List of Famous people who are 72

Poul Petersen is a former Danish badminton player. He was a Danish National Championship three times in the doubles with Per Walsøe and Svend Pri. In addition he won the Nordic Championship in 1972 and was capped by Denmark in the early 1970s. His greatest achievement was winning the 1970 All England Badminton Championships doubles title with Tom Bacher.

Maria Farida Indrati is a former justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia for two terms. During her both terms, she was the only woman among the Court's nine members.

Maria Elena Lagomasino is a businesswoman who has been an executive at such companies as Coca-Cola and JP Morgan Chase. In 2007, she was named Hispanic Business Woman of the Year by Hispanic Business magazine.

Shin Chang-jae is a Korean billionaire businessman, Chairman and CEO of Kyobo Life Insurance Company.

Jeffrey Jackiel Rothschild is an American billionaire who co-founded several companies. He is the founding engineer and a large shareholder of Facebook. Despite his name, he is not a member of the Rothschild banking family.