1972 deaths

Portuguese fencer (1889-1972)

English socialite and author (1894–1972)

American blues musician (1904–1972)

American actress (1928–1972)

Ottoman noble (1906–1972)

Dutch architect (1891-1972)

German prince (1906–1972)

American middle distance runner (1875-1972)

baseball player, spy (1902–1972)

Colombian politician (1890-1972)

Mexican equestrian (1913–1972)

American actress (1934–1972)

American spectroscopist and chemical educator (1880–1972)

American singer (1932–1972)

President of Honduras

German sculptor (1886–1972)

New Zealand yacht racer (1901–1972)

Democratic U.S. Senator from Arizona

French footballer (1913-1972)

American actress (1896-1972)

American composer, voice actor, and arranger (1891–1972)

Dutch footballer (1903-1972)

Soviet actor and theatre director (1904–1972)

Belgian bobsledder, ice hockey player (1904–1972)

Spanish historian (1885–1972)

Finnish singer and actor (1915–1972)

American blues and gospel singer and guitarist (1896–1972)

American sprinter (1926-1972)

Ukrainian mathematician (1915-1972)

Swiss Righteous Among the Nations, police captain and soccer player (1891-1972)

French writer (1903–1972)

American actor (1897–1972)

German essayist and activist (1885–1972)

British ornithologist and malacologist (1880–1972)

Irish writer (1881-1972)

English tennis player

Georgian actor (1895-1972)

American poet and literary critic (1894–1972)

Swedish water polo player (1886-1972)

American swimmer (1903–1972)

Belgian footballer (1906-1972)

German politician (1905-1972)

Athlete and Calvinist pastor (1885–1972)

Brazilian footballer (1911-1972)

Turkish statesperson (1883–1972)

American industrial designer (1904–1972)

English botanist and taxonomist (1884–1972)

Dutch footballer (1912-1972)

American rower (1879–1972)

first female architect and civil engineer in Austria

American actor (1895–1972)

American ecologist (1930–1972)

Lithuanian musician (1904-1972)

American film director (1890–1972)

gymnast (1892–1972)

Soviet actor

German ice hockey player (1901–1972)

Czech composer (1879–1972)

Austrian literature historian, publicist and writer (1899-1972)

Israeli scientist (1913-1972)