* 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

* 1892 – Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter ( d. 1972 )

* May 30 – Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter ( d. 1972 )

* Party Leader in the Chamber of Deputies: Luigi Longo ( 1946 – 1947 ), Palmiro Togliatti ( 1947 – 1964 ), Pietro Ingrao ( 1964 – 1972 ), Alessandro Natta ( 1972 – 1979 ), Fernando Di Giulio ( 1979 – 1981 ), Giorgio Napolitano ( 1981 – 1986 ), Renato Zangheri ( 1986 – 1990 ), Giulio Quercini ( 1990 – 1992 )

After finishing runner-up in 1972 and 1973, the year in which Fernando Morena, one of Uruguay's most historical goal scorers arrived, the club won the Uruguayan championship, in 1974 and 1975.

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.

Fernando Solanas ' 1972 Los Hijos de Fierro () is another Argentine classic film.

Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos ( born 31 March 1972 ) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and composer.

A member of the influential López Family of Iloilo, Fernando López served as Vice President for three terms, under President Elpidio Quirino ( 1949 — 1953 ) for the Liberals and Ferdinand Marcos ( 1965 — 1969 and 1969 — 1972 ) for the Nacionalistas.

The leaders prosecuting the 1971 April insurrection trail began on June 12, 1972, at the Queen's Club, located at the Baudddhaloka Mawatha, before the Criminal Justice Commission composed of Chief Justice H N G Fernando ( Chairman ) Justice A C A Alles, Justice V T Thamotheram, Justice H Dheragoda and Justice T W Rajaratnam.

* 30 May – Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter ( d. 1972 ).

* 1972 – Jun Lana, Filipino playwright and screenwriter

In 1972, the Philippine government included Filipino martial arts into the national sports arena.

* Zoren Legaspi ( born 1972 ), Filipino actor and television director

# Living artists who have been Filipino citizens for the last ten years prior to nomination as well as those who have died after the establishment of the award in 1972 but were Filipino citizens at the time of their death ;

* Game of Death ( 1972 ) ( Filipino fighter ) ....

She also holds the distinction of being the first Filipino to win in an international music festival by bagging the Best Performer Award during the 1st Tokyo Music Festival ( 1972 ) where she bested numerous international artists including the highly-regarded Olivia Newton-John.

Jovito " Jovy " Reyes Salonga ( born June 22, 1920 ) is a Filipino nationalist politician and lawyer, as well as a leading opposition leader during the Marcos regime from 1972, when Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, until 1986, when Marcos was deposed as a result of a bloodless revolution ( see People Power Revolution ).

* Roel Velasco ( born 1972 ), retired Filipino boxer