1972 deaths

King of Nepal (1920-1972)

American politician and US Senator from Connecticut (1895-1972)

Spanish politician, feminist (1888-1972)

Soviet military commander (1903-1972)

German/American actor, film director and art collector (1893–1972)

Chinese military officer, People's Republic of China (1901-1972)

American gossip journalist (1897-1972)

President of the Republic of the Congo (1917-1972)

American economist (1885-1972)

Soviet military commander (1898-1972)

Italian writer (1910–1972)

German American mathematician (1888-1972)

Spanish football player and manager (1902–1972)

Austrian biologist and philosopher (1901–1972)

American poet and scholar (1914–1972)

American athlete (1889–1972)

French politician Prime Minister of France (1895-1972)

Irish-born British poet (1904–1972)

American writer, literary and social critic, and noted man of letters (1895-1972)

Flemish artist (1889–1972)

Indian scientist and statistician (1893–1972)

Puerto Rican baseball player (1934–1972)

American animator, inventor, film director and producer (1883-1972)

Russian ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer (1891–1972)

Wife of King Alexander, Princess of Greece and Denmark (1896-1972)

Jewish American mathematician (1884-1972)

German officer (1897-1972)

American jazz trumpeter (1938–1972)

President of Venezuela (1964-1969)

French politician and diplomat (1873–1972)

Indian playback singer (1930–1972)

elder son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1941–1972)

American actress and singer (1921–1972)

American community organizer and writer (1909–1972)

Indian politician and Naxalite leader (1918–1972)

Soviet writer

Danish politician and Prime Minister of Denmark, 1950–1953 (1902–1972)

French actor (1905-1972)

Scottish writer, cultural commentator, raconteur and nationalist (1883-1972)

American journalist (1905–1972)

German journalist (1915–1972)

Soviet dissident (1953–1972)

Swedish racing driver

Athletics competitor, army officer, and lawyer (1891-1972)

Soviet Russian playwright (1937–1972)

American film director, set designer (1904-1972)

American film director (1913–1972)

Spanish writer (1903–1972)

Austrian SS Officer (1911–1972)

actor (1904-1972)

American comedian, composer, pianist and actor (1906-1972)

French writer (1907–1972)

Indian Indologist and Sanskrit scholar (1880–1972)

American gossip columnist (1881-1972)

British actor (1887–1972)

Ukrainian & American engineer (1878–1972)

American actor (1901–1972)

Polish economist, politician, and diplomat (1883-1972)

American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer (1924–1972)

Italian publisher and left-wing political activist (1926-1972)