Authors born in 1872
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali Barrister, 1872
- Albert C. Barnes Chemist, 1872
- Albert F. Pratt Advocate, 1872
- Albert Payson Terhune Author, 1872
- Alexander Meiklejohn Philosopher, 1872
- Alexander Scriabin Composer, 1872
- Alexandra Kollontai Diplomat, 1872
- Alvan Macauley Patent Attorney, 1872
- Amy B. Lyman Theologian, 1872
- Anna Held Performer, 1872
- Aubrey Beardsley Illustrator, 1872
- Baird T. Spalding Author, 1872
- Beatrix Farrand Architect, 1872
- Ben Harney Songwriter, 1872
- Benjamin Minge Duggar Physiologist, 1872
- Bertrand Russell Writer, 1872
- Calvin Coolidge Politician, 1872
- Charles McGrath Politician, 1872
- Charles Webster Hawthorne Artist, 1872
- Conrad Grober Priest, 1872
- Curnonsky Writer, 1872
- David Murray Cowie Professor, 1872
- Edith Wilson Celebrity, 1872
- Edouard Herriot Politician, 1872
- Edward Gordon Craig Actor, 1872
- Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Author, 1872
- Eleanor Rathbone Politician, 1872
- Ellery Sedgwick Editor, 1872
- Emily Post Author, 1872
- Ernest Vincent Wright Author, 1872
- Frank Crowninshield Journalist, 1872
- Gardner Hunting Sailor, 1872
- Gerard Swope Businessman, 1872
- Hamilton Holt Educator, 1872
- Harlan Stone Lawyer, 1872
- Johan Huizinga Historian, 1872
- John McCrae Poet, 1872
- Learned Hand Judge, 1872
- Leon Blum Socialist, 1872
- Maude Adams Actress, 1872