Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
In the year 1971
524 Notable deaths
Hyakken Uchida
Japanese writer (1889-1971).
Born May 29th, 1889 in Okayama.
Died April 20th, 1971 at 81 years old in Tokyo.
Hubert von Meyerinck
German actor (1896–1971).
Born August 23rd, 1896 in Potsdam.
Died May 13th, 1971 at 74 years old in Hamburg (heart failure).
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]
Mary Kendall Browne
American tennis player (1891-1971).
Born June 3rd, 1891 in Santa Monica.
Died August 19th, 1971 at 80 years old in Laguna Hills.
Juhan Smuul
Estonian writer (1922-1971).
Born February 18th, 1922 in Koguva. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1971 at 49 years old in Tallinn. [ref]
Hanna Neumann
German australian mathematician (1914–1971).
Born February 12th, 1914 in Berlin.
Died November 14th, 1971 at 57 years old in Ottawa.
Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi
Nigerian physician (1910-1971).
Born November 11th, 1910 in Lagos. [ref]
Died September 14th, 1971 at 60 years old [ref]
Wolfgang Krull
German mathematician.
Born August 26th, 1899 in Baden-Baden. [ref]
Died April 12th, 1971 at 71 years old in Bonn. [ref]
Dot Farley
American actress and scenario writer (1881-1971).
Born February 6th, 1881 in Chicago.
Died May 2nd, 1971 at 90 years old in South Pasadena.
Mohammad Moin
Iranian academic.
Born June 12th, 1914 in Rasht.
Died July 4th, 1971 at 57 years old in Tehran.
Deaths 301 to 310 of 524
Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown