List of Famous people who are 72

Jean Hatzfeld is a French author and journalist who wrote extensively about the Bosnian War and the Rwandan Genocide in Rwanda.

Miguel Ángel Tirado Vinués better known by his comedic persona Marianico el Corto, is a Spanish comedian.

Thomas Wingett Corbett Jr. is an American politician and attorney who served as the 46th governor of Pennsylvania from January 18, 2011 to January 20, 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Yeh Chu-lan is a Taiwanese politician. She served as acting mayor of Kaohsiung and Vice Premier of the Republic of China.

Ng Leung-sing is a former member of the Provisional Legislative Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong from for Election Committee constituency and Finance functional constituency from 1997 to 2004 and 2012 to 2016. He was also the Vice-chairman of the China & South Sea Bank Limited. He supported Leung Chun-ying in the 2012 Chief Executive race and is seen as an ally of CY Leung in the Legislative Council.

Nikolaus Brender is a German journalist. He was the commissiong editor of the German public broadcasting station ZDF between 2000 and 2010.

Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah is a Moroccan gastroenterologist and politician. He served as Minister of Health in the government of Driss Jettou from 2002 to 2007. He has been secretary general of the Authenticity and Modernity Party since February 2009.

Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, known as Tutut Suharto, is an Indonesian politician who is the eldest daughter of former Indonesian president Suharto.

John Benjamin Toshack MBE is a Welsh former professional football player and manager.

Safia El Emari, is an Egyptian actress. She was assigned as ambassador of Goodwill with the United Nations in 1997 until her resignation in 2006 as a protest on 2006 Lebanon War. She began her career as a journalist, after graduating from the Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University. She studied Russian language and worked as an interpreter at international conferences. She participated in many Egyptian movies and TV series.