List of Famous people who died in 1972

Günther Klaffenbach was a German epigraphist. He was an editor of Inscriptiones Graecae from 1929, in succession to Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen.

George Dewey Clyde was an American politician and the tenth Governor of Utah, serving two terms from 1957 until 1965 as a Republican.

Georg Karg was a German businessman in the department store industry. After rising in the employ of the Hermann Tietz Department Stores, Karg took over the company when it was Aryanized, that is forcibly transferred to non-Jewish owners under the Nazis. After the Jewish owners were forced out, Karg was appointed managing director, running the stores under the name Hertie.

Fritz Glarner was a Swiss-American painter.

John Beach Litel was an American film and television actor.

Earl Felton (1909–1972) was an American screenwriter.

Władysław Ślebodziński was a Polish mathematician.