* 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

** Pajaros de primavera ( 1972 ; commissioned by Dr. Isao Takahashi, a promotor of classical guitar in Japan, for his wife Take Takahashi ; first performed in 1972 at the hospital bedside of Take Takahashi in Japan, " interpreted by a guitarist friend ," as she was dying of cancer — Christopher Parkening gave the first public performance, also in Japan )

* 1972 – Takanohana Kōji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 65th Yokozuna

* 1972 – Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer-songwriter

* 1972 – Hiroshi, Japanese comedian

* 1972 – Koriki Chōshū, Japanese comedian

Bangladeshi – Japanese relations were established in February 1972.

* 1972 – Asako Tajimi, Japanese volleyball player

* 1972 – Shōsuke Tanihara, Japanese actor

* 1972 – Kaiō Hiroyuki, Japanese sumo wrestler

* 1972 – Ken Hirai, Japanese singer and songwriter

* 1972 – Takako Fuji, Japanese actress

* 1972 – Romi Park, Japanese voice actress

* 1972 – Japanese Sgt.

* 1972 – Naoshi Mizuta, Japanese composer

* 1972 – Naohito Fujiki, Japanese actor and singer

* 1972 – Shinjiro Otani, Japanese wrestler

On 7 October 1972, Gaddafi praised the Lod Airport massacre, carried out by the Japanese Red Army, and demanded Palestinian terrorist groups to carry out similar attacks.

* 1972 – Közi, Japanese singer-songwriter and musician ( Malice Mizer and Eve of Destiny )

* 1972 – Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and singer

* 1972 – Ua, Japanese singer-songwriter ( Ajico )

* 1972 – In Tel Aviv, Israel members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport Massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.

* 1972 – Soichiro Hoshi, Japanese voice actor

* 1972 – The island of Okinawa, under U. S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.

* 1972 – Takashi Fujii, Japanese comedian and singer

On Guam, Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi, unaware that the war had ended, hid out in a jungle cave in the Talofofo area until 1972.