* 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

* 1972 – Rab Douglas, Scottish footballer

Claims have been made for Manu Dibango's " Soul Makossa " ( 1972 ), Jerry Butler's " One Night Affair " ( 1972 ), the Hues Corporation's " Rock the Boat " ( 1973 ), George McCrae's " Rock Your Baby " ( 1974 ), and " Kung Fu Fighting " ( 1974 ) by Biddu and Carl Douglas.

* 1972 Japan Airlines Flight 472, operated Douglas DC-8-53 landed at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay.

* 1972 – Bob Douglas becomes the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

In 1972, the same phenomenon was observed in helium-3, but at temperatures much closer to absolute zero, by American physicists Douglas D. Osheroff, David M. Lee, and Robert C. Richardson.

Douglas Smith ( c. 1910-15 October 1972 ) began his broadcasting career with the BBC European Service ( now the World Service ) in 1946 and later worked as an announcer and newsreader on the Home Service and the Third Programme.

On April 6, 1972, the sheriff and two sheriff's deputies were killed in a shootout while attempting to serve a warrant on Bert Grissom ; Sheriff Douglas Batey and Deputies Glen Ray Archer and Troy Key were killed ; Sheriff Batey was replaced by William Thomas Pond as Sheriff, but Sheriff Pond was killed also on June 8, 1973, in an automobile accident.

* 1972 – David Lee, Robert Coleman Richardson and Douglas Osheroff discover superfluidity in helium-3 at 0. 002 K.

Lucas also drew inspiration from the robots Huey, Dewey, and Louie from Douglas Trumbull's 1972 film Silent Running.

The Alto was conceived in 1972 in a memo written by Butler Lampson, inspired by the On-Line System ( NLS ) developed by Douglas Engelbart at SRI, and was designed primarily by Chuck Thacker.

Later in his career, he became better known worldwide as the paternal Steve Douglas, the widowed patriarch on My Three Sons, which ran on ABC from 1960 – 1965 and then on CBS from 1965 – 1972.

More contemporary examples of nonsense verse are Vogon poetry, found in Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy or the 1972 song ' Prisencolinensinainciusol ' by Italian multi-talent Adriano Celentano.

Lima Airport in 1972 with a SATCO Douglas DC-4 operating an internal flight.

From 1972 – 1975, Douglas was a junior minister in the Third Labour Government, where he won a reputation for his capacity for innovation.

* Frederick Douglas Funderburg-Family doctor who served the county's citizens ( first black, then both black and white ) from 1922 to 1972.

The store remained closed until 1972 when Mrs. Jenckes gave the property to the Douglas Historical Society as a memorial to their father.

* Sean Douglas ( born 1972 ), New Zealand association football player

Dwayne Douglas Johnson ( born May 2, 1972 ), also known by his ring name The Rock, and occasionally credited as Dwayne " The Rock " Johnson, is an American actor and professional wrestler who appears for WWE.

As Douglas grew older, he took on the older-man and father roles, in such movies as Hud ( 1963 ), for which he won his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, The Americanization of Emily ( 1964 ), an episode of The Fugitive ( 1966 ), I Never Sang for My Father ( 1970 ), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, and The Candidate ( 1972 ).

* Barry Livingston, Ernest " Ernie " Thompson / Douglas ( 1963 – 1972 )

* Tina Cole, Kathleen " Katie " Miller Douglas ( 1967 – 1972 )

* Beverly Garland, Barbara Harper Douglas ( 1969 – 1972 )

* Dawn Lyn, Dorothy " Dodie " Harper Douglas ( 1969 – 1972 )