Editing 1972 (section)

==Deaths==

===January===
[[File:Maurice Chevalier-publicity.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Maurice Chevalier]]]]
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[[File:Mahalia Jackson 1962, van Vechten, LC-USZ62-91314.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mahalia Jackson]]]]
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* [[January 1]]
** [[Maurice Chevalier]], French singer and actor (b. [[1888]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/02/archives/maurice-chevalier-dead-singer-and-actor-was-83.html|title=Maurice Chevalier Dead; Singer and Actor Was 83|date=February 14, 1972|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>
** [[Maximus V of Constantinople]], Turkish Orthodox Christian bishop (b. [[1897]])
* [[January 3]] – [[Frans Masereel]], Belgian painter and graphic artist (b. [[1889]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Amy T. Schlegel|author2=Corinne Granof|author3=Bessie Tina Yarborough|author4=Stephanie D'Alessandro|title=Art in Germany, 1909–1936: From Expressionism to Resistance : the Marvin and Janet Fishman Collection|publisher=Milwaukee Art Museum|year=1990|page=260}}</ref>
* [[January 6]] – [[Chen Yi (general)|Chen Yi]], Chinese military commander and politician (b. [[1901]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chen-Yi Chen Yi Chinese military leader]</ref>
* [[January 7]] – [[Emma P. Carr]], American spectroscopist (b. [[1880]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Data Bank of Scientists: Emma Perry Carr|url=http://www.csupomona.edu/~nova/scientists/articles/carr.html|work=Project NOVA (NASA Opportunities for Visionary Academics)|publisher=California State Polytechnic University, Pomona|access-date=June 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205040333/http://www.csupomona.edu/~nova/scientists/articles/carr.html|archive-date=December 5, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[January 8]] – [[Wesley Ruggles]], American film director (b. [[1889]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/wesley-ruggles/|title=Wesley Ruggles|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 8, 2016|date=January 10, 1972}}</ref>
* [[January 10]] 
** [[Nubar Gulbenkian]], Ottoman-born Armenian-British oil trader, socialite and intelligence operative (b. [[1896]])
** [[Aksel Larsen]], Danish politician (b. [[1897]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://danmarkshistorien.dk/vis/materiale/aksel-larsen-1897-1972|title=Aksel Larsen, 1897-1972|website=danmarkshistorien.dk}}</ref>
* [[January 14]] – King [[Frederik IX of Denmark]] (b. [[1899]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Frederik of Denmark Dies. Margrethe to Be Queen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/15/archives/frederik-of-denmark-dies-margrethe-to-be-queen-frederik-of-denmark.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 15, 1972}}</ref>
* [[January 16]] – [[Ross Bagdasarian]], American record producer (b. [[1919]])
* [[January 17]] – [[Rochelle Hudson]], American actress, heart attack (b. [[1916]])<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]]|location=[[Tucson, Arizona]]|page=5|date=January 19, 1972|title=Former Screen Star Rochelle Hudson Dies|agency=Associated Press|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/164867898/|access-date=December 9, 2022}}</ref>
* [[January 19]] – [[Mohammad Al-Abbasi]], 45th [[Prime Minister of Jordan]] (b. [[1914]])
* [[January 25]] – [[Erhard Milch]], German field marshal and ''Luftwaffe'' officer (b. [[1892]])
* [[January 27]] – [[Mahalia Jackson]], American gospel singer (b. [[1911]])<ref>Whitman, Alden, "Mahalia Jackson, Gospel Singer And a Civil Rights Symbol, Dies", ''[[The New York Times]]'', (January 28, 1972) p. 1.</ref>
* [[January 30]]
** [[Beatrice Forbes, Countess of Granard]], American-born heiress (b. [[1883]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.longfordatwar.ie/soldiers/858|title=President, Founder, Administrator Beatrice Forbes (O.B.E.)|website=longfordatwar.ie}}</ref>
** Prince [[Sisowath Watchayavong]], 5th [[Prime Minister of Cambodia]] (b. [[1891]])
* [[January 31]] – King [[Mahendra of Nepal]] (b. [[1920]])

===February===
[[File:Maria Goeppert-Mayer.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Maria Goeppert-Mayer]]]]
* [[February 2]] – [[Jessie Royce Landis]], American actress (b. [[1896]])<ref>{{cite book|last1=Nissen|first1=Axel|title=Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties|date=2007|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786427468|pages=95–99}}</ref>
* [[February 5]] – [[Marianne Moore]], American poet (b. [[1887]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Gregory|first=Elizabeth|title=Twenty-first century Marianne Moore. Essays from a critical Renaissance|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=Cham|year=2017|isbn=9783319651095|page=257}}</ref>
* [[February 7]] – [[Walter Lang]], American film director (b. [[1896]])
* [[February 11]] – [[Colin Munro MacLeod]], Canadian-American geneticist (b. [[1909]])
* [[February 17]] – [[Gavriil Popov (composer)|Gavriil Popov]], Soviet Russian composer (b. [[1904]])
* [[February 19]]
** [[John Grierson]], Scottish documentary filmmaker (b. [[1898]])
** [[Lee Morgan]], American jazz trumpeter and composer (b. [[1938]])
* [[February 20]]
** [[Maria Goeppert Mayer]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1906]])<ref>{{cite web|title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 1963|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1963/mayer/biographical/|website=NobelPrize.org|access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref>
** [[Walter Winchell]], American journalist (b. [[1897]])<ref>
{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,,910224,00.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204143240/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,,910224,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2013|title=Mrs. Winchell's Little Boy|date=March 26, 1972|work=Time Magazine|access-date=October 17, 2011}}</ref>
* [[February 25]] – [[Gottfried Fuchs]], German footballer (b. [[1889]])

===March===
* [[March 4]] – [[Harold Barrowclough|Sir Harold Barrowclough]], New Zealand general, lawyer and chief justice (b. [[1894]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5b12/barrowclough-harold-eric|title=Barrowclough, Harold Eric|first=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu|last=Taonga|website=teara.govt.nz}}</ref>
* [[March 8]] – [[Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski]], German Nazi politician and [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] functionary (b. [[1899]])
* [[March 11]] 
** [[Fredric Brown]], American science fiction and mystery writer (b. [[1906]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Seabrook|first=Jack|title=Martians and misplaced clues : the life and work of Fredric Brown|publisher=Bowling Green State University Popular Press|location=Bowling Green, OH|year=1993|isbn=9780879725914|page=10}}</ref>
** [[Zack Wheat]], American baseball player (b. [[1888]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/wheat-zack|title=Wheat, Zack &#124; Baseball Hall of Fame|website=baseballhall.org}}</ref>
* [[March 17]] – [[Claude J. Crenshaw]], American Air Force officer and [[flying ace]] (b. [[1918]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=1114|title=Claude J. Crenshaw|newspaper=Veteran Tributes|access-date=September 29, 2023}}</ref>
* [[March 20]] – [[Marilyn Maxwell]], American actress (b. [[1921]])
* [[March 23]] – [[Cristóbal Balenciaga]], Spanish couturier (b. [[1895]])<ref>{{cite web|last=Charleston|first=Beth Duncuff|title=Cristobal Balenciaga (1895–1972)|work=Timeline of Art History|publisher=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]|date=October 2004|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/bale/hd_bale.htm|access-date=December 23, 2020}}</ref>
* [[March 27]]
** [[M. C. Escher]], Dutch artist (b. [[1898]])
** [[Lorenzo Wright]], American athlete (b. [[1926]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wr/lorenzo-wright-1.html|title=Lorenzo Wright Bio, Stats, and Results &#124; Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|date=April 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105919/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wr/lorenzo-wright-1.html|archive-date=April 18, 2020}}</ref>
* [[March 28]] – [[Joseph Paul-Boncour]], 71st [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. [[1873]])
* [[March 31]] – [[Meena Kumari]], Indian actress, singer and poet (b. [[1933]])

===April===
[[File:George Sanders Allan Warren.jpg|thumb|100px|[[George Sanders]]]]
[[File:Kwame Nkrumah (JFKWHP-AR6409-A).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kwame Nkrumah]]]]
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* [[April 2]] – [[Franz Halder]], German general (b. [[1884]])
* [[April 3]] – [[Ferde Grofé]], American pianist and composer (b. [[1892]])
* [[April 4]] – [[Stefan Wolpe]], German-born American composer (b. [[1902]])
* [[April 4]] – [[Gil Hodges]], American baseball player (b. [[1924]])
* [[April 5]] – [[Isabel Jewell]], American actress (b. [[1907]])
* [[April 6]]
** [[Brian Donlevy]], American actor (b. [[1901]])
** [[Heinrich Lübke]], 2nd [[President of the Federal Republic of Germany]] (b. [[1894]])
* [[April 7]]
** [[Abeid Karume]], 1st [[President of Zanzibar]] (b. [[1905]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/09/archives/4-gunmen-murder-zanzibar-chief-and-wound-2-aides.html|title=4 Gunmen Murder Zanzibar Chief and Wound 2 Aides|date=April 9, 1972|website=The New York Times|access-date=December 9, 2022}}</ref>
** [[August Zaleski]], 6th [[President of Poland]] (b. [[1883]])
* [[April 9]] – [[James F. Byrnes]], [[United States Secretary of State]] and Justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] (b. [[1882]])
* [[April 10]] – [[Henry de La Falaise]], French film director, [[Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)|Croix de guerre]] recipient (b. [[1898]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geneastar.org/celebrite/lejames/henry-de-la-falaise|title=Généalogie de Henry DE LA FALAISE|website=Geneanet}}</ref>
* [[April 16]] – [[Yasunari Kawabata]], Japanese novelist (b. [[1899]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Yasunari Kawabata – Facts|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1968/kawabata-facts.html|access-date=June 11, 2014}}</ref>
* [[April 20]] – [[Andrea Andreen]], Swedish physician (b. [[1888]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vf.se/uncategorized/andrea-andreen-pionjaren-som-glomts-bort/|title=Andrea Andreen – pionjären som glömts bort|publisher=VF|date=November 6, 2015|author=Hansen, Maria|access-date=October 21, 2017|language=Swedish|archive-date=October 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021220206/https://www.vf.se/uncategorized/andrea-andreen-pionjaren-som-glomts-bort/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[April 24]] 
** [[Fernando Amorsolo]], Filipino painter (b. [[1892]])
** [[Nora K. Chadwick]], English philologist (b. [[1891]]) 
* [[April 25]] – [[George Sanders]], Russian-born British actor (b. [[1906]])
* [[April 27]] – [[Kwame Nkrumah]], 1st [[President of Ghana]] (b. [[1909]])
* [[April 29]] – King [[Ntare V of Burundi]] (b. [[1947]])
* [[April 30]] 
** [[Gia Scala]], British actress (b. [[1934]])
** [[Clara Campoamor]], Spanish politician and suffragist (b. [[1888]])

===May===
[[File:Hoover-JEdgar-LOC.jpg|thumb|100px|[[J. Edgar Hoover]]]]
[[File:%EC%9D%B4%EB%B2%94%EC%84%9D.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Lee Beom-seok (prime minister)|Lee Beom-seok]]]]
[[File:Prince-Edward-Duke-of-Windsor-King-Edward-VIII (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Edward VIII]]]]
* [[May 2]] – [[J. Edgar Hoover]], American civil servant, 1st [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) (b. [[1895]])
* [[May 3]] – [[Bruce Cabot]], American actor (b. [[1904]])
* [[May 4]] 
** [[Father Chrysanthus]], Dutch arachnologist (b. 1905)<ref>{{cite journal|last=v[an] H[elsdingen]|first=P[eter] J.|date=1973|title=Father Chrysanthus O.F.M. Cap.: 1 September 1905 – 4 May 1972|journal=Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society|volume=2|issue=7|page=148|url=https://britishspiders.org.uk/node/2313}}</ref>
** [[Edward Calvin Kendall]], American chemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1886]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Edward C. Kendall|url=http://www.nap.edu/html/biomems/ekendall.pdf|publisher=National Academy of Sciences|last=Ingle|first=Dwight|journal=Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences|year=1974|volume=47|pages=249–90|pmid=11615626}}</ref> 
** [[Josep Samitier]], Spanish footballer (b. [[1902]])
* [[May 5]]
** [[Reverend Gary Davis]], American blues and gospel singer (b. [[1896]])
** [[Frank Tashlin]], American animation director (b. [[1913]])
* [[May 6]] – [[Deniz Gezmiş]], Turkish Marxist revolutionary (executed) (b. [[1947]])
* [[May 10]] – [[Rice Gemmell]], Australian tennis champion (b. [[1896]])
* [[May 11]] – [[Lee Beom-seok (prime minister)|Lee Beom-seok]], Korean activist, 1st [[Prime Minister of South Korea]] (b. [[1900]])
* [[May 12]] – [[Lionel Penrose]], English geneticist (b. [[1898]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://history.rcp.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/lionel-sharples-penrose|title=Lionel Sharples Penrose &#124; RCP Museum|website=history.rcp.ac.uk}}</ref>
* [[May 13]] – [[Dan Blocker]], American actor (b. [[1928]])
* [[May 15]] – [[Nigel Green]], South African-English actor (b. [[1924]])
* [[May 17]] – [[Gordon Lowe|Sir Gordon Lowe, Bt.]], British tennis player (b. [[1884]])
* [[May 18]] – [[Sidney Franklin (director)|Sidney Franklin]], American film director (b. [[1893]])
* [[May 22]]
** [[Cecil Day-Lewis]], British poet (b. [[1904]])
** Dame [[Margaret Rutherford]], English actress (b. [[1892]])
* [[May 23]] – [[Richard Day (art director)|Richard Day]], Canadian art director (b. [[1896]])
* [[May 24]] – [[Asta Nielsen]], Danish silent film star (b. [[1881]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/asta-nielsen-2/|title=Asta Nielsen – Women Film Pioneers Project|website=wfpp.columbia.edu}}</ref>
* [[May 28]] 
** The Duke of Windsor, previously King [[Edward VIII]] of the United Kingdom (b. [[1894]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Christopher Warwick|title=Abdication|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJufAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Sidgwick & Jackson|isbn=978-0-283-99351-0|page=166}}</ref>
** [[Violette Leduc]], French writer (b. [[1907]])
* [[May 29]] – [[Prithviraj Kapoor]], Indian actor and director (b. [[1906]])
* [[May 31]] – [[Walter Jackson Freeman II]], American neurologist (b. [[1895]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Walter-Jackson-Freeman-II|title=Walter Jackson Freeman II &#124; American Neurologist & Neurosurgeon &#124; Britannica|date=November 10, 2024|website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>

===June===
[[File:Joe Deakin 1908.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Joe Deakin]]]]
* [[June 10]] – [[Edward Milford]], Australian general (b. [[1894]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/milford-edward-james-11121|title=Australian Dictionary of Biography|first=S. N.|last=Gower|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|via=Australian Dictionary of Biography}}</ref>
* [[June 12]]
** [[Saul Alinsky]], American political activist (b. [[1909]])
** [[Ludwig von Bertalanffy]], Austrian biologist (b. [[1901]])
** [[Edmund Wilson]], American writer and critic (b. [[1895]])
* [[June 13]]
** [[Georg von Békésy]], Hungarian biophysicist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1899]])
** [[Stephanie von Hohenlohe]], Austrian-born German World War II spy (b. [[1891]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spartacus-educational.com/Stephanie_von_Hohenlohe.htm|title=Stephanie von Hohenlohe|website=Spartacus Educational}}</ref>
** [[Clyde McPhatter]], American singer (b. [[1932]])
** [[Felix Stump]], American admiral (b. [[1894]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/06/15/archives/adm-felixstump-led-pacifig-fleet-task-force-commander-in-battle-ef.html|title=ADM, FELIX STUMP, LED PACIFIC FLEET|date=June 15, 1972|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
* [[June 18]] – [[Milton L. Humason]], American astronomer (b. [[1891]])
* [[June 22]] – [[Vladimir Durković]], Serbian footballer (b. [[1937]])
* [[June 25]] – [[Jan Matulka]], Czech-born American artist (b. [[1890]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.askart.com/artist/Jan_Matulka/24727/Jan_Matulka.aspx|title=Jan Matulka – Biography|website=askart.com}}</ref>
* [[June 28]] – [[Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis]], Indian scientist (b. [[1893]])
* [[June 30]] – [[Joe Deakin]], British Olympic athlete (b. [[1879]])

===July===
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[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-39998-0427, Paul-Henri Spaak.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Paul-Henri Spaak]]]]
* [[July 2]] – [[Joseph Fielding Smith]], 10th president of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. [[1876]])
* [[July 5]] – [[Raúl Leoni]], 55th [[President of Venezuela]] (b. [[1905]])
* [[July 6]] – [[Brandon deWilde]], American actor (b. [[1942]])
* [[July 7]]
** Patriarch [[Athenagoras I of Constantinople]] (b. [[1886]])
** King [[Talal of Jordan]] (b. [[1909]])
* [[July 8]] – [[Ghassan Kanafani]], Palestinian author (b. [[1936]])
* [[July 20]] – [[Geeta Dutt]], Indian singer (b. [[1930]])
* [[July 21]]
** [[Ralph Craig]], American Olympic athlete (b. [[1889]])
** King [[Jigme Dorji Wangchuck]] (b. [[1929]])
* [[July 24]] − [[Lance Reventlow]], English playboy, entrepreneur and racing driver (b. [[1936]])
* [[July 25]] − [[Oscar Elton Sette]], American fisheries scientist (b. [[1900]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aifrb.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/AIFRB-Biographies-web.pdf|title=Oscar Elton Sette|access-date=November 4, 2024|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220174404/http://www.aifrb.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/AIFRB-Biographies-web.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[July 27]] – Count [[Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi]], Austrian-Japanese politician and philosopher (b. [[1894]])
* [[July 28]] – [[Helen Traubel]], American soprano (b. [[1899]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Jan Onofrio|title=Missouri Biographical Dictionary|publisher=Somerset|year=2001|isbn=9780403095988|page=275}}</ref>
* [[July 31]]
** [[Alfons Gorbach]], Austrian politician, 15th [[Chancellor of Austria]] (b. [[1898]])
** [[Paul-Henri Spaak]], Belgian politician and statesman, 31st [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] and 2nd [[Secretary General of NATO]] (b. [[1899]])

===August===
[[File:Max Theiler nobel.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Max Theiler]]]]
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* [[August 8]] – [[Andrea Feldman]], American actress (b. [[1948]])
* [[August 9]] – [[Ernst von Salomon]], German writer (b. [[1902]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Ernst von Salomon Dead; West German Author, 69|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/08/10/archives/ernst-yon-salomor-dead-i-west-g2_ror-69.html|access-date=November 18, 2021|work=The New York Times|date=August 10, 1972|location=Bonn}}</ref>
* [[August 11]] – [[Max Theiler]], South African-born American virologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1899]])
* [[August 14]]
** [[Oscar Levant]], American pianist and actor (b. [[1906]])
** [[Jules Romains]], French poet and writer (b. [[1885]])
* [[August 16]] – [[Pierre Brasseur]], French actor (b. [[1905]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Pierre Brasseur|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|date=August 10, 2024|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pierre-Brasseur}}</ref>
* [[August 19]] – [[Rudolf Belling]], German sculptor (b. [[1886]])
* [[August 20]] – [[Juan Manuel Gálvez]], 39th [[President of Honduras]] (b. [[1887]])
* [[August 24]] – [[Jinichi Kusaka]], Japanese admiral (b. [[1888]])
* [[August 26]] – [[Francis Chichester|Sir Francis Chichester]], British sailor and aviator (b. [[1901]])
* [[August 28]] – [[Prince William of Gloucester]] (b. [[1941]])<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/28/newsid_2536000/2536275.stm|title=1972: Prince William killed in plane crash|publisher=BBC News|work=On This Day|access-date=April 28, 2011|date=August 28, 1972}}</ref>
* [[August 29]] – [[René Leibowitz]], French composer (b. [[1913]])

===September===
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[[File:Asgeir Asgeirsson.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ásgeir Ásgeirsson]]]]
[[File:Akim Tamiroff 1964.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Akim Tamiroff]]]]
* [[September 1]] – [[He Xiangning]], Chinese revolutionary, feminist, politician, painter and poet (b. [[1878]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chinesenewart.com/chinese-artists15/hexiangning.htm|title=He Xiangning – Chinese New Art – chinesenewart|website=chinesenewart.com}}</ref>
* [[September 2]] – [[Ivan Yumashev (admiral)|Ivan Yumashev]], Soviet admiral (b. [[1895]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/83309/Yumashev-Ivan-Stepanovich.htm|title=Yumashev, Ivan Stepanovich – TracesOfWar.com|website=tracesofwar.com}}</ref>
* [[September 5]] ([[Munich massacre]]):
** [[Yossef Romano]], Israeli weightlifter (b. [[1940]])
** [[Moshe Weinberg]], Israeli wrestling coach (b. [[1939]])
* [[September 6]] ([[Munich massacre]]):
** [[David Berger (weightlifter)|David Berger]], Israeli weightlifter (b. [[1944]])
** [[Ze'ev Friedman]], Israeli weightlifter (b. [[1944]])
** [[Yossef Gutfreund]], Israeli wrestling referee (b. [[1931]])
** [[Eliezer Halfin]], Israeli wrestler (b. [[1948]])
** [[Amitzur Shapira]], Israeli athletics coach (b. [[1932]])
** [[Kehat Shorr]], Israeli shooting coach (b. [[1919]])
** [[Mark Slavin]], Israeli wrestler (b. [[1954]])
** [[Andre Spitzer]], Israeli fencing coach (b. [[1945]])
* [[September 8]] – [[Warren Kealoha]], American Olympic swimmer (b. [[1903]])
* [[September 12]] – [[William Boyd (actor)|William Boyd]], American actor (b. [[1895]])
* [[September 13]] – [[Zoel Parenteau]], American composer (b. [[1883]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/09/15/archives/zoel-raientiau-stage-composer-arranger-who-also-wrote-scores-is.html|title=Zoel Parenteau, Stage Composer|work=The New York Times|date=September 15, 1972|page=40}}</ref>
* [[September 15]]
** [[Ásgeir Ásgeirsson]], 2nd President of Iceland (b. [[1894]])
** [[Geoffrey Fisher]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (b. [[1887]])
* [[September 17]] – [[Akim Tamiroff]], Armenian actor (b. [[1899]])<ref>{{Cite news|date=September 19, 1972|title=Akim Tamiroff, Actor, Is Dead; Had Screen Career of 35 Years|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/09/19/archives/-akim-tamiroff-actor-is-dead1-had-screen-career-of-35-years-exert.html|access-date=2021-06-19|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[September 19]] – [[Robert Casadesus]], French pianist (b. [[1899]])
* [[September 21]] – [[Henry de Montherlant]], French writer (b. [[1896]])
* [[September 25]] – [[Max Fleischer]], American animator (b. [[1883]])

===October===
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* [[October 1]] – [[Louis Leakey]], British paleontologist (b. [[1903]])<ref>{{cite book|title=New Scientist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=167YFAML_o4C&pg=PA573|date=September 8, 1977|publisher=Reed Business Information|pages=573}}</ref> 
* [[October 5]] – [[Ivan Yefremov]], Soviet paleontologist and science fiction author (b. [[1908]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Christy G. Turner II|author2=Nicolai D. Ovodov|author3=Olga V. Pavlova|title=Animal Teeth and Human Tools: A Taphonomic Odyssey in Ice Age Siberia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8U5CAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA27|date=July 11, 2013|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-06765-3|pages=27}}</ref>
* [[October 8]] – [[Prescott Bush]], American banker and politician (b. [[1895]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Prescott-Bush|title=Prescott S. Bush &#124; Biography, Family Tree, & Facts &#124; Britannica|website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>
* [[October 9]] – [[Miriam Hopkins]], American actress (b. [[1902]])
* [[October 10]] – [[Kenneth Edgeworth]], Irish army officer, economist and astronomer (b. [[1880]])<ref>{{cite book|title=The Irish Astronomical Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MDtBAQAAIAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Irish Astronomical Society|page=3}}</ref>
* [[October 16]] – [[Leo G. Carroll]], English actor (b. [[1886]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Ellenberger|first=Allan R.|title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Company|date=2001|isbn=9780786409839|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZraJCgAAQBAJ|page=103|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|title=Mass Slated Today for Actor Leo G. Carroll|work=Valley News|date=October 19, 1972|page=35}}</ref>
* [[October 17]] – [[George, Crown Prince of Serbia]] (b. [[1887]])
* [[October 20]] – [[Harlow Shapley]], American astronomer (b. [[1885]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Dr. Harlow Shapley Dies at 86. Dean of American Astronomers. Dr. Harlow Shapley, Dean of American Astronomers, Dies at 86|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/10/21/archives/dr-harlow-shapley-dies-at-86-dean-of-american-astronomers-dr-harlow.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 21, 1972|access-date=2014-01-15}}</ref>
* [[October 24]]
** [[Jackie Robinson]], African-American baseball player (b. [[1919]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0131.html|title=Jackie Robinson, First Black in Major Leagues, Dies|last=Anderson|first=Dave|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 27, 2009|date=October 25, 1972}}</ref> 
** [[Claire Windsor]], American actress (b. [[1892]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/10/25/archives/claire-windsor-actress-74-dead-blonde-star-of-the-silent-screen-for.html|title=Claire Windsor, actress, 74, dead|date=October 25, 1972|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 25, 2020}}</ref>
* [[October 26]] – [[Igor Sikorsky]], Soviet aviation engineer (b. [[1889]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sikorskyarchives.com/pdf/news%202013/April%202013%202.pdf|title=Igor Sikorsky Was a Reflection of His Heritage and Experiences in Life|last=Jacobson|first=Lee|date=April 2013|work=Sikorsky Archives News|publisher=Igor I. Sikorsky Historical Archives|access-date=October 12, 2021|page=3}}</ref>
* [[October 27]] – [[Katherine Oppenheimer]], American biologist (b. [[1910]])
* [[October 28]] – [[Mitchell Leisen]], American film director (b. [[1898]])

===November===
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* [[November 1]] – [[Ezra Pound]], American poet (b. [[1885]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Peter Ackroyd|title=Ezra Pound and His World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IccfAQAAIAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Scribner|isbn=978-0-684-16798-5|page=116}}</ref>
* [[November 5]] – [[Reginald Owen]], English actor (b. [[1887]])
* [[November 12]]
** [[Rudolf Friml]], Czech composer (b. [[1879]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ian Herbert|author2=Christine Baxter|author3=Robert E. Finley|title=Who's who in the Theatre: A Biographical Record of the Contemporary Stage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lAC1AAAAIAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Pitman|isbn=978-0-273-00163-8|page=1382}}</ref>
** [[José Nucete Sardi]], Venezuelan historian and diplomat (b. 1897)<ref>Mireya SOSA DE LEÓN: «Nucete Sardi, José». En: [http://bibliofep.fundacionempresaspolar.org/dhv/entradas/n/nucete-sardi-jose-vicente/ ''Diccionario de Historia de Venezuela'']. Venezuela: Fundación Empresas Polar, 1997. 980-6397-37-I.</ref>
* [[November 13]] – [[Arnold Jackson (athlete)|Arnold Jackson]], British Olympic athlete (b. [[1891]])
* [[November 14]] – [[Martin Dies Jr.]], American politician (b. [[1900]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Dies-Jr|title=Martin Dies, Jr. &#124; Texas Congressman, House Un-American Activities Committee &#124; Britannica|website=www.britannica.com}}</ref>
* [[November 17]]
** [[Thomas C. Kinkaid]], American admiral (b. [[1888]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Gerald E. Wheeler|title=Kinkaid of the Seventh Fleet: A Biography of Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, U.S. Navy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R4wTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA486|year=1995|publisher=Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy|isbn=978-0-945274-26-1|pages=486}}</ref>
** [[Eugène Minkowski]], French psychiatrist (b. [[1885]])
* [[November 23]] – [[Marie Wilson (American actress)|Marie Wilson]], American actress (b. [[1916]])
* [[November 25]] – [[Henri Coandă]], Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (b. [[1886]])
* [[November 28]] 
** [[Havergal Brian]], English composer (b. [[1876]])
** [[Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (b. [[1908]])
* [[November 29]] – [[Carl W. Stalling]], American musician (b. [[1891]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://musicianguide.com/biographies/1608004257/Carl-Stalling.html|title=Carl Stalling Biography|website=musicianguide.com}}</ref>

===December===
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* [[December 1]] – [[Antonio Segni]], 34th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] and 4th [[President of the Italian Republic]] (b. [[1891]])
* [[December 2]] – [[Ettore Bastico]], Italian field marshal (b. [[1876]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://comandosupremo.com/ettore-bastico/|title=General Ettore Bastico (1876–1972)|first=Robert|last=Hansen|date=February 12, 2019}}</ref>
* [[December 9]]
** [[William Dieterle]], German film director (b. [[1893]])
** [[Louella Parsons]], American gossip columnist (b. [[1881]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul Donnelley|title=Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EmYcAQAAIAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Omnibus|isbn=978-0-7119-7984-0|page=455}}</ref>
* [[December 11]] – [[Numa Turcatti]], Uruguayan law student, victim of the [[Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571]] crash (b. [[1947]])<ref>{{Cite web|last=Guevara|first=Mauricio|date=January 11, 2024|title=¿Quién fue Numa Turcatti, el último muerto del vuelo 571 quien se negó a comer carne humana?|url=https://larepublica.pe/mundo/2024/01/07/quien-fue-numa-turcatti-ultima-victima-de-la-tragedia-de-los-andes-quien-se-nego-a-comer-carne-humana-la-sociedad-de-la-nieve-pancho-delgado-roberto-canessa-230741|access-date=2024-01-11|website=larepublica.pe|language=es}}</ref>
* [[December 12]] – [[Thomas H. Robbins Jr.]], American admiral (b. [[1900]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/14/archives/adm-thomas-robbins-72-dies-aviator-led-naval-war-college.html|title=Adm. Thomas Robbins, 72, Dies; Aviator Led Naval War College|date=December 14, 1972|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
* [[December 13]] – [[René Mayer]], 91st [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. [[1895]])
* [[December 20]] – [[Günter Eich]], German lyricist, dramatist and author (b. [[1907]])
* [[December 21]] – [[Paul Hausser]], German Waffen SS general and commander (b. [[1880]])<ref>{{cite book|last1=Williamson|first1=Gordon|title=German Commanders of World War II (2): Waffen-SS, Luftwaffe and Navy|date=2006|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-8417-6597-X|page=8}}</ref>
* [[December 23]] – [[Andrei Tupolev]], Soviet aircraft designer (b. [[1888]])
* [[December 24]] 
** [[Charles Atlas]], Italian-born American [[strongman (strength athlete)|strongman]] and [[sideshow]] performer (b. [[1892]])
** [[Gisela Richter]], English art historian (b. [[1882]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/richter-gisela-1882-1972|title=Richter, Gisela (1882–1972) &#124; Encyclopedia.com|website=encyclopedia.com}}</ref>
* [[December 25]] – [[C. Rajagopalachari]], Indian politician and freedom-fighter. Last [[Governor-General of India]] (1948–50) (b. [[1878]])
* [[December 26]] – [[Harry S. Truman]], 33rd [[President of the United States]] (b. [[1884]])
* [[December 27]] – [[Lester B. Pearson]], 14th [[Prime Minister of Canada]], recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1897]])<ref>{{cite news|url=http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/series/primeministers/stories/obit-LBP.html|title=Lester Pearson dies in Ottawa|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=December 28, 1972|access-date=September 17, 2014|archive-date=June 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622024840/http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/series/primeministers/stories/obit-LBP.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[December 31]] – [[Roberto Clemente]], Puerto Rican baseball player (b. [[1934]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0818.html|title=Clemente, Pirates' Star, Dies in Crash of Plane Carrying Aid to Nicaragua|work=The New York Times|date=January 2, 1973|access-date=January 3, 2019}}</ref>