List of Famous people who are 72

Wally Yeung Chun-kuen is a Hong Kong judge. He has served as a Vice-President of the Court of Appeal since July 2011. He is the President of the College Council of St. John's College, University of Hong Kong.

Jane Bartkowicz, known during her career as Peaches Bartkowicz, is a former top tennis player from the United States in the 1960s.

Hani Azer is a naturalized German civil engineer. He was born in Tanta, Egypt to a Coptic family and moved to Cairo for High School and University. In 1973, after earning BSc(Engg) degree from the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University. he moved to Germany to study Post-Graduation in Civil Engineering in Bochum.

Sorcha Cusack is an Irish television and stage actress. Her numerous television credits include playing the title role in Jane Eyre (1973), Casualty (1994–1997), Coronation Street (2008) and Father Brown (2013–present).

Baron Christian Louis de Massy is the son of Princess Antoinette of Monaco, Baroness de Massy, and her husband, international tennis champion Alexandre-Athenase Noghès. His grandfather, Antony Noghès, created the world-famous Monaco Grand Prix. He was one of the two page boys at the wedding of his uncle Rainier III with Grace Kelly.

Andrei Aleksandrovich Fursenko is a Russian politician, scientist and businessman. He was the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation from 2004 to 2012.

Ángeles Mastretta is a post-boom Mexican author, journalist, actress, and film producer. She is well known for creating inspirational female characters and fictional pieces that reflect the social and political realities of Mexico in her life. She is a recipient of the Rómulo Gallegos Prize and the Mazatlán Prize for Literature for Best Book of the Year. Her book, Arráncame la vida was adapted into a movie, which won an Ariel Award in Mexico.

Cécile Breccia is a French actress and model best known for her role as Lt. Link Manion in the 2008 American military science fiction film Starship Troopers 3: Marauder. Her other notable films include 99 Francs (2007) and The Hills Have Eyes 2.

Philippe J. Sansonetti is a microbiologist, Professor at the Pasteur Institute and the Collège de France in Paris. He is the Director of the Inserm Unit 786 and of the Institut Pasteur laboratory Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire.