List of Famous people who died in 1972

Berthold P. Wiesner

First Name Berthold
Last Name Wiesner
Born on January 1, 1901
Died on January 1, 1972 (aged 71)

Bertold Paul Wiesner FRSE (1901–1972) was an Austrian Jewish physiologist noted firstly for coining the term 'Psi' to denote parapsychological phenomena; secondly for his contribution to research into human fertility and the diagnosis of pregnancy; and thirdly for being biological father to upwards of 600 offspring by anonymously donating sperm used by his wife the obstetrician Mary Barton to perform artificial insemination on women at her private practice in the Harley Street area of London.

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Prince Michael Cantacuzene, 3rd Count Speransky

First Name Prince
Last Name Speransky
Born on July 21, 1900
Died on December 26, 1972 (aged 72)
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Godfrey Barton Robinson Pease

First Name Godfrey
Last Name Pease
Born on May 15, 1887
Died on November 30, 1972 (aged 85)
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Sibyl Morris

First Name Sibyl
Last Name Morris
Died on November 30, 1972 (aged 2)
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Dorothy Gough-Calthorpe

First Name Dorothy
Last Name Gough-Calthorpe
Born on October 5, 1885
Died on January 23, 1972 (aged 86)
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Wallace Edward Thomas Leaver

First Name Wallace
Last Name Leaver
Born on September 16, 1901
Died on January 1, 1972 (aged 70)
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John Treherne

First Name John
Last Name Treherne
Died on January 1, 1972 (aged 2)
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Richard Wentworth Seale

First Name Richard
Last Name Seale
Born on January 1, 1904
Died on January 1, 1972 (aged 68)
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Francis Elmhirst Spencer

First Name Francis
Last Name Spencer
Born on July 25, 1881
Died on March 6, 1972 (aged 90)
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Albinia Mary Evans-Lombe

First Name Albinia
Born on January 1, 1887
Died on April 16, 1972 (aged 85)
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