List of Famous people who are 72

Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer, guitarist, songwriter, and activist.

Kishirō Nakamura is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as an independent. A native of Sakai, Sashima District, Ibaraki Prefecture and a graduate of Nihon University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time as an independent in 1976.

Susan Georgina Pollard is an English actress, singer, author and songwriter. Her career has spanned over 45 years; she is most famous for her role in the BAFTA-winning Perry & Croft sitcom Hi-de-Hi!. She also appeared in You Rang, M'Lord? and Oh, Doctor Beeching!.

Sabine Azéma is a French stage and film actress and director.

Khalilah Camacho Ali is an American actress, also known for being the former wife of boxer Muhammad Ali.

Peter Leslie Shilton is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently holds the record for playing more games for the England men's team than anyone else, earning 125 caps, and holds the all-time record for the most competitive appearances in world football – 1,390. The IFFHS ranked Shilton among the top ten goalkeepers of the 20th century in 2000.

Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello is a Brazilian politician who served as the 32nd President of Brazil from 1990 to 1992, when he resigned in a failed attempt to stop his impeachment trial by the Brazilian Senate. Collor was the first President democratically elected after the end of the Brazilian military government. He became the youngest president in Brazilian history, taking office at the age of 40. After he resigned from the presidency, the impeachment trial on charges of corruption continued. Collor was found guilty by the Senate and disqualified from holding elected office for eight years (1992–2000). He was later acquitted of ordinary criminal charges in his judicial trial before Brazil's Supreme Federal Court, for lack of valid evidence.

Philippe Djian is a popular French author of Armenian descent. He won the 2012 Prix Interallié for the novel "Oh...".

Fritz Egner is a German broadcaster.

Jean-Jacques Bourdin is a French journalist, radio and television presenter. Since 2001, he has hosted the morning radio programme Bourdin Direct on RMC. Since 2018, he has also presented the monthly talk show Rien n'est impossible on RMC Story.