1972 in Spain

Incumbents

• Caudillo: Francisco Franco

  Births

• Montse Ribé.
• 29 February - Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain
• 23 March – Víctor Baute, boxer
• 27 March - Ignacio Garrido, golfer
• 1 April - José María Valderas Martínez, Academic General Practitioner and health services researcher
• 13 June - Caridad Rives Arcayna, politician.
• 20 September - Ramon Tribulietx.

  Deaths

• 23 March - Cristóbal Balenciaga.
• 20 April – Jorge Mistral, actor