1971 deaths

athletics competitor (1909–1971)

Russian poet (1936–1971)

American jazz musician (1898-1971)

Korean writer, poet, novelists (1896–1951)

German Freikorps commander (1881–1971)

Italian cyclist (1909–1971)

German-Peruvian ornithologist (1924-1971)

U.S. botanist and botanical illustrator (1874–1971)

Slovak Esperantist and painter (1888-1971)

German astronomer (1890–1971)

American saxophonist (1934–1971)

Finnish general (1891-1971)

Moroccan politician (1909-1971)

Indonesian film director (1921–1971)

American Skeleton racer (1904–1971)

Polish poet (1945–1971)

Catholic cardinal

Swiss footballer (1914-1971)

Patriarch of Bulgaria and Righteous Among the Nations (-1971)

American actor (1887-1971)

English Baron (1886-1971)

Italian fencer (1908–1971)

Nigerian boxer

Estonian writer (1922–1971)

German Army general (1888–1971)

American swimmer, water polo player and coach (1910–1971)

American actress (1913–1971)

Argentinian boxer

German literary scholar and philologist (1929–1971)

discredited English educational psychologist (1883–1971)

British judge (1880-1971)

General der Artillerie (lieutenant general) of the Wehrmacht during World War II

British adventurer, journalist, soldier & travel writer (1907–1971)

American writer (1902–1971)

Canadian ice hockey player (1894-1971)

fencer (1896–1971)

English philosopher (1887–1971)

American soccer player (1901–1971)

American equestrian (1900-1971)

Royal Navy admiral of the fleet (1885-1971)

American motion picture, television, and stage actor (1913-1971)

Olympic cyclist

Swiss philologist and lexicographer (1888–1971)

Swedish long-distance runner (1889-1971)

American screenwriter and film director (1900–1971)

American organic chemist (1889–1971)

Italian weightlifter (1904-1971)

Belgian politician (1901-1971)

British merchant banker and rower (1889-1971)

President of Panama 1931-1932

US Supreme Court justice from 1955 to 1971

Princess of Savoy-Genoa

American actor (1928–1971)

American screenwriter (1888–1971)

field hockey player

Italian writer (1922-1971)

actor (1891-1971)

Italian actor (1899-1971)

Argentine association football player and manager (1897-1971)

German mathematician (1893-1971)