List of Famous people who died at 72

Manuel Dammert Ego Aguirre was a Peruvian politician and sociologist. He served in the Congress of the Republic of Peru for Lima Metropolitana from 1980 to 1992 and 2013 to 2019.

Mario Marino also known as Ted Boy Marino was an Italian Brazilian wrestler, fighter and actor.

Mohamed Hamid Hazzaz named also Hamid El-Hazzaz was a Moroccan football goalkeeper. Hazzaz represented Morocco in the 1970 FIFA World Cup where he played Morocco's final group match against Bulgaria. The match finished in a 1-1 draw. Morocco therefore became the first African side to avoid defeat in the World Cup. He also played for MAS Fez.

Tōru "Tohl" Narita was a Japanese visual artist who is best known for creating the characters and mechanics for the Ultra series of television programs: Ultra Q, Ultraman, and Ultraseven.

Wang Tuoh was a Taiwanese writer, public intellectual, literary critic, and politician. He was born in Badouzi, then a small fishing village near the northern port city of Keelung. His name was originally Wang Hung-chiu (王紘久).

Zaid bin Hussein, GCVO, GBE was an Iraqi prince who was a member of the Hashemite dynasty and the head of the Royal House of Iraq from 1958 until his death, after the royal line founded by his brother Faisal I of Iraq died out.

Memphis Slim was an American blues pianist, singer, and composer. He led a series of bands that, reflecting the popular appeal of jump blues, included saxophones, bass, drums, and piano. A song he first cut in 1947, "Every Day I Have the Blues", has become a blues standard, recorded by many other artists. He made over 500 recordings.

Robert Havemann was an East German chemist and dissident.

Ferdinand Alexander "Ferry" Sonneville was an Indonesian badminton player noted for his touch, consistency, tactical astuteness, and coolness under pressure. He won numerous international singles titles from the mid-1950s through the early 1960s and his clutch performances helped Indonesia to win its first three Thomas Cup titles consecutively in 1958, 1961, and 1964, setting the pattern for his country's continued formidable presence in world badminton. Sonneville's playing career ended on a sour note in the 1967 Thomas Cup final in Jakarta when, past his prime, he was roundly booed by his countrymen after dropping singles matches in Indonesia's controversial loss to Malaysia.

Kinji Fukasaku was a Japanese film director and screenwriter who rose to prominence for his association with the Japanese New Wave. He directed the Japanese portion of the Hollywood war film Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), yakuza films including Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973), samurai period pieces such as Shogun's Samurai (1978), the space opera Message from Space (1978), the fantasy film Samurai Reincarnation (1981), and his final film Battle Royale (2000). He used a cinema verite-inspired shaky camera technique in many of his films from the early 1970s.