George Pakos

Canadian soccer player (born 1952).

Born August 14th, 1952 (age 73 years) in Victoria.

Mikhail An

Soviet football player (1952–1979).

Born November 19th, 1952 in Tashkent Region.

Died August 11th, 1979 at 26 years old in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Françoise Combes

French astrophysicist and president of the french academy of sciences.

Born August 12th, 1952 (age 73 years) in Montpellier.

Mario Runco, Jr.

American astronaut.

Born January 26th, 1952 (age 74 years) in The Bronx.

Alexander Zaitsev

Russian figure skater.

Born June 16th, 1952 (age 73 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Federico Trillo

Spanish politician.

Born May 23rd, 1952 (age 73 years) in Cartagena. ^[ref]

Joe Natuman

Vanuatuan politician.

Born November 24th, 1952 (age 73 years) in Tanna.

Mehdi Charef

French film director (born 1952).

Born October 21st, 1952 (age 73 years) in Maghnia.

Kuniko Inoguchi

Japanese politician, political scientist.

Born May 3rd, 1952 (age 73 years) in Ichikawa. ^[ref]

Ítalo Estupiñán

Ecuadorian footballer (1952-2016).

Born January 1st, 1952 in Esmeraldas.

Died March 1st, 2016 at 64 years old in Mexico City (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Wojciech Fortuna

Polish ski jumper.

Born August 6th, 1952 (age 73 years) in Zakopane.

Joseph Urusemal

President of micronesia.

Born March 19th, 1952 in Woleai.

Died September 16th, 2025 at 73 years old in Palau. ^[ref]

Dominique Rey

French catholic bishop.

Born September 21st, 1952 (age 73 years) in Saint-Étienne.

Bernard de Dryver

Auto racer.

Born September 19th, 1952 (age 73 years) in Brussels.

Reinhard Häfner

German association football player and manager (1952–2016).

Born February 2nd, 1952 in Sonneberg. ^[ref]

Died October 24th, 2016 at 64 years old in Dresden (cancer). ^[ref]

Charles Goerens

Luxembourgish politician.

Born February 6th, 1952 (age 74 years) in Ettelbruck.

Sanny Åslund

Swedish footballer and manager.

Born August 29th, 1952 (age 73 years) in Torsby.

Ivan Dvorny

Russian basketball player (1952-2015).

Born January 5th, 1952.

Died September 21st, 2015 at 63 years old in Omsk (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Ernesto Díaz

Colombian footballer (1952–2002).

Born September 13th, 1952 in Bogotá.

Died May 4th, 2002 at 49 years old in Orlando. ^[ref]

Trudy Mackay

Canadian geneticist.

Born September 10th, 1952 (age 73 years) in Moncton. ^[ref]

Jadwiga Rappé

Polish opera vocalist.

Born February 24th, 1952 in Toruń. ^[ref]

Died May 16th, 2025 at 73 years old in Warsaw. ^[ref]

Rubén Toribio Díaz

Peruvian footballer.

Born April 17th, 1952 (age 74 years) in Lima.

David B. Weishampel

American paleontologist.

Born November 16th, 1952 (age 73 years).

Jean-Paul Akono

Cameroonian footballer.

Born January 1st, 1952 (age 74 years) in Yaoundé.

Lorenz-Günther Köstner

German association football player and manager.

Born January 30th, 1952 (age 74 years) in Wallenfels.