1972 (people)

Sometime during the year, writer Nick Harkaway was born. Among the dated birthdays and deaths of that year were:


 * 8 January - Actor Hamilton Dyce died.
 * 13 January - Writer Una McCormack was born.
 * 3 February - Actor Rex Rashley died.
 * 11 February - Actor Joann Kenny was born.
 * 21 February - Stunt co-ordinator Jo McLaren was born.
 * 24 February - Actor James Bachman was born.
 * 5 March - Writer James Moran was born.
 * 6 March - Director Julian Simpson was born.
 * 14 March - Actor Ben Jones was born.
 * 24 March - Actor Shaun Dingwall was born.
 * 28 March - Actor Nick Frost was born.
 * 7 April - Actor Todd Kramer was born.
 * 9 April - Actor Neve McIntosh was born.
 * 11 April - Actor Anthony Flanagan was born.
 * 12 April - Actor Bert Sims died.
 * 14 April - Actor Alan Ruscoe was born.
 * 19 April - Actor Pandora Colin was born.
 * 5 May - Actor Laurent Maurel was born.
 * 7 May - Writer Jonathan Blum was born.
 * 9 May - Actor Anna-Louise Plowman was born.
 * 9 May - Actor Gillian Kearney was born.
 * 27 May - Assistant costume designer Fraser Purfit was born.
 * 28 May - Actor Kate Ashfield was born.
 * 4 June - Actor Debra Stephenson was born.
 * 14 June - Actor Phillip Rhys was born.
 * 17 June - Actor Antonio D. Charity was born.
 * 29 June - Executive producer Piers Wenger was born.
 * 5 July - Actor Nia Roberts was born.
 * 10 July - Actor Emrys Jones died.
 * 10 July - Actor Peter Serafinowicz was born.
 * 26 July - Actor Spencer Wilding was born.
 * 14 August - Actor Siri O'Neal was born.
 * 19 August - Actor Jamie Zubairi was born.
 * 31 August - Actor Hywel Morgan was born.
 * September - Sound supervisor John Cox died.
 * 9 September - Actor Adam James was born.
 * 9 September - Actor Goran Višnjić was born.
 * 14 September - Writer Jenny Colgan was born.
 * 15 September - Actor John Schwab was born.
 * 17 September - Actor Peter Stephens died.
 * 24 September - Actor Kate Fleetwood was born.
 * 24 September - Actor Finty Williams was born.
 * 29 September - Actor Robert Webb was born.
 * 2 October - Writer Graham Sleight was born.
 * 4 October - Actor Colin Gordon died.
 * 22 October - Actor Jack Melford died.
 * 28 October - Actor Oliver Dimsdale was born.
 * 30 October - Actor Jessica Hynes was born.
 * 10 November - Composer Francis Chagrin died.
 * 10 November - Actor Rosemary Johnson died.
 * 15 November - Actor Jonny Lee Miller was born.
 * 21 November - Writer Rich Johnston was born.
 * 24 November - Actor Richard Mylan was born.
 * 5 December - Actor Maurice Selwyn died.
 * 12 December - Actor Michael Begley was born.
 * 14 December - Actor Miranda Hart was born.
 * 21 December - Actor Chris Porter was born.