| ROBERTO | Winner of the 1972 Epsom Derby (7) |
| NASTASE | Ilie ?, winner of the 1972 US Open singles tennis championship (7) |
| HENNING | Anne, US winner of the 1972 Winter Olympic women's 500m speed skating gold medal (7) |
| SHORTER | Frank ____, winner of the 1972 Olympic marathon, has an ironic surname for a long distance runner |
| COPPOLA | Francis Ford ---, director of the 1972 film The Godfather (7) |
| SAPPORO | Japanese host city of the 1972 Winter Olympics (7) |
| BOORMAN | John --, director of the 1972 film 'Deliverance' (7) |
| SHERGAR | The winner of the Epsom Derby in 1981, stolen in 1983 (7) |
| ELEANOR | 1801 winner of the Epsom Derby (7) |
| ANDOVER | Winner of the 1854 Epsom Derby (7) |
| DONOVAN | Winner of the 1889 Epsom Derby (7) |
| ALGREEN | Singer of the 1972 hit "Let's Stay Together": 2 wds. |
| BOLL | Heinrich, German winner of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Literature (4) |
| ILIENASTASE | Winner of the 1972 US Open and 1973 French Open |
| WOOD | Scottish golfer; winner of the 1972 Italian Open tournament (4) |
| NORMAN | Scottish golfer; winner of the 1972 Italian Open tournament (6) |
| SINNDAR | 2000 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Epsom Derby and Irish Derby winner ridden by Johnny Murtagh (7) |
| DAVISON | Emily, suffragette who died after being trampled by the horse Anmer at the 1913 Epsom Derby (7) |
| DETTORI | Frankie --, Italian jockey who rode the Epsom Derby winners of 2007 and 2015 (7) |
| NASHWAN | Epsom Derby winner in 1989 (7) |
