1971 deaths

American jazz musician, trumpeter and singer (1901–1971)

leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964

Russian composer (1882–1971)

American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)

French fashion designer (1883–1971)

Greek poet and diplomat (1900-1971)

Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer

Soviet physicist (1895–1971)

Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (; 8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel (), was a French comic actor. Born in Marseille, France, to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, originating in Perosa Argentina, a town located in the province of Turin, Italy, he became a comedy star, first gaining popularity in French vaudeville, operettas, and music-hall revues. His stage name originated from his marriage to Henriette Manse, the sister of his best friend and frequent cinematic collaborator Jean Manse. So attentive was he to his wife that his mother-in-law amusingly referred to him

American actor and comedian (1893–1971)

Hungarian marxist philosopher and literary critic (1885–1971)

Swiss chemist (1889-1971)

diplomat, educator, civil rights activist and the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner (1904–1971)

Swedish chemist (1884-1971)

Argentine physician (1887–1971)

Swedish biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry

American biochemist and virologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1946)

40th President of the Republic of Haiti (1907-1971)

former First Secretary of the Hungarian Working People's Party (1892-1971)

Chinese Communist military commander and politician

president of Guatemala in 1951–54

American statesman and lawyer (1893-1971)

Japanese association football player and manager (1902–1971)

Scottish nutritionist, Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (1880-1971)

Hungarian-American actor (1891-1971)

Irish scientist (1901-1971)

American Protestant theologian (1892–1971)

American soldier and actor (1925–1971)

American photographer (1923–1971)

Soviet intelligence officer (1903–1971)

American actor (1908–1971)

Austrian-born American music composer and conductor (1888–1971)

German general (1885-1971)

father of Indian space programme (1919–1971)

German field marshal (1880–1971)

Danish architect and designer (1902–1971)

American animator and special effects pioneer (1901–1971)

American inventor (1906–1971)

Liberian politician, 19th president of Liberia (1895-1971)

President of the Philippines from 1957 to 1961

Soviet film director (1901–1971)

Soviet poet (1910–1971)

American rock musician (1935–1971)

American businessman and producer, co-founder of The Walt Disney Company (1893–1971)

actress (1932-1971)

German general (1886–1971)

Soviet cosmonaut (1935–1971)

Irish crystallographer (1903-1971)

Soviet cosmonaut (1928-1971)

American socialite, actress and model (1943-1971)

British actress (1888-1971)

American politician (1902–1971)

American guitarist (1946–1971)

Austrian-born SS officer, commandant at first Sobibór extermination camp and then Treblinka extermination camp (1908-1971)

American poet (1902–1971)

Soviet cosmonaut (1933–1971)

French organist and composer (1886–1971)

Titanic crew member (1887–1971)

Finnish astronomer and physicist

American science fiction writer (1910–1971)