* Gene Austin ( 1900 – 1972 ), American singer

* Charles Atlas ( 1892 – 1972 ), a famous bodybuilder

He was the fourth child of Ondrej Varchola ( Americanized as Andrew Warhola, Sr., 1889 – 1942 ) and Júlia ( née Zavacká, 1892 – 1972 ), whose first child was born in their homeland and died before their move to the U. S. Andy had two older brothers, Paul, born about 1923, and John, born about 1925.

* 1972 – Vietnam War: Easter Offensive – American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.

* 1886 – Athenagoras I, Greek religious leader, 268th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople ( d. 1972 )

* 1929 – Joi Lansing, American model and actress ( d. 1972 )

* 1972 – Scott Martin Brooks, American actor

* 1972 – Chad Eaton, American football player

* 1972 – Jason Hervey, American actor

* 1972 – Ami James, Israeli-American tattoo artist

* 1972 – Anders Thomas Jensen, Danish screenwriter and director

* 1972 – Dickey Simpkins, American basketball player

* 1972 – Jo Van Daele, Belgian discus thrower

* 1972 – Sebnem Ferah, Turkish singer and musician

* 1972 – Dimitrios Kokotis, Greek high jumper

* 1972 – Paul Lo Duca, American baseball player

* 1896 – Reverend Gary Davis, American singer and guitarist ( d. 1972 )

* 1972 – JR Richards, American singer-songwriter, and musician ( Dishwalla )

* 1887 – George, Crown Prince of Serbia ( d. 1972 )

* 1972 – Jaap-Derk Buma, Dutch field hockey player

* 1972 – Felix da Housecat, American DJ and producer

* 1972 – The Great Khali, Indian wrestler

* 1972 – Denise Lewis, English heptathlete

In 1972, Grand Funk Railroad added Craig Frost on keyboards as a full-time member.

* Craig Frost – keyboards, backing vocals ( 1972 – 1976 )

From 1969 to 1972, Frost kept his London shows and fronted The David Frost Show on the Group W ( U. S. Westinghouse Corporation ) television stations in the United States.

He was for five years Poet Laureate of his home state, New Hampshire ( 1984 – 89 ), and can list among the many other honours and awards to have come his way: the Lamont Poetry Prize for Exiles and Marriages ( 1955 ), the Edna St Vincent Millay Award ( 1956 ), two Guggenheim Fellowships ( 1963 – 64, 1972 – 73 ), inclusion on the Horn Book Honour List ( 1986 ), the Sarah Josepha Hale Award ( 1983 ), the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize ( 1987 ), the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry ( 1988 ), the NBCC Award ( 1989 ), the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in poetry ( 1989 ), and the Frost Medal ( 1990 ).

Nicholas John " Nick " Frost ( born 28 March 1972 ) is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter.

From 1969 to 1972, Taylor served as the music director forThe David Frost Show and was the first African American to lead a talk show band.

He approached Frank Frost in December 1972.

The Thing with Two Heads is a 1972 film, starring Rosey Grier, Ray Milland and Don Marshall directed by Lee Frost, and written by Wes Bishop.

* 1972 – Jimmy Pop, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( The Bloodhound Gang )

* 1881 – Louella Parsons, American columnist ( d. 1972 )

* 1972 – Ray Lucas, American football player

* 1972 – Ryan Bollman, American actor

* 1972 – Yetunde Price, American murder victim ( d. 2003 )

* 1972 – Hani Hanjour, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 ( d. 2001 )

* 1972 – Kevin Plank, American businessman, founded Under Armour

* 1972 – Devon Hughes, American wrestler

* 1972 – Thomas Woods, American historian, economist, and educator

* 1921 – Marilyn Maxwell, American actress ( d. 1972 )

* 1882 – Seth Bingham, American organist and composer ( d. 1972 )

* 1972 – Ben Affleck, American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer

* 1972 – Chris Morrissey, American director and actor

* 1972 – Matthew Wood, American voice actor and sound editor