List of Famous people who are 72

Douglas "Doug" Stuart Sheehan is an American actor who played Ben Gibson throughout four seasons of the prime-time drama Knots Landing from 1983 to 1987. His character was the second husband of Valene Ewing.

Jean-Claude Largeau is a French racing cyclist. He rode in the 1972 Tour de France.

Markus Büchel is a Swiss Roman Catholic bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Gallen.

Jacques Rousselot is a French businessman and president of French football club AS Nancy having served in this role since 1994. He was the chief executive officer of E. Leclerc Voyages an online travel agency, before leaving the position to devote his time more to football. Rousselot is also a vice-president of the French Football Federation and serves on the federation's Federal Council.

Jacques Le Nay is a French Senator, representing the Morbihan department. From 1993 to 2012 he was the deputy for Morbihan's 6th constituency in the National Assembly of France, as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. From 1989 to 2017 he was Mayor of Plouay, and from 1988 to 2001 he was a General councillor of Morbihan.