List of Famous people who died at 72

Mahmoud el-Meliguy was an Egyptian screenwriter and an actor of film, theater, and television. He started his career playing minor roles, but achieved stardom in the late 1930s. A popular and award-winning actor, he has acted in hundreds of films and was famous for his evil, villain roles.

Pery Broad, also Perry Broad was a Brazilian non-commissioned officer in the Schutzstaffel (SS) active at Auschwitz concentration camp from April 1942 to 1945. He reached the rank of SS-Unterscharführer while working as a translator and stenographer in the camp headquarters. As a prisoner after the war, he wrote a historically valuable account of the camp's operation, dubbed the Broad Report.

Mohamed Yehia El Horria Emam, known as Hamada Emam, was a former Egyptian football player. He was Vice President of The Egyptian Football Association (EFA). Hamada Emam scored 74 goals for Zamalek SC in the Egyptian Premier League. He won two Egyptian league titles for Zamalek and three Egypt cups.

Mario Augusto Poggi Estremadoyro was a Peruvian psychologist, artist, sculptor and humorist. He became well known for killing an alleged serial killer in 1986; he was arrested for the murder and sentenced to seven years in prison, but was released in 1991 after serving around five years.

François Chaumette (1923–1996) was a French actor.

Ulrich Leyendecker was a German composer of classical music. His output consisted mainly of symphonies, concertos, chamber and instrumental music.

Manola del Carmen Robles Delgado was a Chilean journalist. She wrote primarily on economics and politics and worked for Radio Cooperativa in the 1980s and 1990s.

Ignatz Bubis, German Jewish leader, was the influential chairman of the Central Council of Jews in Germany from 1992 to 1999. In this capacity he led a public campaign against German antisemitism. Bubis's high profile both in Frankfurt and nationwide involved him in a number of public controversies.

Hans-Jürgen Krumnow was a German footballer. He played the entirety of his career in West Berlin for Hertha BSC and Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin.

Sanaa Gamil, born Thoraya Youssef Atallah, was an Egyptian actress.