* 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

* 1972 – Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentine footballer

* 1972 – Roberto Mejia, Dominican baseball player

Roberto Clemente Walker ( August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972 ) was a Puerto Rican baseball player whose Major League career comprised the 18 seasons stretching from 1955 through 1972, all of them played with the Pittsburgh Pirates, primarily as a right fielder.

** Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player ( d. 1972 )

* Lester Piggott – Never Say Die ( 1954 ), Crepello ( 1957 ), St. Paddy ( 1960 ), Sir Ivor ( 1968 ), Nijinsky ( 1970 ), Roberto ( 1972 ), Empery ( 1976 ), The Minstrel ( 1977 ), Teenoso ( 1983 )

His next defence came on 26 June 1972, against Panama's greatest, the then undefeated Roberto Durán at the Madison Square Garden ( MSG ) in New York.

The Coliseum is named after baseball hall of famer Roberto Clemente, who died in a plane crash off Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina in 1972, while flying with relief articles to be given to victims of the Nicaragua earthquake.

At least six divisions had world champions who could be considered dominant: The Bantamweights had Rubén Olivares ; the Super Bantamweights, ( a division created in 1976 ) had Wilfredo Gómez winning the title in 1977 and keeping it until he left it vacant until 1983 ; the Lightweights had Roberto Durán, who won the title in 1972 and vacated it in 1979 to seek championships at other weights ; the Jr. Welterweights had Antonio Cervantes, who reigned twice ; the Middleweights had Carlos Monzón, sometimes referred to as King Carlos because of his seven-year reign as champion ; the Light-Heavyweights had Bob Foster.

Mazeroski and Roberto Clemente were the last remaining Pirate players from the 1960 World Series winners, when the Pirates won the World Series in 1971 and lost the NL championship series in 1972.

The show lasted from 1972 to 1980 ( although the sketch would continue until 1992 ), during which she and Roberto began a lifelong romance that never produced any children.

* Organizzazione, partito, classe, politica e legge ferrea dell ' oligarchia in Roberto Michels by Giorgio Sola ( 1972 )

Brigadier Gerard ( starting at 1 / 3 ) raced against the 1972 Epsom Derby winner Roberto and the runner-up, Rheingold, who started second favourite.

On September 30, 1972, Pirates ' right-fielder Roberto Clemente got his 3, 000th hit at Three Rivers Stadium, three months before his death.

A teenage sensation, he rode his first winner of the Epsom Derby on Never Say Die in 1954 aged 18 years and went on to win eight more, on Crepello ( 1957 ), St. Paddy ( 1960 ), Sir Ivor ( 1968 ), Nijinsky ( 1970 ), Roberto ( 1972 ), Empery ( 1976 ), The Minstrel ( 1977 ) and Teenoso ( 1983 ).

* Derby-( 9 )-Never Say Die ( 1954 ), Crepello ( 1957 ), St Paddy ( 1960 ), Sir Ivor ( 1968 ), Nijinsky ( 1970 ), Roberto ( 1972 ), Empery ( 1976 ), The Minstrel ( 1977 ), Teenoso ( 1983 )

Between 1972 and 1977 he scripted five more films: León Klimovsky La casa de las chivas ( The House of the goats ); Pedro Olea No es bueno que el hombre esté solo ( 1972 ), ( A Man Shouldn ’ t be Alone ); Eloy de la Iglesia Una gota de sangre para morir amando, ( 1973 ) ( A drop of blood to die loving ); Antonio Drove Mi mujer es muy decente dentro de lo que cabe ( 1974 ) o Roberto Bodegas Vida conyugal sana ( 1973 )( Healthy Married Life ) and Los nuevos españoles ( 1974 )( New Spaniards ).

Among the notable games in which Harvey worked was the final game of the 1972 season in which Roberto Clemente collected his 3, 000th ( and last ) base hit off of the New York Mets ' Jon Matlack.

On April 10 and 12, 2008, in partnership with The National Endowment for the Arts ' Big Read, Roberto Cantú, professor of Chicano Studies and English, who is intimately familiar with Bless Me, Ultima, produced a dramatic reading as a stage adaptation of the novel at Cal State L. A. Cantú first reviewed the work when it was published in 1972, and has published and lectured extensively on its art, structure, and significance.

In 1971, Universitario won its fourteenth First División title and qualified for the 1972 edition of the Copa Libertadores under the Uruguayan head coach Roberto Scarone along with Alianza Lima who placed second that season.

* Roberto Clemente ( 1934 – 1972 ), Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player

In the 1972 All-Star game, Cedeño beat out Roberto Clemente for the starting NL position.

* Roberto Acuña ( born 1972 ), Argentinian-born Paraguayan football ( soccer ) player