1971 deaths

Italian racing driver

American comedian and actor (1894–1971)

Azerbaijani monument sculptor (1915–1971)

Brazilian footballer (1911-1971)

Royal Air Force air marshal (1893-1971)

German actress (1906–1971)

Catholic cardinal (1885–1971)

American mobster (1904–1971)

Czech footballer (1909-1971)

Archduchess of Austria (1914–1971)

British automotive engineer (1888-1971)

athletics competitor (1898-1971)

Italian footballer and manager

Japanese Buddhist missionary (1904–1971)

American actor (1905-1971)

English crime writer (1893–1971)

Korean writer, poet, journalist, Buddhist nun and activist (1896–1971)

American recording artist; musician, singer, actor and voice actor (1895-1971)

66th Governor of Georgia (1931–1933), U.S. Senator from Georgia (1933–1971)

Armenian writer, poet and specialist in literature (1924-1971)

Soviet aerospace engineer

Bulgarian footballer (1938-1971)

American archaeologist (1887–1971)

American long jumper (1908-1971)

Prime Minister of Jordan (1919-1971)

daughter of Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen and Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1891-1971)

German general (1905-1971)

Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Pauline Family (1884–1971)

Greek rebetiko musician and singer (1905–1972)

American psychologist notable in the field of artificial intelligence

Montenegrin princess and composer (1874-1971)

founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (1895–1971)

Swedish racing cyclist (1894–1971)

French engineer, inventor, administrator, and resistance fighter (1905-1971)

J. R. R. Tolkien's wife and muse (1889–1971)

Irish politician (1886-1971)

German Australian mathematician (1914–1971)

American mathematician and philosopher (1930–1971)

Swedish professional wrestler and actor (1902-1971)

German general (1893–1971)

voice actor (1913-1971)

Scottish philosopher and translator (1877–1971)

British actor (1909-1971)

American socialite, actress, singer, and activist (1904-1971)

French actor and writer (1898–1971)

American rower (1902–1971)

United States Marine Corps general (1898-1971)

American actor (1890-1971)

American tennis player (1891-1971)

American silent film actor (1887-1971)

Russian poet (1936–1971)

Dutch equestrian (1896–1971)

Korean writer, poet, novelists (1896–1951)

American inventor (1888–1971)

cyclist (1948-1971)

English physicist (1887-1971)

American actress (1883–1971)

athletics competitor (1909–1971)

Swedish actor and director (1920–1971)

Czechoslovak vice prime minister of Czechoslovakia, member of Czechoslovak national parliament, minister of foreign affairs and slovak nation politician (1902-1971)