List of Famous people who are 72

Gary K. Michelson is an American orthopedic surgeon, medical inventor, and billionaire philanthropist.

Jirō Yabuki also known as Jirō Chiba is a retired Japanese actor. His older brother is Sonny Chiba. He is known for playing the role of Kazuya Taki in the tokusatsu superhero series Kamen Rider.

Bruce Davey is an Australian film producer.

Werner Langen is a German politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1994 until 2019. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party.

Sotirios Kaiafas is a retired Cypriot footballer who is considered to be the best footballer that Cyprus has ever produced. He played for Omonia and Cyprus. During his career at Omonia, he won the European Golden Boot.

Mario Illien is an engineer specialising in motorsport engine design and comes from Chur in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. Despite living in a country in which motor racing was banned in 1955, he developed an interest in the sport during the 1960s while following the career of Jo Bonnier, a Swedish expatriate living in Switzerland.

Joseph Angelo D'Allesandro III is an American actor and Warhol superstar. Having also crossed over into mainstream roles like mobster Lucky Luciano in The Cotton Club, Dallesandro is generally considered to be the most famous male sex symbol of American underground films of the 20th century, as well as a sex symbol of gay subculture.

Heini Hemmi is a Swiss former alpine skier, winner of the giant slalom competition at the 1976 Winter Olympics. He also won the Giant Slalom World Cup 1976-77.