List of Famous people who died at 72

Philip Owen Arnould Sherrard was a British author, translator and philosopher. His work includes important translations of Modern Greek poets, and books on Modern Greek literature and culture, metaphysics, theology, art and aesthetics. A pioneer of Modern Greek studies in England, he was influential in making major Greek poets of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries known in the English-speaking world. He was also a prolific writer on theological and philosophical themes, addressing the origins of the social and spiritual crisis he believed was occurring in the developed world, and specifically exploring modern attitudes towards the environment from a Christian perspective.

Adolf Wagner was a German weightlifter who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in middleweight category. He lifted a total of 352.5 kg at bodyweight of 74 kg. He was a member of the club He also won the gold medal in the 1938 World weightlifting championships. VKSA Essen 88.

Dennis Lipscomb was an American actor.

Luca Sportelli was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1964 to 1991.