1971 deaths

German actress and artistic director (1900–1971)

British pediatric psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (1896–1971)

Belgian cyclist; three-time champion of the Tour de France (1889–1971)

American photographer (1904-1971)

Japanese association football player and manager

Crimean Tatar WWII flying ace, test pilot, and twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1920-1971)

German general (1887-1971)

Italian sculptor and painter (1884-1971)

American archaeologist, biblical scholar, philologist, and expert on ceramics (1891-1971)

Dutch author (1898-1971)

American amateur golfer and lawyer (1902–1971)

Chinese businessman and politician (1894-1971)

Russian-born American businessman (1891–1971)

Bulgarian footballer (1943-1971)

Russian ballet dancer and princess

Japanese anarchist feminist (1886–1971)

German writer of novels, poems and essays (1876-1971)

American entertainer (1901–1971)

American actor, writer, film director, and film producer (1880–1971)

American actress (1926-1971)

Soviet engineer and missile designer

Ukrainian travel writer, photographer

President of Colombia (1909-1971)

Estonian writer and critic (1886–1971)

German general (1892-1971)

American actress (1904–1971)

German mathematician (1894–1971)

actress (1928-1971)

American novelist, short story writer, poet, editor, and anthologist (1909–1971)

American actress (1886–1971)

French mathematician (1886–1971)

U.S. Supreme Court justice (1886-1971)

Finnish long distance runner (1889–1971)

Mexican racecar driver (1940-1971)

Hungarian footballer (1924-1971)

Bosnian and Yugoslav poet (1917–1971)

American advertising executive

Italian footballer and manager (1935-1971)

Indian independence movement activist, politician, writer and educationist (1887-1971)

Irish politician (1899-1971)

actor, comedian (1886-1971)

Indian writer (1898–1971)

American physicist (1896–1971)

American artist (1882-1971)

Armenian Cardinal Patriarch and Servant of God (1895–1971)

athletics competitor (1896-1971)

Canadian athlete (1895-1971)

American jazz pianist (1931–1971)

Polish actress (1898–1971)

Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1914-1971)

President of Honduras

Japanese writer (1883–1971)

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist (1916–1971)

Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church and Saint (1902–1971)

British poet, novelist, illustrator, performer (1902–1971)

American actress (1906–1971)

German engineer (1899–1971)

Canadian psychiatrist and director-general of the World Health Organization (1896–1971)

Italian racing driver

Soviet politician (1895–1971)