16-Oct-1972 |
Congressman from Louisiana, 1941-72 |
| Martin Boyd |
Novelist |
10-Jun-1893 |
3-Jun-1972 |
The Montforts |
| William Boyd |
Actor |
5-Jun-1895 |
12-Sep-1972 |
Hopalong Cassidy |
| Prescott Bush |
Politician |
15-May-1895 |
8-Oct-1972 |
US Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63 |
| James F. Byrnes |
Politician |
2-May-1882 |
9-Apr-1972 |
US Secretary of State, 1945-47 |
| Bruce Cabot |
Actor |
20-Apr-1904 |
3-May-1972 |
Saved Fay Wray from King Kong |
| Leo G. Carroll |
Actor |
25-Oct-1892 |
16-Oct-1972 |
Waverly on The Man From U.N.C.L.E. |
| Hodding Carter |
Journalist |
3-Feb-1907 |
4-Apr-1972 |
Delta Democrat-Times |
| Maurice Chevalier |
Actor |
12-Sep-1888 |
1-Jan-1972 |
Love Me Tonight |
| Roberto Clemente |
Baseball |
18-Aug-1934 |
31-Dec-1972 |
Puerto Rican baseball star |
| George D. Clyde |
Politician |
21-Jul-1898 |
2-Apr-1972 |
Governor of Utah, 1957-65 |
| George Washington Collins |
Politician |
5-Mar-1925 |
8-Dec-1972 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1970-72 |
| Padraic Colum |
Novelist |
8-Dec-1881 |
11-Jan-1972 |
Wild Earth |
| Joseph Cornell |
Sculptor |
24-Dec-1903 |
29-Dec-1972 |
Exponent of Assemblage |
| John M. Dalton |
Politician |
9-Nov-1900 |
7-Jul-1972 |
Governor of Missouri, 1961-65 |
| Cecil Day-Lewis |
Poet |
27-Apr-1904 |
22-May-1972 |
UK Poet Laureate, 1968-72 |
| William Dieterle |
Film Director |
15-Jul-1893 |
8-Dec-1972 |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| Brian Donlevy |
Actor |
9-Feb-1901 |
5-Apr-1972 |
The Great McGinty |
| Henry Dreyfuss |
Inventor |
2-Mar-1904 |
5-Oct-1972 |
Product designer, human factors engineer |
| King Edward VIII |
Royalty |
23-Jun-1894 |
28-May-1972 |
King of England, 1936 |
| Günter Eich |
Poet |
1-Feb-1907 |
20-Sep-1972 |
Züge im Nebel |
| James A. Elkins |
Attorney |
25-Sep-1879 |
7-May-1972 |
Vinson & Elkins |
| Allen J. Ellender |
Politician |
24-Sep-1890 |
27-Jul-1972 |
US Senator from Louisiana, 1937-72 |
| Buford Ellington |
Politician |
27-Jun-1907 |
3-Apr-1972 |
Twice Governor of Tennessee |
| M. C. Escher |
Artist |
17-Jun-1898 |
27-Mar-1972 |
Famous for illogical drawings |
| Norman Foerster |
Critic |
14-Apr-1887 |
1-Aug-1972 |
New Humanist movement |
| Raymond B. Fosdick |
Business |
9-Jun-1883 |
19-Jul-1972 |
President of the Rockefeller Foundation |
| Maria Goeppert-Mayer |
Physicist |
28-Jun-1906 |
20-Feb-1972 |
Shell nuclear model |
| Paul Goodman |
Anarchist |
9-Sep-1911 |
2-Aug-1972 |
Growing Up Absurd |
| Nigel Green |
Actor |
15-Oct-1924 |
15-May-1972 |
The Ipcress File |
| Franz Halder |
Military |
30-Jun-1884 |
2-Apr-1972 |
Nazi general |
| Harold W. Handley |
Politician |
27-Nov-1909 |
30-Aug-1972 |
Governor of Indiana, 1957-61 |
| L. P. Hartley |
Novelist |
30-Dec-1895 |
13-Dec-1972 |
The Boat |
| Carl T. Hayden |
Politician |
2-Oct-1877 |
25-Jan-1972 |
US Senator from Arizona, 1927-69 |
| Gil Hodges |
Baseball |
4-Apr-1924 |
2-Apr-1972 |
Eight-time All-Star |
| J. Edgar Hoover |
Government |
1-Jan-1895 |
2-May-1972 |
Corrupt FBI Director for 50 years |
| Miriam Hopkins |
Actor |
18-Oct-1902 |
9-Oct-1972 |
The Story of Temple Drake |
| Mahalia Jackson |
Singer |
26-Oct-1911 |
27-Jan-1972 |
Queen of Gospel Music |
| Younghill Kang |
Author |
10-May-1903 |
11-Dec-1972 |
The Grass Roof |
| Yasunari Kawabata |
Author |
11-Jun-1899 |
16-Apr-1972 |
The Masters of Go |
| Edward C. Kendall |
Scientist |
8-Sep-1886 |
4-May-1972 |
Adrenocortical hormones |
| Jessie Royce Landis |
Actor |
25-Nov-1896 |
2-Nov-1972 |
North by Northwest |
| Sidney Lanfield |
Film Director |
30-Apr-1898 |
20-Jun-1972 |
The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| Walter Lang |
Film Director |
10-Aug-1896 |
7-Feb-1972 |
There's No Business Like Show Business |
| Joi Lansing |
Actor |
6-Apr-1929 |
7-Aug-1972 |
Gladys Flatt on The Beverly Hillbillies |
| Louis Leakey |
Anthropologist |
7-Aug-1903 |
1-Oct-1972 |
Discovered Homo Habilis |
| D. Ross Lederman |
Film Director |
12-Dec-1894 |
24-Aug-1972 |
Tarzan's Revenge |
| Mitchell Leisen |
Film Director |
6-Oct-1898 |
28-Oct-1972 |
Death Takes a Holiday |
| Oscar Levant |
Pianist |
27-Dec-1906 |
14-Aug-1972 |
Panelist, Information Please |
| John Litel |
Actor |
30-Dec-1892 |
3-Feb-1972 |
Two Dollar Bettor |
| Heinrich Lübke |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1892 |
6-Apr-1972 |
President of Germany, 1959-69 |
| Compton MacKenzie |
Novelist |
17-Jan-1883 |
30-Nov-1972 |
Carnival |
| Lincoln MacVeagh |
Diplomat |
1-Oct-1890 |
15-Jan-1972 |
Roosevelt's Ambassador to Greece |
| Marilyn Maxwell |
Actor |
3-Aug-1921 |
20-Mar-1972 |
Stand by for Action |
| Neil H. McElroy |
Government |
30-Oct-1904 |
30-Nov-1972 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1957-59 |
| Ruth McKenney |
Author |
18-Nov-1911 |
25-Jul-1972 |
My Sister Eileen |
| Marianne Moore |
Poet |
15-Nov-1887 |
5-Feb-1972 |
Collected Poems |
| Manuel Gomez Morin |
Politician |
27-Feb-1897 |
19-Apr-1972 |
One of the Seven Sages of Mexico |
| Janet Munro |
Actor |
28-Sep-1934 |
6-Dec-1972 |
Swiss Family Robinson |
| Tom Neal |
Actor |
28-Jan-1914 |
7-Aug-1972 |
Detour |
| Kwame Nkrumah |
Head of State |
21-Sep-1909 |
27-Apr-1972 |
First President of Ghana |
| Reginald Owen |
Actor |
5-Aug-1887 |
5-Nov-1972 |
Prolific character actor |
| Louella Parsons |
Columnist |
6-Aug-1881 |
9-Dec-1972 |
Hollywood queen of gossip |
| Kenneth Patchen |
Poet |
13-Dec-1911 |
8-Jan-1972 |
Journal of Albion Moonlight |
| Lester Bowles Pearson |
Head of State |
23-Apr-1897 |
27-Dec-1972 |
Prime Minister of Canada, 1963-68 |
| Ezra Pound |
Poet |
30-Oct-1885 |
1-Nov-1972 |
The Cantos |
| Adam Clayton Powell |
Politician |
29-Nov-1908 |
4-Apr-1972 |
Congressman from New York, 1945-71 |
| Jackie Robinson |
Baseball |
31-Jan-1919 |
24-Oct-1972 |
First negro in the major leagues |
| Wesley Ruggles |
Film Director |
11-Jun-1889 |
8-Jan-1972 |
Cimarron |
| Margaret Rutherford |
Actor |
11-May-1892 |
22-May-1972 |
The V.I.P.s |
| George Sanders |
Actor |
3-Jul-1906 |
25-Apr-1972 |
The Saint Strikes Back |
| Harlow Shapley |
Astronomer |
2-Nov-1885 |
20-Oct-1972 |
Organizer of Heaven |
| Igor Sikorsky |
Business |
25-May-1889 |
26-Oct-1972 |
Helicopter magnate |
| Betty Smith |
Novelist |
15-Dec-1896 |
17-Jan-1972 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| Warren L. Smith |
Economist |
1914 |
20-Apr-1972 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1968-69 |
| Paul-Henri Spaak |
Head of State |
25-Jan-1899 |
31-Jan-1972 |
Belgian Prime Minister, NATO chief |
| Carl Stalling |
Composer |
10-Nov-1891 |
29-Nov-1972 |
Composer for hundreds of Looney Tunes |
| Akim Tamiroff |
Actor |
29-Oct-1899 |
17-Sep-1972 |
For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Frank Tashlin |
Film Director |
19-Feb-1913 |
5-May-1972 |
Artists and Models |
| Max Theiler |
Scientist |
30-Jan-1899 |
11-Aug-1972 |
Yellow fever vaccination |
| Llewellyn E. Thompson |
Diplomat |
24-Aug-1904 |
6-Feb-1972 |
Twice US Ambassador to USSR |
| Harry S. Truman |
Head of State |
8-May-1884 |
26-Dec-1972 |
33rd US President, 1945-53 |
| Mark Van Doren |
Poet |
13-Jun-1894 |
10-Dec-1972 |
The Happy Critic |
| Sinclair Weeks |
Government |
15-Jun-1893 |
7-Feb-1972 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1953-58 |
| Brandon De Wilde |
Actor |
9-Apr-1942 |
6-Jul-1972 |
Shane! Come back! |
| Edmund Wilson |
Author |
8-May-1895 |
12-Jun-1972 |
Axel's Castle |
| Marie Wilson |
Actor |
19-Aug-1916 |
23-Nov-1972 |
My Friend Irma |
| Walter Winchell |
Radio Personality |
7-Apr-1897 |
20-Feb-1972 |
Gossip commentator |
