* 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

* Price, Christine & Gertrude Duby Blom ( 1972 ) " Heirs of the Ancient Maya: A Portrait of the Lacandon Indians ," New York: Scribner.

In 1972, Justin Kerr worked with author & anthropologist Michael D. Coe to produce a book on ceramic vessels of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization.

Thompson sought to present the Maya to the general public with publications such as the Rise and fall of the Maya Civilization ( 1954 ) and Maya Hieroglyphs without Tears ( 1972 ).

A film based on his story, Maya Darpan ( 1972 ), directed by Kumar Shahani, won theFilmfare Critics Award for Best Film.

* Thompson, J. Eric S., A Commentary on the Dresden Codex: A Maya Hieroglyphic Book, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1972.

* 1877 – Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, conductor and composer ( d. 1972 )

From 1972 to 2006 an Italian acting award, " The Rudolph Valentino Award ", was handed out every year.

She was married to songwriter and music producer Richard Rudolph from 1972 until her death in the summer of 1979.

Michael Rudolph Knuble ( ; born July 4, 1972 ) is a Canadian American professional ice hockey right winger and is currently a free agent in the National Hockey League.

With narrator Burl Ives in the role of Sam the Snowman and an original orchestral score composed by Marks himself, Rudolph became one of the most popular and longest-running Christmas specials in television history: it remained with NBC until around 1972, and currently runs annually on CBS.

* 1972 – What a Bunch of Sweeties ( Polydor ) – Rudolph ; Sanderson ; Hunter-UK # 48

Well known composers of the Netherlands Antilles are Jan Gerard Palm ( 1831 – 1906 ), Chris Ulder ( 1843 – 1895 ), Joseph Sickman Corsen ( 1853 – 1911 ), Paul de Lima ( 1861 – 1926 ), Jacobo Conrad ( 1879 – 1918 ), Rudolph Palm ( 1880 – 1950 ), Charles Maduro ( 1883 – 1947 ), John Palm ( 1885 – 1925 ), Toni Palm ( 1885 – 1963 ), Jacobo Palm ( 1887 – 1982 ) Albert Palm ( 1903 – 1958 ), Edgar Palm ( 1905 – 1998 ), Wim Statius Muller ( 1930 ), Robert Rojer ( 1939 ) and Randal Corsen ( b 1972 ).

The first salvage excavation took place in 1972 under Aharoni and Rudolph Cohen's direction, but much of the work was carried out by Cohen, Yigal Yisrael, and recently Tali Erickson-Gini, following the 1986 involvement of " Blossoming Rose " in partnership with the Israel Antiquities Authority, Jewish National Fund and Tamar Regional Council.

* Brummund, Ruth: Astropsychologische Charaktermerkmale, Ludwig Rudolph Verlag, Hamburg 1972.

Designed by noted architect Paul Rudolph, they were completed in 1972 as a part of New York City's Mitchell Lama housing development initiative.

Rudolph Ganz joined CMC's faculty in 1900 and, except for a brief hiatus in the 1920s, remained associated with the school until his death in 1972.

* 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