Sébastien Nadot

French historian, writer and politician.

Born July 8th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Fleurance.

Unai Etxebarria

Venezuelan cyclist.

Born November 21st, 1972 (age 53 years) in Caracas.

Yoshinori Abe

Japanese association football player.

Born September 10th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Fujisawa.

Nicole Ramalalanirina

Franco-malagasy athlete.

Born March 5th, 1972 (age 54 years) in Antananarivo.

Šarūnas Šulskis

Lithuanian chess player.

Born November 26th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Kėdainiai.

Ilana Cicurel

French lawyer and politician.

Born February 8th, 1972 (age 54 years) in Paris. ^[ref]

Derlis Gómez

Paraguayan footballer.

Born November 2nd, 1972 (age 53 years) in Asunción.

Sebastian Karpiniuk

Polish politician (1972–2010).

Born December 4th, 1972 in Kołobrzeg.

Died April 10th, 2010 at 37 years old in Pechersk, Smolensky District, Smolensk Oblast (Smolensk air disaster).

Agnes Samaria

Namibian middle-distance runner.

Born August 11th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Otjiwarongo.

Olga Zavyalova

Russian cross country skier.

Born August 24th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Hugo Rocha

Portuguese sailor.

Born April 13th, 1972 (age 54 years) in Oslo.

Henryk Bałuszyński

Polish footballer (1972-2012).

Born July 15th, 1972 in Knurów.

Died March 1st, 2012 at 39 years old in Ruda Śląska (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Yuko Emoto

Japanese judoka.

Born December 23rd, 1972 (age 53 years) in Asahikawa.

Dmitri Vyazmikin

Russian footballer.

Born September 27th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Vladimir.

Margit Pörtner

Danish female curler (1972–2017).

Born February 16th, 1972 in Hørsholm.

Died April 26th, 2017 at 45 years old in Denmark (cancer). ^[ref]

Hiroshi Moriyasu

Japanese association football player.

Born January 29th, 1972 (age 54 years) in Shizuoka.

Missy Schwen-Ryan

American rower.

Born July 17th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Bloomington.

Clover Maitland

Field hockey player.

Born March 14th, 1972 (age 54 years) in Maryborough.

Svetlana Bazhanova

Soviet speed skater.

Born December 1st, 1972 (age 53 years) in Chelyabinsk.

Emanuele Merisi

Italian swimmer.

Born October 10th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Treviglio.

Natalya Meshcheryakova

Russian swimmer.

Born June 1st, 1972 (age 53 years) in Moscow.

Petr Luxa

Czech tennis player.

Born March 3rd, 1972 (age 54 years) in Prague.

Liang Qin

Chinese fencer.

Born July 28th, 1972 (age 53 years). ^[ref]

Bert Roesems

Road bicycle racer.

Born October 14th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Halle.

Rossano Galtarossa

Italian rower.

Born July 6th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Padua.