List of Famous people who are 72

Lee Chien-lung is a Taiwanese politician from New Taipei City and a member of the Kuomintang (KMT). He is the current Secretary-General of Kuomintang serving under Chairman Johnny Chiang. Lee previously served as the Chairman of the KMT New Taipei City Chapter, Commissioner of the New Taipei City Department of Civil Affairs, and Mayor of Sanchong City, Taipei County. Lee ran unsuccessfully for a New Taipei City seat in the Legislative Yuan during both the 2012 and 2016 Taiwanese legislative election.

Steve Segal is an American animator and filmmaker known for his independent animated shorts as well as his contribution to Pixar films like Toy Story. He teaches animation at the California College of the Arts and has also been a professor in the animation department at Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California.

Ana Jorge is a pediatrician, and a Portuguese politician and member of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS), who served as Minister of Health.

B. Tennyson Sebastian II is an American sound engineer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film Back to the Future. He has worked on more than 40 films since 1980.

Luís Filipe Loureiro Comparato, known as Doc Comparato, is a Brazilian writer of miniseries, television series and of the Brazilian cinema.

Barry Kemp is a television producer, director and writer, and a movie producer. He has written for numerous TV shows, but his two best-known creations are Newhart, which lasted for eight seasons on CBS (1982–1990) and Coach, which lasted for nine seasons on ABC (1989–1997). He also wrote for Taxi for four seasons and was the creator of Fresno and Delta. Kemp's movie productions include Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Patch Adams and Catch Me If You Can.

Bo Persson is a sound mixer. On 24 January 2012 he was nominated for an Academy Award for the film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.