List of Famous people who died in 1972

1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975

Kenneth Kinnaird, 12th Lord Kinnaird

First Name Kenneth

Born on January 1, 1880

Died on January 1, 1972 (aged 92)

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Charles Harington

Charles Robert Harington

First Name Charles

Last Name Harington

Born on August 1, 1897

Died on February 4, 1972 (aged 74)

Sir Charles Robert Harington, KBE, FRS was a chemist, best known for synthesizing thyroxine.

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Elisabeth Dored

Elisabeth Sophie Wiel Braadland

First Name Elisabeth

Born on March 22, 1908

Died on September 6, 1972 (aged 64)

Born in Norway, Østfold

Elisabeth Braadland Dored was a Norwegian artist and author.

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Archibald Cubitt

First Name Archibald

Last Name Cubitt

Born on January 16, 1901

Died on February 13, 1972 (aged 71)

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Oliver John Frank Lockwood St. John

First Name Oliver

Last Name John

Born on March 31, 1914

Died on August 6, 1972 (aged 58)

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Willy Schwabacher

First Name Willy

Last Name Schwabacher

Born on July 22, 1897

Died on August 30, 1972 (aged 75)

Born in Germany, Hesse

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Jacqueline Morane

Jacqueline Pileyre

First Name Jacqueline

Born on March 23, 1915

Died on February 29, 1972 (aged 56)

Born in France, Centre-Val de Loire

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Jean-Jacques Bernard

Jacques Jean Bernard

First Name Jean-Jacques

Born on July 30, 1888

Died on September 14, 1972 (aged 84)

Born in France, Île-de-France

Jean-Jacques Bernard was a French playwright and the chief representative of what became known as l’école du silence or, as some critics called it, the art of the unexpressed, in which the dialogue does not express the characters’ real attitudes. In Martine (1922), perhaps the best example of his work, emotions are implied in gestures, facial expressions, fragments of speech and silence. He was active from 1912 to 1939.

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Hermann Ferdinand Schell

First Name Hermann

Last Name Schell

Born on June 19, 1900

Died on January 4, 1972 (aged 71)

Born in Switzerland, Canton of Schwyz

Ferdinand Schell was a Swiss writer. His work was part of the literature event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

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Dorothy Courage

First Name Dorothy

Last Name Courage

Born on January 1, 1877

Died on January 1, 1972 (aged 95)

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