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In the year 1971
524 Notable deaths
Naotake Satō
Japanese politician (1882-1971).
Born October 30th, 1882 in Osaka.
Died December 18th, 1971 at 89 years old in Tokyo.
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.
Harald Öhquist
Finnish general (1891-1971).
Born March 1st, 1891 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1971 at 79 years old in Helsinki.
Yrjö Väisälä
Finnish astronomer and physicist.
Born September 6th, 1891 in Kontiolahti. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1971 at 79 years old in Rymättylä.
Jan Arnoldus Schouten
Dutch mathematician (1883-1971).
Born August 28th, 1883 in Nieuwer-Amstel. [ref]
Died January 20th, 1971 at 87 years old in Epe. [ref]
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.
Péter Szondi
German academic.
Born May 27th, 1929 in Budapest.
Died November 9th, 1971 at 42 years old in Berlin (drowning).
Dolores Cacuango
Ecuadorian indigenous rights activist.
Born October 26th, 1881 in Cayambe.
Died April 23rd, 1971 at 89 years old
Edgar Wind
German-born british interdisciplinary art historian.
Born May 14th, 1900 in Berlin. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1971 at 71 years old in London. [ref]
Deaths 281 to 290 of 524
After your death, you will be what you were before your birth. Arthur Schopenhauer