List of Famous people who died at 72

José Arístides Manuel Secall Parada also known in the artistic world as Pepe Secall, was a Chilean actor and theater director. Until shortly before his death, he was active in film, television, and theater.

Sergei Konstantinovich Tumansky was a designer of Soviet aircraft engines and the chief designer in the Tumansky Design Bureau, OKB-300. He worked in TsIAM, at the aircraft-engine plant N 29, in Leah.

Calder Baynard Willingham Jr. was an American novelist and screenwriter.

Yusuf Kironde Lule was a Ugandan professor who served as the President of Uganda between 13 April and 20 June 1979.

Kenneth Utt, was an American film producer and unit production manager, notable for producing The Silence of the Lambs (1991), for which he won an Oscar for Best Picture.

Sir John Edward Nourse Heygate, 4th Baronet was a Northern Irish journalist and novelist.

Ulrich Plenzdorf was a German author and dramatist.