Who Was Alive in 1971
160 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1971
Pablo PicassoAge 90
Igor StravinskyAge 89
Coco ChanelAge 88
Harry S. TrumanAge 87
Georgia O'KeeffeAge 84
Chiang Kai-shekAge 84
Charlie ChaplinAge 82
Agatha ChristieAge 81
Haile SelassieAge 79
J.R.R. TolkienAge 79
Mao ZedongAge 78
Nikita KhrushchevAge 77
Golda MeirAge 73
Duke EllingtonAge 72
Jorge Luis BorgesAge 72
Alfred HitchcockAge 72
Werner HeisenbergAge 70
Louis ArmstrongAge 70
HirohitoAge 70
Marlene DietrichAge 70
Bob HopeAge 68
Salvador DalíAge 67
Pablo NerudaAge 67
Jean-Paul SartreAge 66
Hannah ArendtAge 65
Simone de BeauvoirAge 63
Lyndon B. JohnsonAge 63
Kwame NkrumahAge 62
Dorothy HodgkinAge 61
Mother TeresaAge 61
Akira KurosawaAge 61
Jacques CousteauAge 61
Ronald ReaganAge 60
Naguib MahfouzAge 60
Rosa ParksAge 58
Jesse OwensAge 58
Richard NixonAge 58
Gerald FordAge 58
Hedy LamarrAge 57
Orson WellesAge 56
Frank SinatraAge 56
Ingrid BergmanAge 56
Roald DahlAge 55
Ella FitzgeraldAge 54
Indira GandhiAge 54
Ingmar BergmanAge 53
Nelson MandelaAge 53
Richard FeynmanAge 53
Edmund HillaryAge 52
Jackie RobinsonAge 52
Pope John Paul IIAge 51
Toshiro MifuneAge 51
Stan LeeAge 49
Marlon BrandoAge 47
James BaldwinAge 47
Jimmy CarterAge 47
George H. W. BushAge 47
Margaret ThatcherAge 46
B.B. KingAge 46
Fidel CastroAge 45
Elizabeth IIAge 45
Gabriel García MárquezAge 44
Pope Benedict XVIAge 44
James WatsonAge 43
Andy WarholAge 43
Stanley KubrickAge 43
Maya AngelouAge 43
Vera RubinAge 43
Noam ChomskyAge 43
Audrey HepburnAge 42
Grace KellyAge 42
Chinua AchebeAge 41
Neil ArmstrongAge 41
Ray CharlesAge 41
Tu YouyouAge 41
Desmond TutuAge 40
Toni MorrisonAge 40
Mikhail GorbachevAge 40
Johnny CashAge 39
Elizabeth TaylorAge 39
Yoko OnoAge 38
Wole SoyinkaAge 37
Carl SaganAge 37
Jane GoodallAge 37
Dalai LamaAge 36
Elvis PresleyAge 36
Woody AllenAge 36
Pope FrancisAge 35
Jack NicholsonAge 34
Saddam HusseinAge 34
Kofi AnnanAge 33
Francis Ford CoppolaAge 32
PeléAge 31
Bruce LeeAge 31
John LennonAge 31
Wangari MaathaiAge 31
Bob DylanAge 30
Muhammad AliAge 29
Aretha FranklinAge 29
Stephen HawkingAge 29
Paul McCartneyAge 29
Muammar GaddafiAge 29
Joe BidenAge 29
Billie Jean KingAge 28
George HarrisonAge 28
Jim MorrisonAge 28
Lech WałęsaAge 28
George LucasAge 27
Aung San Suu KyiAge 26
Bob MarleyAge 26
Freddie MercuryAge 25
Steven SpielbergAge 25
Donald TrumpAge 25
George W. BushAge 25
Bill ClintonAge 25
David BowieAge 24
Hillary ClintonAge 24
Charles IIIAge 23
Haruki MurakamiAge 22
Benjamin NetanyahuAge 22
Narendra ModiAge 21
Robin WilliamsAge 20
Vladimir PutinAge 19
Xi JinpingAge 18
Oprah WinfreyAge 17
Angela MerkelAge 17
Hugo ChávezAge 17
Recep Tayyip ErdoğanAge 17
François HollandeAge 17
Steve JobsAge 16
Bill GatesAge 16
Nicolas SarkozyAge 16
Pope Leo XIVAge 16
Ai WeiweiAge 14
Osama bin LadenAge 14
Michael JacksonAge 13
PrinceAge 13
Keith HaringAge 13
MadonnaAge 13
Rigoberta MenchúAge 12
Jean-Michel BasquiatAge 11
Diego MaradonaAge 11
NaruhitoAge 11
Princess DianaAge 10
Wayne GretzkyAge 10
Barack ObamaAge 10
Whitney HoustonAge 8
Michael JordanAge 8
Rafael CorreaAge 8
Jeff BezosAge 7
Michelle ObamaAge 7
Kamala HarrisAge 7
J. K. RowlingAge 6
Dmitry MedvedevAge 6
Jimmy WalesAge 5
Kurt CobainAge 4
Michael SchumacherAge 2
Elon MuskAge 0
Tupac ShakurAge 0
Anna NetrebkoAge 0
Born in 1971
Elon Musk
Tesla, SpaceX, tech entrepreneur
Anna Netrebko
Russian-Austrian operatic soprano
Tupac Shakur
Influential rapper, Changes
Also Born in 1971
Russian operatic soprano (born 1971)
Prime Minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025
Australian WikiLeaks editor (born 1971)
American actor (born 1971)
American singer-songwriter (1971–1995)
American cyclist (born 1971)
American actress (born 1971)
American actor (born 1971)
American rapper (born 1971)
Leader of the Islamic State from 2013 to 2019
Catalan football manager and player (born 1971)
Scottish actor (born 1971)
Died in 1971
Louis Armstrong
What a Wonderful World, jazz trumpet
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring, modern classical
Jim Morrison
The Doors, Light My Fire
Coco Chanel
Fashion icon, Chanel No. 5
Also Died in 1971
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964
Greek poet and diplomat (1900–1971)
American actor and comedian (1893–1971)
Hungarian philosopher and critic (1885–1971)
Swiss organic chemist (1889–1971)
American political scientist (1904–1971)
Swedish chemist (1884–1971)
Swedish biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate (1902–1971)
Argentinian physician (1887–1971)
American biochemist, virologist, and Nobel laureate (1904–1971)
President of Haiti from 1957 to 1971
Chinese marshal and politician (1907–1971)
Notable World Events in 1971
Sources
- 1971 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- Pablo Picasso — Wikipedia
- Igor Stravinsky — Wikipedia
- Coco Chanel — Wikipedia
- Harry S. Truman — Wikipedia
- Georgia O'Keeffe — Wikipedia
- Chiang Kai-shek — Wikipedia
- Charlie Chaplin — Wikipedia
- Agatha Christie — Wikipedia
- Haile Selassie — Wikipedia
- J. R. R. Tolkien — Wikipedia
- Mao Zedong — Wikipedia
- Nikita Khrushchev — Wikipedia
- Golda Meir — Wikipedia
- Duke Ellington — Wikipedia
- Jorge Luis Borges — Wikipedia
- Alfred Hitchcock — Wikipedia
- Werner Heisenberg — Wikipedia
- Louis Armstrong — Wikipedia
- Hirohito — Wikipedia
- Marlene Dietrich — Wikipedia
- Bob Hope — Wikipedia
- Salvador Dalí — Wikipedia
- Pablo Neruda — Wikipedia
- Jean-Paul Sartre — Wikipedia
- Hannah Arendt — Wikipedia
- Simone de Beauvoir — Wikipedia
- Lyndon B. Johnson — Wikipedia
- Kwame Nkrumah — Wikipedia
- Dorothy Hodgkin — Wikipedia
- Mother Teresa — Wikipedia
- Akira Kurosawa — Wikipedia
- Jacques Cousteau — Wikipedia
- Ronald Reagan — Wikipedia
- Naguib Mahfouz — Wikipedia
- Rosa Parks — Wikipedia
- Jesse Owens — Wikipedia
- Richard Nixon — Wikipedia
- Gerald Ford — Wikipedia
- Hedy Lamarr — Wikipedia
- Orson Welles — Wikipedia
- Frank Sinatra — Wikipedia
- Ingrid Bergman — Wikipedia
- Roald Dahl — Wikipedia
- Ella Fitzgerald — Wikipedia
- Indira Gandhi — Wikipedia
- Ingmar Bergman — Wikipedia
- Nelson Mandela — Wikipedia
- Richard Feynman — Wikipedia
- Edmund Hillary — Wikipedia
- Jackie Robinson — Wikipedia
- Pope John Paul II — Wikipedia
- Toshiro Mifune — Wikipedia
- Stan Lee — Wikipedia
- Marlon Brando — Wikipedia
- James Baldwin — Wikipedia
- Jimmy Carter — Wikipedia
- George H. W. Bush — Wikipedia
- Margaret Thatcher — Wikipedia
- B. B. King — Wikipedia
- Fidel Castro — Wikipedia
- Elizabeth II — Wikipedia
- Gabriel García Márquez — Wikipedia
- Pope Benedict XVI — Wikipedia
- James Watson — Wikipedia
- Andy Warhol — Wikipedia
- Stanley Kubrick — Wikipedia
- Maya Angelou — Wikipedia
- Vera Rubin — Wikipedia
- Noam Chomsky — Wikipedia
- Audrey Hepburn — Wikipedia
- Grace Kelly — Wikipedia
- Chinua Achebe — Wikipedia
- Neil Armstrong — Wikipedia
- Ray Charles — Wikipedia
- Tu Youyou — Wikipedia
- Desmond Tutu — Wikipedia
- Toni Morrison — Wikipedia
- Mikhail Gorbachev — Wikipedia
- Johnny Cash — Wikipedia
- Elizabeth Taylor — Wikipedia
- Yoko Ono — Wikipedia
- Wole Soyinka — Wikipedia
- Carl Sagan — Wikipedia
- Jane Goodall — Wikipedia
- 14th Dalai Lama — Wikipedia
- Elvis Presley — Wikipedia
- Woody Allen — Wikipedia
- Pope Francis — Wikipedia
- Jack Nicholson — Wikipedia
- Saddam Hussein — Wikipedia
- Kofi Annan — Wikipedia
- Francis Ford Coppola — Wikipedia
- Pelé — Wikipedia
- Bruce Lee — Wikipedia
- John Lennon — Wikipedia
- Wangarĩ Maathai — Wikipedia
- Bob Dylan — Wikipedia
- Muhammad Ali — Wikipedia
- Aretha Franklin — Wikipedia
- Stephen Hawking — Wikipedia
- Paul McCartney — Wikipedia
- Muammar Gaddafi — Wikipedia
- Joe Biden — Wikipedia
- Billie Jean King — Wikipedia
- George Harrison — Wikipedia
- Jim Morrison — Wikipedia
- Lech Wałęsa — Wikipedia
- George Lucas — Wikipedia
- Aung San Suu Kyi — Wikipedia
- Bob Marley — Wikipedia
- Freddie Mercury — Wikipedia
- Steven Spielberg — Wikipedia
- Donald Trump — Wikipedia
- George W. Bush — Wikipedia
- Bill Clinton — Wikipedia
- David Bowie — Wikipedia
- Hillary Clinton — Wikipedia
- Charles III — Wikipedia
- Haruki Murakami — Wikipedia
- Benjamin Netanyahu — Wikipedia
- Narendra Modi — Wikipedia
- Robin Williams — Wikipedia
- Vladimir Putin — Wikipedia
- Xi Jinping — Wikipedia
- Oprah Winfrey — Wikipedia
- Angela Merkel — Wikipedia
- Hugo Chávez — Wikipedia
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — Wikipedia
- François Hollande — Wikipedia
- Steve Jobs — Wikipedia
- Bill Gates — Wikipedia
- Nicolas Sarkozy — Wikipedia
- Pope Leo XIV — Wikipedia
- Ai Weiwei — Wikipedia
- Osama bin Laden — Wikipedia
- Michael Jackson — Wikipedia
- Prince (musician) — Wikipedia
- Keith Haring — Wikipedia
- Madonna — Wikipedia
- Rigoberta Menchú — Wikipedia
- Jean-Michel Basquiat — Wikipedia
- Diego Maradona — Wikipedia
- Naruhito — Wikipedia
- Diana, Princess of Wales — Wikipedia
- Wayne Gretzky — Wikipedia
- Barack Obama — Wikipedia
- Whitney Houston — Wikipedia
- Michael Jordan — Wikipedia
- Rafael Correa — Wikipedia
- Jeff Bezos — Wikipedia
- Michelle Obama — Wikipedia
- Kamala Harris — Wikipedia
- J. K. Rowling — Wikipedia
- Dmitry Medvedev — Wikipedia
- Jimmy Wales — Wikipedia
- Kurt Cobain — Wikipedia
- Michael Schumacher — Wikipedia
- Elon Musk — Wikipedia
- Tupac Shakur — Wikipedia
- Anna Netrebko — Wikipedia