List of Famous people who died at 72

Muhammad Yusuf ibn Suleman ibn Qasim Motala was a British Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, founder of Darul Uloom Bury and one of the disciples of Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi.

Ramesh Chandra Agarwal was an Indian media proprietor and founder-chairman of the Dainik Bhaskar group of newspapers that has a presence in 14 states of India with 62 editions and has an estimated readership of over 15 million. He started Dainik Bhaskar newspaper at Bhopal in 1958. In 1983 he launched the Indore edition and in 1996 it was produced in Rajasthan. He was on the board of D.B. Corp Limited from its inception.

Orestes Quércia was a Brazilian politician. He was the 28th governor of São Paulo State.

Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya was the second woman officer in Indian Police Service (IPS) in India, the first being Kiran Bedi. A 1973 batch IPS officer, she was the first woman to become Director General of Police of a state and retired on 31 October 2007 after 33 years of service. She then turned to politics and ran as a candidate of Aam Aadmi Party from Haridwar, Uttarakhand in the 2014 Indian general election.

Nachi Nozawa was a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and theatre director from Tokyo. He was affiliated with Office PAC at the time of his death. His real name was Yasutomo Nozawa . Nozawa was the official dub-over voice of Alain Delon and Al Pacino. Also he was known for dubbing over Giuliano Gemma, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Christopher Walken, Bruce Willis, Illya Kuryakin, C-3PO and Nash Bridges. He was also known as his roles in Cobra, Dororo, Gokū no Daibōken, and the Sakura Wars series.

Albert Eugen Rollomann, better known as Dieter Borsche, was a German actor. He appeared in over 90 films between 1935 and 1981. Since 1944, he suffered from muscle atrophy and had to use a wheelchair since the late 1970s. He was born in Hanover, Germany and died in Nuremberg, Germany. Borsche became a film star after World War II following his performance in Keepers of the Night (1949).

Jean-Jacques Blairon was a Belgian musician active in the 1980s under the name J. J. Lionel. His song, "La danse des canards", is one of the best-selling singles ever in France.

Manuel Velázquez Villaverde was a Spanish footballer who played as a central midfielder.

José María Forqué Galindo was a Spanish screenwriter and film director.

Alhaji Momodo Njie, also known as Biri Biri, was a Gambian footballer who played as a right winger. He most notably played for Sevilla FC in Spain and Herfølge Boldklub in Denmark. He was also a Gambian international footballer, and is regarded by several as the best Gambian footballer of all time.