Athena Yvette Portillo is born.
A list of events in 1972 related to Star Wars.
January[]
- 28 – Rachel Butera is born.
- 29 – Brian Wood is born.
February[]
- 08 – Brendan Wayne is born.
- 22 – Duane Swierczynski is born.
- 26 – Keith Ferguson is born.
March[]
- 20 – Jonathan Lipow is born.
- 23 – Reggie Watts is born.
- 31 – Andrew Bowen is born.
April[]
- 03 – Paul S. Kemp is born.
- 05 – Thomas Hodges is born.
- 08 – Sung Kang is born.
- 14 – Alan Ruscoe is born.
- 26 – Bronagh Gallagher is born.
May[]
- 11 – Athena Yvette Portillo is born.
- 16 – Khary Payton is born.
- 19 – Claudia Karvan is born.
June[]
- 07 – Karl Urban is born.
- 26 – Núria Peris is born.
July[]
- 10 – Simone Bianchi is born.
- 10 – Peter Serafinowicz is born.
- 18 – Slim Khezri is born.
- 18 – Luke Ross is born.
- 21 – Gary Whitta is born.
- 26 – Spencer Wilding is born.
- 27 – Maya Rudolph is born.
August[]
- 03 – Sumalee Montano is born.
- 15 – Matthew Wood is born.
- 18 – Cecep Arif Rahman is born.
September[]
- 11 – Jacen Burrows is born.
- 12 – Gideon Emery is born.
- 14 – Marc Silk is born.
- 22 – Matt Busch is born.
- 24 – Kate Fleetwood is born.
- 27 – Chris Avellone is born.
October[]
- 02 – Matt Bouchard is born.
- 07 – Sean Kenin is born.
- 11 – Claudia Black is born.
November[]
- 06 – Thandiwe Newton is born.
- 07 – Jason London is born.
- 10 – Trevor Devall is born.
December[]
- 01 – Matt Fraction is born.
- 15 – Lee Jung-jae is born.
Unknown[]
- Khan Bonfils is born.
- Roy Thomas succeeds Stan Lee as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics.