List of Famous people who are 72

Óscar Alfredo Landerretche Gacitúa is a Chilean politician who served as minister of State. Similarly, he was president of the board of the Chilean state owned-company Codelco.

Jeff Levy-Hinte is an American film producer. He serves as the President of Antidote International Films, Inc. based in New York City. He produced The Kids Are All Right, co-written and directed by Lisa Cholodenko, which won the 68th Golden Globe Awards for Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical, and Best Performance by an Actress for Annette Bening.

Hans Lutz is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who represented West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the Men's Team Pursuit, alongside Gregor Braun, Peter Vonhof and Günther Schumacher. Four years earlier, when Munich hosted the Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit.

Jeffery Alan Cook is an American musician and songwriter who is best known as one of the founding members of the country band Alabama.

Bozhil Naydenov Kolev is a former Bulgarian football player and manager.