Famous People Who Died in 1072
- Mar 16 Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies
- Mar 28 Ordulf, Duke of Saxony (1059-1072)
- Sep 22 Ouyang Xiu, Chinese historian and scholar-official (b. 1007)
- Oct 6 Sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), brother of Alfonso VI, murdered at about 35
- Nov 24 Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan of the Seljuk Empire (1063-72) in Persia, assassinated at 43 [some sources cite date as December 15]