List of Famous people who died at 72

Osvaldo Sosa was an Argentine football manager and player who worked as the manager of Atlético Tucumán in the Primera División Argentina.

Rubén Oswaldo Díaz Figueras was an Argentine footballer. He played as a defender for Racing Club in Argentina and Atlético Madrid in Spain. He was nicknamed "Panadero" (baker) because his father owned a bakery.

Richie Cole was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger.

Donald Vincent Merton was a New Zealand conservationist best known for saving the black robin from extinction. He also discovered the lek breeding system of the kakapo.

Lonny Kellner was a German singer and actress. She was married to Peter Frankenfeld.

Hans-Heinrich Sander was a German politician for the Free Democratic Party.

Wilma de Faria was a Brazilian politician. She served as the governor of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte from 2003 to 2010, the first woman to hold the position. She is a member of the AVANTE.

Jacques Crevoisier was a French footballer and coach.

Jennifer Alice Clack, was an English palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist. She specialised in the early evolution of tetrapods, specifically studying the "fish to tetrapod" transition: the origin, evolutionary development and radiation of early tetrapods and their relatives among the lobe-finned fishes. She is best known for her book Gaining Ground: the Origin and Early Evolution of Tetrapods, published in 2002 and written with the layperson in mind.

Pierre Camou was a French rugby union administrator. He was the President of the French Rugby Federation from 2008 to 2016, before he was succeeded by Bernard Laporte. Prior to becoming President of the FFR he was also the treasurer then vice-president of FIRA-AER.