List of Famous people who are 72

Mary Catherine Gordon is an American writer from Queens and Valley Stream, New York. She is the McIntosh Professor of English at Barnard College. She is best known for her novels, memoirs and literary criticism. In 2008 she was named Official State Author of New York.

Catherine Martine Denguiadé became Catherine Bokassa was a Central African Republic (CAR) Empress Consort. She was one of several wives of Emporer Bokassa but she became the Empress when he created the Central African Empire. Her son was chosen as his heir.

Anna Lee Fisher is an American chemist, emergency physician, and a former NASA astronaut. Formerly married to fellow astronaut Bill Fisher, and the mother of two children, in 1984 she became the first mother in space. During her career at NASA, she has been involved with three major programs: the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station and the Orion spacecraft.

Raymond Matthews Brown Jr. is an American jazz and blues singer.

Isa Habibbayli is the Vice-president of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Ph.D. in philology, professor, Honored Scientist of the Republic of Azerbaijan, a full member of ANAS.