List of Famous people who are 72

Song Yongyi is a Chinese American historian who specializes in the study of Chinese Cultural Revolution. He currently works at the California State University, Los Angeles, and previously served as a college librarian at the Dickinson College in Pennsylvania.

Alankrita Shrivastava is an Indian screenwriter and director. Having made her debut as a director in 2011, she has since won such accolades as the Films de Femmes Grand Prix and a nomination for a Filmfare award.

Steve Bulen is an American voice actor. He has been doing voices for many animated films and television shows for Walt Disney Animation Studios and Hanna-Barbera as well several video games and anime titles such as Doomed Megalopolis, Giant Robo, Outlaw Star, Perfect Blue, Street Fighter II V and Rave Master.

Stephen Hickman is an American artist, illustrator, sculptor and author. He is best known for his work in science fiction and fantasy, with over 350 book and magazine covers to his credit. His works illustrated the stories of Robert A. Heinlein, H. P. Lovecraft, J. R. R. Tolkien, Anne McCaffrey, and Andre Norton, Larry Niven's Man-Kzin Wars novels and Steven Brust's Dragaera series. His most widely circulated effort is a series of space fantasy postage stamps done for the United States Postal Service.

Soibahadine Ibrahim Ramadani is a French and Mahoran politician and formerly a member of the Senate of France, representing the island of Mayotte. He is a member of The Republicans and before that, its predecessor the Union for a Popular Movement. Since 2 April 2015 he is the President of the Departmental Council of Mayotte, the deliberative assembly for the Overseas Department and Region of Mayotte.