* 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 – 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

However, Chad has not recognised the State of Israel since former Chadian President François ( Ngarta ) Tombalbaye broke off relations in September 1972 as an act of solidarity with the Palestinians, and other Arabs under Israeli occupation.

Chad and Taiwan had relations from 1962 to 1972 and 1997 to 2006 when, for financial and security reasons, Chad announced its intention to recognize China.

: Algeria ; Chad ( 1960 – 1972 ); Comoros ; Djibouti ; Guinea ( 1959 – 1967 ); Libya ; Mali ( 1960 – 1973 ); Morocco ( 1994 – 2000 ); Mauritania ( 2000 – 2009 ); Niger ( 1960 – 1973, 1996 – 2002 ); Somalia ; Sudan ; and Tunisia ( 1996 – 2000 ), all of which have a Muslim majority.

* Chad Glasgow ( born 1972 ), American football coach

Rev Chad Varah was awarded the Albert Schweitzer Gold Medal in 1972, and became an Honorary Fellow of Keble College in 1981.

By 1972, the addax was found mainly in Rio de Oro of Mauritania, north Mali and Chad, with some in Algeria, South Libya, and North Sudan.

Chad Kroski ( born February 16, 1972, in Rustavi, Republic of Georgia ) is an American novelist, playwright and singer.

This was not the only time Long Eaton's status in Derbyshire was threatened as the original draft of the Local Government Act 1972 had considered moving Long Eaton into Nottinghamshire.

The mountain was named in 1972 by J. Monroe Thorington after Oliver Eaton Cromwell, an American climber who made many first ascents in the Canadian Rockies.

After the commercial failure of Big Star's first two albums, # 1 Record ( 1972 ) and Radio City ( 1974 ), Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens returned to Ardent Studios in late 1974 — accompanied by what biographer Bruce Eaton describes as " a large and revolving cast of Memphis musicians "— to record, under producer Jim Dickinson, " a batch of starkly personal, often experimental, and by turns beautiful and haunting songs that were anything but straight-up power pop.

In 1972, under the leadership of Cyrus Eaton, it became part of the Chessie System, along with the Baltimore and Ohio and Western Maryland Railway.

* 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