* 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

Geraldine Estelle " Geri " Halliwell ( born 6 August 1972 )

* Geri Halliwell ( born 1972 ), pop star

* Geri Halliwell ( born 1972 ), English singer and songwriter, member of the Spice Girls

* Geri Halliwell ( born 1972 ), member of the Spice Girls

In 1972, the modern crimping iron was invented by Geri Cusenza, one of the co-founders of Sebastian Professional.

Operating from 1960 to 1972 International Halliwell Mines, Ltd. (" Halliwell "), a Canadian corporation, through its wholly owned Haitian subsidiary, La Societe d ' Exploitation et de Developpement Economique et Natural d ' Haiti (" Sedren ") mined copper near Gonaïves.

Alyssa Jayne Milano ( born December 19, 1972 ) is an American actress, producer and former singer, best known for portraying Phoebe Halliwell on The WB television series Charmed ( 1998 – 2006 ).

* 1882 – Gisela Richter, English archaeologist and historian ( d. 1972 )

* 1972 – Jamie Zubairi, English actor

* 1972 – Martin Grainger, English footballer

* 1972 – Claire Sweeney, English actress

* 1972 – Lawrence Dallaglio, English rugby player

Since 1972, the Roman Catholic Church uses the name " Anointing of the Sick " both in the English translations issued by the Holy See of its official documents in Latin and in the English official documents of Episcopal conferences.

# Measures, numbers, money, days, months, years, clock time, and international words are in English forms, e. g. Date / Time: 20 May 1972 at 21: 00

According to Partridge ( 1972: 12 ), it dates from around 1840 and arose in the East End of London, however John Camden Hotten in his 1859 Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant and Vulgar Words states that ( English ) rhyming slang originated " about twelve or fifteen years ago " ( i. e. in the 1840s ) with ' chaunters ' and ' patterers ' in the Seven Dials area of London.

* Rewald, John, ed., with the assistance of Lucien Pissarro: Camille Pissarro, Lettres à son fils Lucien, Editions Albin Michel, Paris 1950 ; previously published, translated to English: Camille Pissarro, Letters to his son Lucien, New York 1943 & London 1944 ; 3rd revised edition, Paul P Appel Publishers, 1972 ISBN 0-911858-22-9

The major biography in English remains Arthur Wilson, Diderot ( 1972 ).

* 1972 – Robert Muchamore, English children's author

* 1972 – Niki Evans, English singer

Jacob Grimm in his Deutsches Wörterbuch deplored the " unhochdeutsch " form Elf, borrowed " unthinkingly " from the English, and Tolkien was inspired by Grimm to recommend reviving the genuinely German form in his Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings ( 1967 ) and Elb, Elben was consequently reintroduced in the 1972 German translation of The Lord of the Rings.

* 1972 – Mike Pollitt, English footballer

* 1972 – Steve McManaman, English footballer

* 1972 – Claudia Winkleman, English television presenter

* 1972 – Peter Serafinowicz, English comedian and actor

* 1972 – Martin Ballantyne, English actor

* 1972 – Claire Forlani, English actress

* 1906 – George Sanders, English actor ( d. 1972 )

* 1972 – Warren Furman, English gladiator

* 1972 – Daniel Casey, English actor