List of Famous people who born in 1972

Namrata Shirodkar is an Indian actress and former model known for her works in Bollywood. She was awarded the Femina Miss India in 1993. She is best known for her works in films such as Kachche Dhaage (1999), Ezhupunna Tharakan (1999), Vaastav: The Reality (1999) and Pukar (2000), for which she was nominated for the IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award, Astitva (2000), Dil Vil Pyar Vyar (2002), LOC Kargil (2003), and the crossover cinema Bride and Prejudice (2004), which was a hit overseas, particularly in the UK. She married Telugu actor Mahesh Babu on 10 February 2005, and the couple has a son and a daughter.

Sergio Tomás Massa is an Argentine politician who currently serves as President of the Chamber of Deputies, while is National Deputy for Frente de Todos for Buenos Aires Province. He is the founder and leader of the Renewal Front.

Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko is a Russian billionaire industrialist and philanthropist.

Daniel Eric Markel was an attorney and a law professor in the United States who wrote important works on retribution in criminal law and sentencing, with a focus on the role of punishment in the criminal justice system. A native of Toronto, he earned a J.D. degree from Harvard in 2001 and after working briefly as a law clerk and junior associate at a law firm, joined the faculty of Florida State University in 2005.

Michael Te-Pei Chang is an American retired professional tennis player. He is the youngest male player in history to win a Grand Slam, winning the 1989 French Open at 17 years and 109 days old. Chang won a total of 34 top-level professional singles titles, was a three-time Grand Slam runner-up, and reached a career-best ranking of world No. 2 in 1996. Since he was shorter than virtually all of his opponents, he played a dogged defensive style utilizing his quickness and speed.

Rory Cochrane is an American actor. He is known for playing Ron Slater in Dazed and Confused, Lucas in Empire Records, Lee Schatz in Argo, Freck in A Scanner Darkly and Tim Speedle in CSI: Miami.

R. D. Robb is an American actor who appeared as Schwartz in the 1983 film A Christmas Story. He was nominated for an Edda Award in 2005. In 2001 he co-wrote and directed the film Don's Plum.

Ernest Christy Cline is an American science fiction novelist, slam poet, and screenwriter. He wrote the novels Ready Player One, Armada, and Ready Player Two and co-wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Ready Player One, directed by Steven Spielberg.

Claude Maki is a Japanese surfing and flight champion, actor and hip hop singer, under the stage name A.K.T.I.O.N., from Akasaka, Tokyo. He is the eldest son of actor and singer Mike Maki. His mother is Bibari Maeda , a Japanese-American actress.

Tony Chapron is a French former football referee.