List of Famous people who died at 72

Mark Hume McCormack was an American lawyer, sports agent and writer. He was the founder and chairman of International Management Group, now IMG, an international management organization serving sports figures and celebrities.

Suzanna Leigh was a British actress, known for her film and television roles in the 1960s and 1970s.

Paul Loridant was a French politician. A member of the Citizen and Republican Movement, he served as a French Senator for Essonne, a General Councillor for the Canton of Les Ulis, and the Mayor of Les Ulis.

Volker Hinz ) was a German photographer. Early in his career he became known for his political reportage and travel stories; now his portraits of artists, authors, fashion designers, sports men and politicians are better known.

Karl John was a German film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1932 and 1977. He was born in Cologne, Germany and died in Gütersloh, Germany.

Rikuo Nemoto is a former professional baseball catcher and manager in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He was elected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001.

Anthony Esmond Sheridan McGinnity, known professionally as Tony Sheridan, was an English rock and roll singer-songwriter and guitarist who spent much of his adult life in Germany. He was best known as an early collaborator of the Beatles, one of two non-Beatles to receive label performance credit on a record with the group, and the only non-Beatle to appear as lead singer on a Beatles recording which charted as a single.

Alain Cacheux was a French politician and member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Nord department, and was a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.

Jan Tschichold was a calligrapher, typographer and book designer. He played a significant role in the development of graphic design in the 20th century – first, by developing and promoting principles of typographic modernism, and subsequently idealizing conservative typographic structures. His direction of the visual identity of Penguin Books in the decade following World War II served as a model for the burgeoning design practice of planning corporate identity programs. He also designed the much-admired typeface Sabon.

Guy Delcourt was a French politician, a member of the National Assembly. He represented the Pas-de-Calais department, and was a member of the Socialist Party and of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche parliamentary group.