List of Famous people who died in 1972

Son Ngoc Minh (1920–1972), also known as Achar Mean (អាចារ្យមាន), was a Cambodian communist politician whose first notable career achievement was in 1950 when he was appointed the head of provisional revolutionary government of the United Issarak Front organized at Hong Dan. Among his Vietnamese friends, he was known as Phạm Văn Hua.

Otto Brenner was a German trades unionist and politician. Between 1956 and 1972 he was the leader of the powerful IG Metall (Industrial Union of Metalworkers).

John Ben "Benny" Benson Jr. designed the flag of Alaska. Benny was age 13 years old when he won a contest in 1927 to design the flag for the Territory of Alaska, which became a U.S. state on January 3, 1959.

Otto Karl Weinreich (1886–1972) was a German classical philologist. He is noted for his study of the Lukan Befreiungswunder through his work Gebet und Wunder.

Joseph Taggart McNarney was a four-star general in the United States Army and in the United States Air Force, who served as Military Governor of occupied Germany.

Stanisław Jan Milski (1897–1972) was a Polish actor, director, and artist manager.

John Hutchinson, OBE, FRS was an English botanist, taxonomist and author.