In the year 1971
524 Notable deaths
Munier Choudhury
Playwrite and educator.
Born November 27th, 1925 in Manikganj District.
Died December 14th, 1971 at 46 years old
Fritz Kolbe
German diplomat and resistance member (1900-1971).
Born September 25th, 1900 in Berlin.
Died February 16th, 1971 at 70 years old in Bern.
John Boyd Orr
Scottish nutritionist, director-general of the united nations food and agriculture organization (1880-1971).
Born September 23rd, 1880 in Kilmaurs.
Died June 25th, 1971 at 90 years old in Brechin.
David Burns
Actor, singer (1901-1971).
Born June 21st, 1901 in Manhattan.
Died March 12th, 1971 at 69 years old in Philadelphia (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Kenneth Claiborne Royall
United states general (1894-1971).
Born July 24th, 1894 in Goldsboro.
Died May 25th, 1971 at 76 years old in Durham.
Amet-khan Sultan
Crimean tatar wwii flying ace, test pilot, and twice hero of the soviet union (1920-1971).
Born October 20th, 1920 in Alupka.
Died February 1st, 1971 at 50 years old in Moscow Oblast (aircraft crash).
Otto Wagener
German general (1888-1971).
Born April 29th, 1888 in Durlach.
Died August 9th, 1971 at 83 years old in Chieming.
Ryūnosuke Kusaka
Japanese admiral.
Born September 25th, 1892 in Tokyo.
Died November 23rd, 1971 at 79 years old
Heinz Hopf
German mathematician (1894–1971).
Born November 19th, 1894 in Grabiszyn-Grabiszynek.
Died June 3rd, 1971 at 76 years old in Zollikon.
Otto Lasch
German general.
Born June 25th, 1893 in Pszczyna.
Died April 29th, 1971 at 77 years old in Bad Godesberg.
Roger Adams
American organic chemist (1889–1971).
Born January 2nd, 1889 in Boston.
Died July 6th, 1971 at 82 years old in Urbana.
Ba Khin
Burmese civil servant and vipassana meditation master.
Born March 6th, 1899 in Yangon.
Died January 19th, 1971 at 71 years old in Yangon.
Princess Anna of Montenegro
Montenegrin princess and composer (1874-1971).
Born August 18th, 1874 in Cetinje.
Died April 22nd, 1971 at 96 years old in Montreux.
Paruyr Sevak
Armenian writer, poet and specialist in literature (1924-1971).
Born January 24th, 1924 in Zangakatun.
Died June 17th, 1971 at 47 years old in Yerevan (traffic collision).
Anthony Ludovici
British academic (1882-1971).
Born January 8th, 1882 in London.
Died April 3rd, 1971 at 89 years old
Anthony Berkeley Cox
English crime writer.
Born July 5th, 1893 in Watford. [ref]
Died March 9th, 1971 at 77 years old in London. [ref]
Armando Picchi
Italian footballer and manager (1935-1971).
Born June 20th, 1935 in Livorno.
Died May 26th, 1971 at 35 years old in Sanremo (cancer).
Theodor Svedberg
Swedish chemist (1884-1971).
Born August 30th, 1884. [ref]
Died February 25th, 1971 at 86 years old in Örebro. [ref]
Andrey Andreyev
Soviet politician (1895–1971).
Born October 30th, 1895 in Kuznetsovo.
Died December 5th, 1971 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Dhirendranath Datta
Bengali activist (1886-1971).
Born November 2nd, 1886 in Brahmanbaria.
Died March 21st, 1971 at 84 years old
Nella Walker
Actress (1886-1971).
Born March 6th, 1886 in Chicago.
Died March 22nd, 1971 at 85 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Paul de Kruif
American microbiologist (1890–1971).
Born March 2nd, 1890 in Zeeland.
Died February 28th, 1971 at 80 years old in Holland.
Agnes Meyer Driscoll
American cryptographer.
Born July 24th, 1889 in Geneseo.
Died September 16th, 1971 at 82 years old in Fairfax.
Mikhail Yangel
Soviet engineer and missile designer.
Born November 7th, 1911 in Kirensky Uyezd.
Died October 25th, 1971 at 59 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Arne Tiselius
1902-1971, swedish biochemist and nobel prize laureate in chemistry.
Born August 10th, 1902 in Stockholm.
Died October 29th, 1971 at 69 years old in Helga Trefaldighet (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 176 to 200 of 524
I don’t want to die without any scars. Chuck Palahniuk