List of Famous people who are 72

Gabriel Arcand is a Canadian actor. He is the brother of film director Denys Arcand.

Dom Odilo Pedro Scherer is a Brazilian cardinal of the Catholic Church, who has been the Archbishop of São Paulo since March 2007. He was made a cardinal in November 2007. In the international media, he was mentioned as a possible contender to succeed Benedict XVI, who resigned in 2013. He also holds the position of Grand-Chancellor of the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), one of the largest and most prestigious universities in Brazil.

Salim "Abdallah" Saadeh is an economist and a Lebanese politician. He serves for the third term as a representative for the Greek Orthodox Christians from Koura District in the Lebanese parliament, respectively in 1992, 2000 and 2018 general elections. He is a prominent member of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party in Lebanon.

Daniel Vaillant is a French Socialist politician.

Klaus Karl Ludwig is a German racing driver.

Sonia Annabel Elliot is an English interior designer and antiques dealer. She is the mother of British Conservative politician Ben Elliot, who serves as the Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party and sister of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, a member of the British royal family.

Laura Cha Shih May-lung, GBM, GBS, JP is a Hong Kong businesswoman and politician. She is a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, Chairman of Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.

Ángeles Amador Millán is a Spanish politician and lawyer. She served as Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs from July 1993 to May 1996. She has a son, Pablo Bustinduy, who went on to become a prominent figure as a Podemos politician.

Blase Joseph Cupich is an American prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal who serves as ninth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Rose de Freitas is a Brazilian politician and journalist. She has represented Espírito Santo in the Federal Senate since 2015. Previously, she was a Deputy from Espírito Santo from 2003 to 2015. She is a member of the Podemos (Brazil) Party.