Miguel de Icaza

Mexican free software developer.

Born November 23rd, 1972 (age 53 years) in Mexico City. ^[ref]

Jonas Björkman

Swedish tennis coach and retired tennis player.

Born March 23rd, 1972 (age 54 years) in Växjö.

Ronald Cheng

Hong kong male singer and actor.

Born March 9th, 1972 (age 54 years) in Hong Kong.

Gary Shteyngart

American journalist and writer.

Born July 5th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Trentemøller

Danish electronic musician.

Born October 16th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Vordingborg.

Marcus Stewart

British footballer (born 1972).

Born November 7th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Bristol.

Nek

Italian singer-songwriter and musician (1972-).

Born January 6th, 1972 (age 54 years) in Sassuolo.

Jason Barry

Irish actor.

Born December 14th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Dublin.

Ngô Bảo Châu

Vietnamese math professor.

Born November 15th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Hanoi. ^[ref]

Zanele Muholi

South african artist and visual activist (born 1972).

Born July 19th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Umlazi.

Tomas Lindberg

Swedish singer (1972–2025).

Born October 16th, 1972 in Gothenburg.

Died September 16th, 2025 at 52 years old in Gothenburg (adenoid cystic carcinoma). ^[ref]

Paolo Bacigalupi

American science fiction and fantasy writer.

Born August 6th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Colorado Springs, Paonia.

Jaan Tallinn

Estonian investor and programmer (born 1972).

Born February 14th, 1972 (age 54 years) in Tallinn.

Arkady Dvorkovich

Russian economist.

Born March 26th, 1972 (age 54 years) in Moscow.

Jeremy Wright

British politician (born 1972).

Born October 24th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Taunton.

Milka Duno

Venezuelan racing driver and model.

Born April 22nd, 1972 (age 54 years) in Caracas.

Grégory Coupet

French footballer (born 1972).

Born December 31st, 1972 (age 53 years) in Le Puy-en-Velay.

Jesse Tobias

American musician.

Born April 1st, 1972 (age 54 years) in Austin.

Fabian Picardo

Gibraltarian politician.

Born February 18th, 1972 (age 54 years) in Gibraltar.

Donavon Frankenreiter

American musician and surfer.

Born December 10th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Downey.

Mike McGlone

American actor.

Born August 10th, 1972 (age 53 years) in White Plains.

Jorge Luis Pila

Cuban actor.

Born August 3rd, 1972 (age 53 years) in Prague.

Devinn Lane

American pornographic actress and director.

Born March 28th, 1972 (age 54 years) in Newport Beach. ^[ref]

Michelle McLean

Namibian model.

Born July 31st, 1972 (age 53 years) in Windhoek.

Myles Pollard

Australian actor.

Born November 4th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Perth.