Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1972

Georg Hans Madelung was a German academic and aeronautical engineer. Madelung studied at several German Technical Universities before his service as a pilot in the First World War. After the war he lectured and worked in Germany and the United States, working on a number of significant aeronautical achievements. Madelung joined the Nazi Party in 1937, and during the Second World War was involved with aeronautical warfare research, including work with Wernher von Braun's rocket program. After the cessation of hostilities, Madelung resumed academic work in both Germany and the USA. Madelung's research at the Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland included the effects of high acceleration on the human body. He permanently returned to live in Germany from 1954 until his death in 1972. The second son of his marriage to Elisabeth Emma née Messerschmidt is Wilferd Madelung, a noted scholar in Islamic studies.

Robert Dinesen fue un director, actor y guionista cinematográfico danés, activo en la época del cine mudo.

Franco Indovina fue un guionista y director de cine italiano.

Julian Haynes Steward fue un antropólogo y arqueólogo estadounidense creador de lo que él mismo denominó el método de la ecología cultural.

Pierre Lazareff (1907–1972) was a French newspaper editor and publisher.

Mieczysława Ćwiklińska-Steinsberg was a Polish film actress, stage actor, and singer. She was often nicknamed Lińska or Amiette.

Rostom Sipan "Ross" Bagdasarian, conocido con el nombre artístico de David Seville, fue un cantante, compositor, productor y actor conocido fundamentalmente por crear la banda musical de dibujos animados, Alvin and the Chipmunks. En sus inicios de dedicó a la interpretación pero el éxito le llegó en 1958 como cantante y compositor con los temas "Witch Doctor" y "The Chipmunk Song ", ambos números uno de la lista Billboard. Posteriormente produjo y dirigió The Alvin Show, que se emitió por la CBS entre 1961 y 62.