Events from the year 1972 in Belgium.

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• Monarch: Baudouin^[1]
• Prime Minister: Gaston Eyskens

• 8 May – Sabena Flight 571
• 18 June – UEFA Euro 1972 final tournament at Heysel Stadium
• 12 to 14 November – Cyclone Quimburga

• Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 37 (supplement 9).
• OECD, Economic Surveys: Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union^[2]
• David Owen Kieft, Belgium's Return to Neutrality: An Essay in the Frustration of Small Power Diplomacy (Oxford, Clarendon Press)
• Robert Senelle, La révision de la Constitution, 1967-1971 (Brussels, Ministère des affaires étrangères)
• P. de Stexhe, La révision de la Constitution belge, 1968-1971 (Brussels and Namur, Larcier and Société d’études morales, sociales et juridiques)
• P. Wigny, La troisième révision de la Constitution (Brussels, Bruylant)

• 1 February – Johan Walem, footballer
• 28 March – Anja Lenaers, cyclist
• 29 March – Jef Desmedt, equestrian
• 13 May – Stefaan Maene, swimmer
• 24 May – Mimount Bousakla, politician
• 26 May – Jef Aerts, author
• 30 May – Swen Vincke, video game designer
• 23 September – Sam Bettens, musician
• 15 October – Sandra Kim, singer
• 27 October – Anke Van dermeersch, beauty queen
• 6 December – Alex Callier, musician

• 5 January – Gérard Devos, footballer
• 21 January – André Fierens, footballer^[3]
• 17 February – François Devries, footballer
• 30 March – Raymond Decorte, cyclist^[4]
• 17 April – Jan Engels, cyclist
• 5 June – Louis Mottiat, cyclist
• 7 July – Camille Tihon, archivist
• 20 December – Karel Kaers, cyclist