List of Famous people who born in 1972

Sarah Thomas is an American football official, currently for the National Football League (NFL), who wears uniform number 53. Thomas was the first woman to officiate a major college football game, the first to officiate a bowl game, and the first to officiate in a Big Ten stadium. On April 8, 2015, Thomas was hired as the first full-time female official in NFL history, and for the 2020 NFL season, she is on the officiating crew headed by referee Shawn Hochuli.

Django Asül is a Turkish-German actor and comedian.

Darya Vladimirovna Poverennova, is a Russian theatre and film actress, and a granddaughter of the great Soviet actor Sergei Lukyanov.

Justina Milagros Machado is an American actress, known for her roles as Penelope Alvarez on the Netflix and Pop TV sitcom One Day at a Time, Darci Factor in The CW dramedy Jane the Virgin, Vanessa Diaz on the HBO drama Six Feet Under, and Brenda on the USA drama Queen of the South.

Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo OIH is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter Milan before retiring on 31 May 2009. He won 127 caps for the Portugal national team, a record at the time but later broken by Cristiano Ronaldo.

Muriel Elizabeth Bowser is an American politician serving as the eighth mayor of the District of Columbia since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented Ward 4 as a member of the Council of the District of Columbia from 2007 to 2015. She is the second female mayor of the District of Columbia after Sharon Pratt, and the first woman to be reelected to that position. She is also the second African American woman to be mayor.

Randolph Frederich Rodrigues Alves, commonly known as Randolfe Rodrigues, is a Brazilian journalist and politician. Since 2011, Rodrigues serves as a Senator for the state of Amapá.

Dustin John Higgs was an American man who was executed by the United States federal government, having been convicted and sentenced to death in 2000 for his role in the January 1996 murders of three women in Maryland. Tamika Black, Tanji Jackson, and Mishann Chinn were all shot and killed near the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, on the Patuxent Research Refuge in Prince George's County, Maryland. Because this is classed as federal land, he was tried by the federal government rather than by the state of Maryland. His case, conviction, and execution were the subject of multiple controversies.

Yūki Himura (日村 勇紀, Himura Yūki, born 14 May 1972, in Kurose, Higashihiroshima is a Japanese comedian, actor and voice actor. He performs tsukkomi in the comedy duo Bananaman. His partner is Osamu Shitara. Himura married Aika Kanda, a Television announcer in April, 2018.

Peter Dubovský was a Slovak footballer who played as a forward.