* 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

* Peer, Elizabeth and Ralph II ( 1972 ).

The roles of Bet Lynch, Ivy Tilsley ( Lynne Perrie ), Deirdre Hunt ( Anne Kirkbride ), Rita Littlewood ( Barbara Knox ) and Mavis Riley ( Thelma Barlow ) were built up between 1972 and 1973 with characters such as Gail Potter ( Helen Worth ), Blanche Hunt ( Patricia Cutts and Maggie Jones ) and Vera Duckworth ( Elizabeth Dawn ) first appearing in 1974.

* 1972 Under Milk Wood, starring Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, and Peter O ' Toole

* 1972 – Elizabeth Berkley, American actress

( 1972 ) Elizabeth the First.

She also appeared briefly as Lillie Langtry at the end of The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean ( 1972 ) with Paul Newman and Jacqueline Bisset, and in The Blue Bird ( 1976 ) with Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Fonda.

Rosemary Hawley Jarman's fictionalized biography of Elizabeth Woodville is entitled The King's Grey Mare ( 1972 ).

A visit by Queen Elizabeth II to the site in 1972 caused considerable controversy ; student protests against the Queen's visit were vociferous and, in some cases, fuelled by alcohol, and the disturbances were widely condemned in the press and the local community, where students were refused access to buses and other facilities for a time.

In February, 1972, Elizabeth R first aired in the United States on Masterpiece Theatre which was hosted by Alistair Cooke on PBS.

* Elizabeth Allday, Stefan Zweig: A Critical Biography, J. Philip O ' Hara, Inc., Chicago, 1972

He was married on 14 May 2004 to Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, who was born on 5 February 1972.

In 1972, Elizabeth J. Feinler, better known as Jake, became principal investigator of the project.

In 1972 the SBS and SAS came into prominence when members of a combined SBS and SAS team parachuted into the Atlantic Ocean after a bomb threat on board the cruise liner RMS Queen Elizabeth 2.

In 1956, George Town became the first municipality in the Federation of Malaya to have a fully elected council, and on 1 January 1957, the municipality became a city by a royal charter granted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, becoming the first ( and until 1972, the only ) city in the Federation.

Burke's fourth wife was Frances Sunday ( born 1951 ), whom he married in about 1970 ; she was married to him ( but separated ) when he died, and had three children with him: King Solomon Haile Selassie Burke ( born August 7, 1972 ), Queen Sunday Victoria Burke ( born February 24, 1974 ), and Queen Elizabeth Burke-Maynard ( born March 12, 1975 ).

He made his professional debut at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London in September 1972 when he gave the first London performance of the cello concerto by Sir Arthur Bliss.

* Elizabeth Berkley ( born 1972 ), American TV and movie actress

Elizabeth Berkley ( born July 28, 1972 ) is an American television, film, and theater actress.

Whilst and having the same decimal value as a crown, the 25p pieces were issued to commemorate events, e. g. 1972 was for the 25th wedding anniversary of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.

* When Michael Calls, also released as Shattered Silence ( 1972 ), which starred Michael Douglas, Ben Gazzara and Elizabeth Ashley

Cripps Court, incorporating Lyon Court ( named after Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the Queen Mother ), was designed by Powell, Moya and Partners and built in stages between 1972 and 1980.

* Biological transmutations, revised and edited by Herbert & Elizabeth Rosenauer, London, Crosby Lockwood 1972 ( reprinted by Beekman, New York, in 1998 under ISBN 0-8464-0195-9 )

H. M. Queen Elizabeth II has established the custom of awarding an honorary GCB to visiting heads of state, for example Gustav Heinemann, and Josip Broz Tito ( in 1972 ), Ronald Reagan ( in 1989 ), Lech Wałęsa ( in 1991 ), Dr. Censu Tabone, President of Malta, in 1992, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, George H. W. Bush ( in 1993 ), Nicolas Sarkozy in March 2008, Turkish President Abdullah Gül, Slovenian President Dr Danilo Türk Mexican President Felipe Calderón, and South African President Jacob Zuma.

Queen Mary visited in 1928, and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother visited for the centenary in 1948 and again in 1972 and 1980.