January 16, 1972

1972Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer^[†]

Ruben Bagger is a former Danish football player, who spent his entire professional career for Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga, and played more than 300 matches for the club. He won five Danish Superliga championships and three Danish Cup trophies with Brøndby. Bagger played in the position of left winger or forward.

1972Ang Christou, Australian footballer^[†]

Ang Christou is a former Australian rules footballer for Carlton in the Australian Football League.

1972Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov, Russian footballer and manager^[†]

Yuri Alekseyevich Drozdov is a Russian association football coach and a former player who spent most of his playing career at FC Lokomotiv Moscow.

1972Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer and manager^[†]

Ezra Hendrickson is a Vincentian professional football coach and former player. He was the head coach of Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire FC from November 24, 2021 until his dismissal on May 8, 2023 and is now the manager of the Vincentian national team.

1972Joe Horn, American football player and coach^[†]

Joseph Horn is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifth round of the 1996 NFL draft, and also played for the New Orleans Saints, the Atlanta Falcons, and the Memphis Mad Dogs of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the Iowa Central Tritons. He played college football for the Itawamba Indians. After his playing career, he became an assistant coach at Northeast Mississippi Community College.

1972Richard T. Jones, American actor^[†]

Richard Timothy Jones is an American actor. He has worked extensively in both film and television productions since the early 1990s. His television roles include Ally McBeal (1997), Judging Amy (1998–2005), CSI: Miami (2006), Girlfriends (2007), Grey's Anatomy (2010), Hawaii Five-0 (2011–2014), Narcos (2015), and Criminal Minds (2017). Since 2018, he has played Police Lieutenant Wade Grey on the ABC police drama The Rookie.

1972Teller Ammons, American soldier and politician, 28th Governor of Colorado (born 1895)^[†]

Teller Ammons was an American attorney and politician who served as the 28th Governor of Colorado from 1937 to 1939. He was the first Colorado governor to be born in the state.

1972Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks (born 1919)^[†]

Ross S. Bagdasarian, known professionally by his stage name David "Dave" Seville, was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor best known for creating the cartoon band Alvin and the Chipmunks. Initially a stage and film actor, he rose to prominence in 1958 with the songs "Witch Doctor" and "The Chipmunk Song ", which both became Billboard number-one singles. He produced and directed The Alvin Show, which aired on CBS in 1961–62.