Who Was Alive in 1972
156 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1972
Pablo PicassoAge 91
Harry S. TrumanAge 88
Georgia O'KeeffeAge 85
Chiang Kai-shekAge 85
Charlie ChaplinAge 83
Agatha ChristieAge 82
Haile SelassieAge 80
J.R.R. TolkienAge 80
Mao ZedongAge 79
Golda MeirAge 74
Duke EllingtonAge 73
Jorge Luis BorgesAge 73
Alfred HitchcockAge 73
Werner HeisenbergAge 71
HirohitoAge 71
Marlene DietrichAge 71
Bob HopeAge 69
Salvador DalíAge 68
Pablo NerudaAge 68
Jean-Paul SartreAge 67
Hannah ArendtAge 66
Simone de BeauvoirAge 64
Lyndon B. JohnsonAge 64
Kwame NkrumahAge 63
Dorothy HodgkinAge 62
Mother TeresaAge 62
Akira KurosawaAge 62
Jacques CousteauAge 62
Ronald ReaganAge 61
Naguib MahfouzAge 61
Rosa ParksAge 59
Jesse OwensAge 59
Richard NixonAge 59
Gerald FordAge 59
Hedy LamarrAge 58
Orson WellesAge 57
Frank SinatraAge 57
Ingrid BergmanAge 57
Roald DahlAge 56
Ella FitzgeraldAge 55
Indira GandhiAge 55
Ingmar BergmanAge 54
Nelson MandelaAge 54
Richard FeynmanAge 54
Edmund HillaryAge 53
Jackie RobinsonAge 53
Pope John Paul IIAge 52
Toshiro MifuneAge 52
Stan LeeAge 50
Marlon BrandoAge 48
James BaldwinAge 48
Jimmy CarterAge 48
George H. W. BushAge 48
Margaret ThatcherAge 47
B.B. KingAge 47
Fidel CastroAge 46
Elizabeth IIAge 46
Gabriel García MárquezAge 45
Pope Benedict XVIAge 45
James WatsonAge 44
Andy WarholAge 44
Stanley KubrickAge 44
Maya AngelouAge 44
Vera RubinAge 44
Noam ChomskyAge 44
Audrey HepburnAge 43
Grace KellyAge 43
Chinua AchebeAge 42
Neil ArmstrongAge 42
Ray CharlesAge 42
Tu YouyouAge 42
Desmond TutuAge 41
Toni MorrisonAge 41
Mikhail GorbachevAge 41
Johnny CashAge 40
Elizabeth TaylorAge 40
Yoko OnoAge 39
Wole SoyinkaAge 38
Carl SaganAge 38
Jane GoodallAge 38
Dalai LamaAge 37
Elvis PresleyAge 37
Woody AllenAge 37
Pope FrancisAge 36
Jack NicholsonAge 35
Saddam HusseinAge 35
Kofi AnnanAge 34
Francis Ford CoppolaAge 33
PeléAge 32
Bruce LeeAge 32
John LennonAge 32
Wangari MaathaiAge 32
Bob DylanAge 31
Muhammad AliAge 30
Aretha FranklinAge 30
Stephen HawkingAge 30
Paul McCartneyAge 30
Muammar GaddafiAge 30
Joe BidenAge 30
Billie Jean KingAge 29
George HarrisonAge 29
Lech WałęsaAge 29
George LucasAge 28
Aung San Suu KyiAge 27
Bob MarleyAge 27
Freddie MercuryAge 26
Steven SpielbergAge 26
Donald TrumpAge 26
George W. BushAge 26
Bill ClintonAge 26
David BowieAge 25
Hillary ClintonAge 25
Charles IIIAge 24
Haruki MurakamiAge 23
Benjamin NetanyahuAge 23
Narendra ModiAge 22
Robin WilliamsAge 21
Vladimir PutinAge 20
Xi JinpingAge 19
Oprah WinfreyAge 18
Angela MerkelAge 18
Hugo ChávezAge 18
Recep Tayyip ErdoğanAge 18
François HollandeAge 18
Steve JobsAge 17
Bill GatesAge 17
Nicolas SarkozyAge 17
Pope Leo XIVAge 17
Ai WeiweiAge 15
Osama bin LadenAge 15
Michael JacksonAge 14
PrinceAge 14
Keith HaringAge 14
MadonnaAge 14
Rigoberta MenchúAge 13
Jean-Michel BasquiatAge 12
Diego MaradonaAge 12
NaruhitoAge 12
Princess DianaAge 11
Wayne GretzkyAge 11
Barack ObamaAge 11
Whitney HoustonAge 9
Michael JordanAge 9
Rafael CorreaAge 9
Jeff BezosAge 8
Michelle ObamaAge 8
Kamala HarrisAge 8
J. K. RowlingAge 7
Dmitry MedvedevAge 7
Jimmy WalesAge 6
Kurt CobainAge 5
Michael SchumacherAge 3
Elon MuskAge 1
Tupac ShakurAge 1
Anna NetrebkoAge 1
EminemAge 0
Born in 1972
Also Born in 1972
American rapper (born 1972)
French football player and manager (born 1972)
American actress and businesswoman (born 1972)
American actor (born 1972)
American actor and filmmaker (born 1972)
American actor and professional wrestler (born 1972)
American actress (born 1972)
Prime Minister of Spain since 2018
Liberian peace activist (born 1972)
English actor (born 1972)
Prime Minister of Israel from 2021 to 2022
English actor (born 1972)
Died in 1972
Harry S. Truman
33rd US president at the end of World War II
Kwame Nkrumah
First President of Ghana
Jackie Robinson
Broke baseball's color barrier
Also Died in 1972
President of the United States from 1945 to 1953
Japanese novelist (1899–1972)
American poet and critic (1885–1972)
King of the United Kingdom in 1936
Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968
French singer, actor, and entertainer (1888–1972)
Russian-American aviation pioneer (1889–1972)
King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972
American law enforcement administrator (1895–1972)
South African-American virologist and physician
Hungarian-American biophysicist (1899–1972)
Belgian politician (1899–1972)
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- 1972 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- Pablo Picasso — Wikipedia
- Harry S. Truman — Wikipedia
- Georgia O'Keeffe — Wikipedia
- Chiang Kai-shek — Wikipedia
- Charlie Chaplin — Wikipedia
- Agatha Christie — Wikipedia
- Haile Selassie — Wikipedia
- J. R. R. Tolkien — Wikipedia
- Mao Zedong — Wikipedia
- Golda Meir — Wikipedia
- Duke Ellington — Wikipedia
- Jorge Luis Borges — Wikipedia
- Alfred Hitchcock — Wikipedia
- Werner Heisenberg — Wikipedia
- Hirohito — Wikipedia
- Marlene Dietrich — Wikipedia
- Bob Hope — Wikipedia
- Salvador Dalí — Wikipedia
- Pablo Neruda — Wikipedia
- Jean-Paul Sartre — Wikipedia
- Hannah Arendt — Wikipedia
- Simone de Beauvoir — Wikipedia
- Lyndon B. Johnson — Wikipedia
- Kwame Nkrumah — Wikipedia
- Dorothy Hodgkin — Wikipedia
- Mother Teresa — Wikipedia
- Akira Kurosawa — Wikipedia
- Jacques Cousteau — Wikipedia
- Ronald Reagan — Wikipedia
- Naguib Mahfouz — Wikipedia
- Rosa Parks — Wikipedia
- Jesse Owens — Wikipedia
- Richard Nixon — Wikipedia
- Gerald Ford — Wikipedia
- Hedy Lamarr — Wikipedia
- Orson Welles — Wikipedia
- Frank Sinatra — Wikipedia
- Ingrid Bergman — Wikipedia
- Roald Dahl — Wikipedia
- Ella Fitzgerald — Wikipedia
- Indira Gandhi — Wikipedia
- Ingmar Bergman — Wikipedia
- Nelson Mandela — Wikipedia
- Richard Feynman — Wikipedia
- Edmund Hillary — Wikipedia
- Jackie Robinson — Wikipedia
- Pope John Paul II — Wikipedia
- Toshiro Mifune — Wikipedia
- Stan Lee — Wikipedia
- Marlon Brando — Wikipedia
- James Baldwin — Wikipedia
- Jimmy Carter — Wikipedia
- George H. W. Bush — Wikipedia
- Margaret Thatcher — Wikipedia
- B. B. King — Wikipedia
- Fidel Castro — Wikipedia
- Elizabeth II — Wikipedia
- Gabriel García Márquez — Wikipedia
- Pope Benedict XVI — Wikipedia
- James Watson — Wikipedia
- Andy Warhol — Wikipedia
- Stanley Kubrick — Wikipedia
- Maya Angelou — Wikipedia
- Vera Rubin — Wikipedia
- Noam Chomsky — Wikipedia
- Audrey Hepburn — Wikipedia
- Grace Kelly — Wikipedia
- Chinua Achebe — Wikipedia
- Neil Armstrong — Wikipedia
- Ray Charles — Wikipedia
- Tu Youyou — Wikipedia
- Desmond Tutu — Wikipedia
- Toni Morrison — Wikipedia
- Mikhail Gorbachev — Wikipedia
- Johnny Cash — Wikipedia
- Elizabeth Taylor — Wikipedia
- Yoko Ono — Wikipedia
- Wole Soyinka — Wikipedia
- Carl Sagan — Wikipedia
- Jane Goodall — Wikipedia
- 14th Dalai Lama — Wikipedia
- Elvis Presley — Wikipedia
- Woody Allen — Wikipedia
- Pope Francis — Wikipedia
- Jack Nicholson — Wikipedia
- Saddam Hussein — Wikipedia
- Kofi Annan — Wikipedia
- Francis Ford Coppola — Wikipedia
- Pelé — Wikipedia
- Bruce Lee — Wikipedia
- John Lennon — Wikipedia
- Wangarĩ Maathai — Wikipedia
- Bob Dylan — Wikipedia
- Muhammad Ali — Wikipedia
- Aretha Franklin — Wikipedia
- Stephen Hawking — Wikipedia
- Paul McCartney — Wikipedia
- Muammar Gaddafi — Wikipedia
- Joe Biden — Wikipedia
- Billie Jean King — Wikipedia
- George Harrison — Wikipedia
- Lech Wałęsa — Wikipedia
- George Lucas — Wikipedia
- Aung San Suu Kyi — Wikipedia
- Bob Marley — Wikipedia
- Freddie Mercury — Wikipedia
- Steven Spielberg — Wikipedia
- Donald Trump — Wikipedia
- George W. Bush — Wikipedia
- Bill Clinton — Wikipedia
- David Bowie — Wikipedia
- Hillary Clinton — Wikipedia
- Charles III — Wikipedia
- Haruki Murakami — Wikipedia
- Benjamin Netanyahu — Wikipedia
- Narendra Modi — Wikipedia
- Robin Williams — Wikipedia
- Vladimir Putin — Wikipedia
- Xi Jinping — Wikipedia
- Oprah Winfrey — Wikipedia
- Angela Merkel — Wikipedia
- Hugo Chávez — Wikipedia
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — Wikipedia
- François Hollande — Wikipedia
- Steve Jobs — Wikipedia
- Bill Gates — Wikipedia
- Nicolas Sarkozy — Wikipedia
- Pope Leo XIV — Wikipedia
- Ai Weiwei — Wikipedia
- Osama bin Laden — Wikipedia
- Michael Jackson — Wikipedia
- Prince (musician) — Wikipedia
- Keith Haring — Wikipedia
- Madonna — Wikipedia
- Rigoberta Menchú — Wikipedia
- Jean-Michel Basquiat — Wikipedia
- Diego Maradona — Wikipedia
- Naruhito — Wikipedia
- Diana, Princess of Wales — Wikipedia
- Wayne Gretzky — Wikipedia
- Barack Obama — Wikipedia
- Whitney Houston — Wikipedia
- Michael Jordan — Wikipedia
- Rafael Correa — Wikipedia
- Jeff Bezos — Wikipedia
- Michelle Obama — Wikipedia
- Kamala Harris — Wikipedia
- J. K. Rowling — Wikipedia
- Dmitry Medvedev — Wikipedia
- Jimmy Wales — Wikipedia
- Kurt Cobain — Wikipedia
- Michael Schumacher — Wikipedia
- Elon Musk — Wikipedia
- Tupac Shakur — Wikipedia
- Anna Netrebko — Wikipedia
- Eminem — Wikipedia