In the year 1971
574 Notable deaths
Yrjö Väisälä
Finnish astronomer and physicist.
Born September 6th, 1891 in Kontiolahti. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1971 at 79 years old in Rymättylä.
Dolores Cacuango
Ecuadorian indigenous rights activist.
Born October 26th, 1881 in Cayambe.
Died April 23rd, 1971 at 89 years old
Emma Lucy Braun
American botanist and first woman to be elected president of the ecological society of america, in 1950 (1889–1971).
Born April 19th, 1889 in Cincinnati.
Died March 5th, 1971 at 81 years old in Mount Washington.
Thomas A. Burke
American politician (1898–1971).
Born October 30th, 1898 in Cleveland.
Died December 5th, 1971 at 73 years old in Cleveland.
Jan Arnoldus Schouten
Dutch mathematician (1883-1971).
Born August 28th, 1883 in Nieuwer-Amstel.
Died January 20th, 1971 at 87 years old in Epe.
Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe
Was daughter of prince william of schaumburg-lippe and consort of the last reigning duke of saxe-altenburg ernst ii.
Born September 22nd, 1875 in Ratibořice.
Died January 27th, 1971 at 95 years old in Ballenstedt.
Leda Rafanelli
Italian publisher and poet (1880–1971).
Born July 4th, 1880 in Pistoia.
Died September 13th, 1971 at 91 years old in Genoa.
Michael Browne
Catholic cardinal (1887–1971).
Born May 6th, 1887 in Ireland.
Died March 31st, 1971 at 83 years old in Rome.
Princess Bona Margherita of Savoy-Genoa
Princess of savoy-genoa.
Born August 1st, 1896 in Agliè.
Died February 3rd, 1971 at 74 years old in Rome.
Isaac-Meir Levin
Israeli politician & polish rabbi (1893-1971).
Born January 30th, 1893 in Góra Kalwaria. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1971 at 78 years old in Jerusalem.
Edgar Wind
German-born british interdisciplinary art historian.
Born May 14th, 1900 in Berlin.
Died September 12th, 1971 at 71 years old in London. [ref]
Joe Smith
English footballer and manager (1889–1971).
Born June 25th, 1889 in Dudley.
Died August 11th, 1971 at 82 years old in Blackpool.
Lucien Hubbard
American screenwriter (1888–1971).
Born December 22nd, 1888 in Fort Thomas.
Died December 31st, 1971 at 83 years old in Beverly Hills.
Robert Thurston Dart
British musicologist (1921–1971).
Born September 3rd, 1921 in Surbiton.
Died March 6th, 1971 at 49 years old in London.
Isaac Tabenkin
Israeli politician (1888–1971).
Born January 8th, 1888 in Babruysk. [ref]
Died June 6th, 1971 at 83 years old in Ein Harod Meuhad.
Dezső Szentgyörgyi
Hungarian flying ace (1915–1971).
Born January 16th, 1915 in Kőkút.
Died August 28th, 1971 at 56 years old in Copenhagen.
Walter Bryan Emery
British egyptologist (1903–1971).
Born July 2nd, 1903 in Liverpool.
Died March 11th, 1971 at 67 years old in Cairo.
Péter Szondi
German literary scholar and philologist (1929–1971).
Born May 27th, 1929 in Budapest.
Died November 9th, 1971 at 42 years old in West Berlin (drowning).
Falih Rıfkı Atay
Turkish journalist and writer (1894–1971).
Born January 25th, 1894 in Istanbul. [ref]
Died March 20th, 1971 at 77 years old in Istanbul (myocardial infarction).
Tullio Carminati
Italian actor (1894-1971).
Born September 21st, 1894 in Zadar.
Died February 26th, 1971 at 76 years old in Rome (stroke).
Juhan Smuul
Estonian writer (1922–1971).
Born February 18th, 1922 in Koguva. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1971 at 49 years old in Tallinn. [ref]
Hyakken Uchida
Japanese writer (1889-1971).
Born May 29th, 1889 in Okayama.
Died April 20th, 1971 at 81 years old in Tokyo.
Jean Vilar
French theatre director and actor (1912–1971).
Born March 25th, 1912 in Sète. [ref]
Died May 28th, 1971 at 59 years old in Sète. [ref]
Leah Baird
American actress and screenwriter (1883-1971).
Born June 20th, 1883 in Chicago. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1971 at 88 years old in Hollywood (disease). [ref]
Deaths 301 to 325 of 574
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs