* 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

Charlton left Manchester United at the end of the 1972 – 73 season, having scored 249 goals and set a club record of 758 appearances, a record which Ryan Giggs broke in the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final.

His 1970s films included Monte Walsh ( 1970 ) with Jeanne Moreau, the violent Prime Cut ( 1972 ) with Gene Hackman, Pocket Money ( 1972 ) with Paul Newman, Emperor of the North Pole ( 1973 ) opposite Ernest Borgnine, as Hickey in The Iceman Cometh ( 1973 ) with Fredric March and Robert Ryan, The Spikes Gang ( 1974 ) with Noah Beery, Jr., The Klansman ( 1974 ) with Richard Burton, Shout at the Devil ( 1976 ) with Roger Moore, The Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday ( 1976 ) with Oliver Reed, and Avalanche Express ( 1978 ) with Robert Shaw.

( 1972 ), starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O ' Neal, a screwball comedy indebted to Hawks's Bringing Up Baby ( 1938 ) and His Girl Friday ( 1940 ).

On July 9, 1972, Ryan struck out three batters on nine pitches in the second inning of a 3 – 0 win over the Boston Red Sox ; he became the seventh American League pitcher to accomplish the nine-pitch / three-strikeout half-inning, and the first ( and currently only ) pitcher in Major League history to accomplish the feat in both leagues.

He was replaced by Mark Ryan ( bass ) and the group added Mark Naftalin ( later replaced in 1972 by " Chuck Steaks ") on keyboards, and this lineup recorded two more albums, Quicksilver ( Nov. 1971 ) and Comin ' Thru ( Apr.

Mark Ryan was fired in 1972 after missing a plane and was replaced by Roger Stanton.

( 1972 ) starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O ' Neal.

: Nolan Ryan, 3 ( 1972 – 1974 )

: Nolan Ryan, 3 ( 1972 – 1974 )

: Nolan Ryan, 3 ( 1972 – 1974 )

: Nolan Ryan, 3 ( 1972 – 1974 )

: 11 Nolan Ryan ( 1972 – 1974, 1976 – 1979, 1987 – 1990 )

: 6 Nolan Ryan ( 1972, 1977 – 1978, 1981, 1986, 1989 )

He also appeared in four Sam Peckinpah directed films: Major Dundee ( 1965 ; with Charlton Heston ), The Wild Bunch ( 1969 ; with William Holden & Robert Ryan ), and two back-to-back Steve McQueen movies, The Getaway and the rodeo film Junior Bonner ( both 1972 ).

Shersby was first elected to Parliament at a 1972 by-election that followed the sudden death of Charles Curran, who had re-taken the seat for the Conservatives from Labour's John Ryan in the 1970 general election.

In 1972 her district was eliminated via redistricting and chose to run against William Fitts Ryan, who also represented part of the West Side, in the Democratic primary.

In 1972, NBC paid the NHL for the rights to broadcast games on national TV in the U. S. Lindsay was hired to do the color analysis, along with Tim Ryan, who did the play-by-play.

* Thomas Ryan ( New South Wales politician ) ( 1895 – 1972 ), Australian politician, member for Auburn in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

He married Susan Ryan in 1963 and they had a son and a daughter ; they divorced in 1972.

In 1972 Ryan helped to create and also starred in the role of Berthe in the Bob Fosse-directed Broadway musical Pippin, in which she sang the number " No Time At All ", which mentions, " a man who calls me Granny.

" These scholarships have been awarded by the Irene Ryan Foundation since 1972.

* Dermot Ryan, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland from 1972 until 1984

Ryan would lead this club to 1972 and 1974 premierships in the Illawarra Division.