List of Famous people who born in 1972

Shoko Fujibayashi is a Japanese lyricist who has written the lyrics for several tokusatsu television series' theme songs. Most recently, Fujibayashi has worked with Shuhei Naruse on the soundtracks of Kamen Rider Den-O, Kamen Rider Kiva, and their films. She has also worked with Nana Mizuki, May'n, BoA, Ken Hirai, Sowelu, 2PM, Mikuni Shimokawa, Crystal Kay, Beni Arashiro, Daisuke Hasegawa, Issa of Da Pump, Lead, and Miho Kanno.

Chang Hung-lu is a Taiwanese politician.

Nobuko Motomura is a member of the Japanese Communist Party serving in the House of Representatives. She is supportive of foreigner suffrage, giving foreigners living in Japan the right to vote, citing that the foreigners pay taxes and are a part of Japanese communities. She also supports the creation of a committee that would protect the human rights of foreign workers, as the current body, the International Training Cooperation Organization, has income that comes from the companies that commit violations of human rights of the foreign workers.

Yoshinori Okihara is a former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder.

Adrian Martinez is an American actor and comedian, known for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and Focus. He also worked in the theatre. He is also known for his role as the "Discount Double Check" guy in a series of State Farm commercials starring Aaron Rodgers.

Jacob Brunsborg is a Danish businessman, and the chairman of the Danish retail chain Jysk, founded by his father, Lars Larsen.

Jyrgalbek Kalmamatov was a Kyrgyz politician and member of the Kyrgyzstan Party. He was born on December 22, 1972 in the village of Gulcho Osh Oblast. In 1993, he graduated from the Kyrgyz financial and economic school. He was elected to the Supreme Council in 2015, he died in office on 2 January 2018 of a heart attack at the age of 45. Kalmamatov had a wife and nine children.

Édson Luciano Ribeiro is a Brazilian sprinter competing mostly in 100 metres. He has been successful on regional level, and won two Olympic medals with the Brazilian 4 x 100 metres relay team.

Werner Franz is a former Austrian alpine skier.

Alexei Petrovich Popogrebski is a Russian film director and screenwriter. His 2010 film How I Ended This Summer was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, and won Best Film at the 2010 London Film Festival Awards.