List of Famous people who died at 72

Manolis Andronikos was a Greek archaeologist and a professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Res Jost was a Swiss theoretical physicist, who worked mainly in constructive quantum field theory.

Robert Vernay was a French director and screenwriter.

Roland Hampe was a German classical archaeologist. From 1959-1975 he was a professor at Heidelberg University. He was the son of German historian Karl Hampe (1869-1936).

John Daniel Lyng (help·info) was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 28 August to 25 September 1963 in a coalition government consisting of the Conservative, Centre, Christian Democratic, and Liberal parties. It was the first government in 28 years that was not headed by the Labour Party.

Heinz Oskar Vetter was a German trade union leader and politician.

Arnold W. Gingrich was the editor of, and, along with publisher David A. Smart and Henry L. Jackson, co-founder of Esquire magazine. Among his other projects was the political/newsmagazine Ken.

Vincent Ludwig Persichetti was an American composer, teacher, and pianist. An important musical educator and writer, Persichetti was a native of Philadelphia. He was known for his integration of various new ideas in musical composition into his own work and teaching, as well as for training many noted composers in composition at the Juilliard School.