List of Famous people who are 72

Hans Leyendecker is a German journalist. He writes for the Süddeutsche Zeitung and is one of Germany's best known investigative journalists.

Deborah Lynn Watson is a retired American movie and television actress.

Owen Seymour Arthur, PC was a Barbadian politician who served as Prime Minister of Barbados from 6 September 1994 to 15 January 2008. He was the longest-serving Barbadian Prime Minister at the time of his death. He also served as Leader of the Opposition from 1 August 1993 to 6 September 1994 and from 23 October 2010 to 21 February 2013.

Pierre Bergounioux is a French writer. He won the 1986 Prix Alain-Fournier for his second novel, Ce pas et le suivant. And in 2002, he won the SGDL literary grand prize for his body of work.

Satoru Mizushima is a Japanese filmmaker and right-wing activist. He graduated from Waseda University majoring in German literature. He can often be seen and heard during nationalist rallies in Tokyo, especially during anti-Chinese protests. He denies Japan's destructive role in World War II.

Paula Tsui Siu-fung is a Cantopop singer in Hong Kong, with a career spanning over 50 years. She was affiliated with the TVB television station until the mid-1990s and has performed for Asia Television on several occasions since 1995.

Mitsuhide Iwaki is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the National Diet. A native of Iwaki, Fukushima and graduate of Sophia University with a B.L., he worked at Suntory and served in the city assembly of Iwaki for two terms since 1980, in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture for two terms from 1986 and as mayor of Iwaki for two terms from 1990. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998.

Alexander Nikolayevich Maltsev is a retired Soviet ice hockey forward and politician.

Julia Migenes is an American soprano working primarily in musical theatre repertoire. She was born on the Lower East Side of New York to a family of Greek and Irish-Puerto Rican descent. She is sometimes credited as Julia Migenes-Johnson. She attended The High School of Music & Art in New York City.

Takao Horiuchi is a Japanese pop and enka singer. He won a 1990 Japan Record Award for enka.