The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1972. Playboy magazine names their Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.

Marilyn Cole
Playboy Playmate of the Year
1973
Preceded by	Liv Lindeland
Succeeded by	Cyndi Wood
Personal details
Born	(1949-05-07) 7 May 1949 (age 75) Portsmouth, England[1]
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]

Marilyn Cole (born 7 May 1949, Portsmouth, England)^[1] is Playboy magazine's January 1972 Playmate of the Month, as well as their 1973 Playmate of the Year, the only Briton to hold that title. Her original pictorial was photographed by Alexas Urba.^[1]

P.J. Lansing
Personal details
Born	(1949-10-13) October 13, 1949 (age 75) Frankford, Missouri, United States
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)

P.J. Lansing (born October 13, 1949, in Frankford, Missouri) is an American model. She was Playboy's Playmate of the Month for its February 1972 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.

Ellen Michaels
Personal details
Born	(1953-02-12) February 12, 1953 (age 71) Queens, New York, United States
Height	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)

Ellen Michaels (born February 12, 1953, in Queens) is an American model and photographer.

She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the March 1972 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker.

Michaels, who was getting a degree in elementary education at the time of her pictorial, went on to become a successful model for everything from advertising campaigns to romance novels. She appears on many record album covers including The Salsoul Orchestra, Eric Clapton, and Barrabas.

She also has donated much of her time to charity work with the disabled and senior citizens, and ran a volunteer program for the blind for many years.

She is currently a wildlife and nature photographer, specializing in photos of the birds, butterflies, insects and landscapes of Central Park in New York City.

Vicki Peters
Personal details
Born	(1950-09-09) September 9, 1950 (age 74) Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States[2]
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]

Vicki Peters (born September 9, 1950, in Minneapolis) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its April 1972 issue.^[2] Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.^[2] In 1970, Peters appeared in the film Blood Mania.

Deanna Baker
Personal details
Born	(1949-12-29) December 29, 1949 (age 74) St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)

Deanna Baker (born December 29, 1949, in St. Louis) is an American model. She was chosen by Playboy magazine to be its Playmate of the Month for May 1972. She was also a Playboy Bunny at the Denver club.^[3]

Debbie Davis
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Born	(1951-09-09) September 9, 1951 (age 73) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)

Debbie Davis (born September 9, 1951, in Pittsburgh) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for June 1972. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge.

Carol O'Neal
Personal details
Born	(1948-08-18) August 18, 1948 (age 76) New York City, United States
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Carol O'Neal (born August 18, 1948, in New York City) is an American model. She is best known as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1972 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley. O'Neal had a small part in the 1979 film When a Stranger Calls. She was later married to former NFL Quarterback Bobby Douglass.

Linda Summers
Personal details
Born	(1950-11-20) November 20, 1950 (age 74) San Diego, California
Height	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)

Linda Summers (born November 20, 1950, in San Diego) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the August 1972 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Ed DeLong.

Susan Miller
Personal details
Born	(1947-03-22) March 22, 1947 (age 77) New York City, United States
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Susan Miller (born March 22, 1947, in New York City) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1972 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.

Sharon Johansen
Personal details
Born	(1948-10-11) October 11, 1948 (age 76) Norway[4]
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[4]

Sharon Johansen (born October 11, 1948)^[4] is a Norwegian-American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1972 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Alexas Urba.^[4] Johansen was born in Norway, but when she was a year old her family moved to Wisconsin.

For a brief time, Johansen worked as a receptionist for Pierre Salinger.^[5] She posed nude for the December 1979 Playboy pictorial "Playmates Forever!"

Lena Forsén
Personal details
Born	(1951-03-31) March 31, 1951 (age 73) Sweden
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Lena Forsén (born March 31, 1951, in Sweden; appeared as a Playmate in the November 1972 issue of Playboy magazine,^[6] under the name Lenna Sjööblom. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker.

Her photo (known as Lenna) is often used in the field of digital image processing.^[7]

Mercy Rooney
Personal details
Born	(1950-06-21) June 21, 1950 (age 74) New Jersey
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)

Mercy Rooney (born Merci Montello on June 21, 1950, in New Jersey) is an American model and actress. She was the December 1972 Playmate of the Month. Her centerfold was photographed by Alexas Urba. In March 1973 she was the Playmate of the Month in the German edition of Playboy and simultaneously appeared on the covers of the U.S., German, French and Italian editions. She was also a Playboy Bunny at the Los Angeles club.^[8]

• List of people in Playboy 1970–1979