List of Famous people who died at 72

Eddie McAteer was an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.

Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil was a French film director, actor, and novelist best known for his work in the fantastique genre.

Sir Neville Egerton Leigh was a senior British civil servant, descended from a Cheshire gentry family of medieval origin.

Lars Onsager was a Norwegian-born American physical chemist and theoretical physicist. He held the Gibbs Professorship of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1968.

Norman Foster was an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He directed many Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto films as well as projects for Orson Welles and Walt Disney. As an actor he was a leading man in early talkies and also appeared in Welles’ final film The Other Side of the Wind.

Bruce Gentry Blair was a nuclear security expert and a research scholar, a national security expert, the author of articles and books on nuclear topics, and a television show producer.

Ian Lionel Malcolm Leslie, 21st Earl of Rothes was a Scottish nobleman.