* 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

Much of the 20th century was dominated by one José María Velasco Ibarra, whose 5 presidential terms began with a mandate in 1934 and final presidency ended in 1972.

* 1972 – José Lima, American baseball player ( d. 2010 )

In the 1972 presidential election, opponents of military rule united under José Napoleón Duarte, leader of the Christian Democratic Party ( PDC ).

The Wold Newton Universe ( or WNU ) is a term coined by Win Scott Eckert to denote an expansion of Philip José Farmer's original Wold Newton Family concept ( introduced in Tarzan Alive ( 1972 )).

* José Laurel, Jr., ( August 27, 1912-March 18, 1998 ) Member of the Philippine National Assembly from Batangas from 1943 to 1944, Congressman from Batangas ' Third District from 1941 to 1957 and from 1961 to 1972, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 1954 to 1957 and from 1967 to 1971, Assemblyman of Regular Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986, Member of the Philippine Constitutional Commission of 1986 from June 2 to October 15, 1986 and a running-mate of Carlos P. Garcia of the Nacionalista Party in Philippine presidential election of 1957, placed second in the vice-presidential race against Diosdado Macapagal of Liberal Party ( Philippines )

Juan José served as the Guatemalan ambassador to France between 1970 and 1972.

Among Spain's most celebrated “ New Novels ” of this period, Juan Benet's Volverás a Región ( 1967 ), Camilo José Cela's San Camilo, 36 ( 1969 ), Miguel Delibes's Cinco horas con Mario ( 1966 ), Juan Goytisolo's so called “ Trilogy of Treason ” consisting of Señas de identidad ( 1966 ), Reivindicación del conde Don Julián ( 1970 ), and Juan sin tierra ( 1975 ), Gonzalo Torrente Ballester's La saga / fuga de J. B. ( 1972 ), Juan Marsé's Si te dicen que caí ( 1973 ), and Luis Goytisolo's tetralogy Antagonía ( 1973 – 1981 ) stand out.

La cabina (" The Telephone Box ") is an Emmy award-winning, 1972 film directed by Spanish director Antonio Mercero, and written by him and José Luis Garci.

* José Sanfilippo ( 1953 – 62 ; 1972 )

José Pedro Mourão Lamy Viçoso,, better known as Pedro Lamy (; born March 20, 1972 in Aldeia Galega, Alenquer, Portugal ), is a professional racing driver from Portugal.

José Ramón Herrera Catalino ( born August 30, 1972 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ) is a professional baseball outfielder who is currently with the York Revolution after being released by the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs.

* José López ( boxer ) ( born 1972 ), Puerto Rican boxer

José Desiderio Rodriguez Lima ( September 30, 1972 – May 23, 2010 ) was a Dominican right-handed pitcher who spent thirteen seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) with the Detroit Tigers ( 1994 – 1996, 2001 – 2002 ), Houston Astros ( 1997 – 2001 ), Kansas City Royals ( 2003, 2005 ), Los Angeles Dodgers ( 2004 ) and New York Mets ( 2006 ).

* José Arcadio Limón ( 1908 – 1972 ), a Mexican-born US modern dancer and choreographer

José suffered from a severe case of pneumonia in 1972 ; his thoracic diaphragm was paralyzed ; the disease almost ended with his career.

He ran in the Salvadoran presidential election of 1972 as the vice presidential running mate of Christian democrat José Napoleón Duarte.

* 1972 José María Carrascal for Groovy

* José Maria Cuenco † ( 24 Nov 1945 Appointed-8 Oct 1972 Died )

* José Maria Cuenco † ( Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Nov 1941 ; Bishop: 24 Nov 1945 ; Archbishop: 29 Jun 1951 to 8 Oct 1972 )

José Javier Hombrados ( born 7 April 1972 in Madrid, Spain ) is a Spanish Handball player.

José Prado Macías Salazar ( born January 25, 1972 in Panama City, Panama ) is a Major League Baseball player.

Expediente Negro ( Spanish for " Black File ") is a non-fiction 1972 book written by José Vicente Rangel about the murders in the 1960s of Venezuelan campesinos ( farmers ).

* José Vicente Rangel ( 1972 ), Expediente Negro, Caracas: Editorial Fuentes

He married in Guimarães, Vermil, on 24 April 1982, to Rosa Sofia Pinto Martins Salazar, born in Guimarães, Vermil, on 8 May 1957, a Licentiate in Modern Literatures and Languages ( English and German ), daughter of António Martins Fernandes Salazar ( b. Guimarães, Vermil, Calçada, 19 May 1931 ), an Industrialist, one of the pioneers of the Ave, Subregion industrialization, and wife ( m. Vila do Conde, São Miguel de Arcos, 21 April 1955 ) Berta da Silva Pinto ( Penafiel, Penafiel, 23 May 1934 – Guimarães, Creixomil, 13 February 1995 ), and paternal granddaughter of José Fernandes Salazar ( Guimarães, Vermil, 3 March 1890 – Porto, Miragaia, 1 December 1975 ), an Industrialist, one of the pioneers of the Ave, Subregion industrialization, and wife ( m. Guimarães, Ronfe, 19 February 1925 ) Rosa Correia da Silva Martins ( Guimarães, Ronfe, 2 January 1897 – Porto, Cedofeita, 31 August 1972 ).