Celebrity Deaths in 1971
137 notable figures died in 1971. Listed below in order of date of death.
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Maurice Gauvin
1913 – 1971 · Actors -
Charles Colean
1907 – 1971 · Actors Jan 1 -
Clara Theresa Sproat Glenn
1897 – 1971 · Astronaut Jan 1 -
Frank J. Callier
1883 – 1971 · Artists and Architects Jan 1 -
Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel
1883 – 1971 Jan 1 -
Gilbert M. “Bronco Billy” Anderson
1882 – 1971 · Actors Jan 1 -
Harry F. Guggenheim
1890 – 1971 Jan 1 -
Marshall Bradford
1885 – 1971 · Actors Jan 1 -
Minnie Wideman
1889 – 1971 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Roger Wolcott Jessup
1889 – 1971 Jan 1 -
John Dall
1920 – 1971 · Actors Jan 15 -
Gilbert Anderson
1882 – 1971 · Actors Jan 20 -
Jacobo Árbenz
1913 – 1971 · Politicians Jan 27 -
Henri Deyglun
1903 – 1971 · Actors Feb 2 -
James Cash Penney, Jr
1875 – 1971 · Business Magnates Feb 2 -
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Theresa E. “Tessie” McNamara
1892 – 1971 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Feb 2 -
Tilla Durieux
1880 – 1971 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Mátyás Rákosi
1892 – 1971 · Politicians Feb 5 -
Fernandel
1903 – 1971 · Celebrities, Comedian, Film Director, Singer Feb 26 -
Theodor Svedberg
1884 – 1971 · Artists and Architects Feb 26 -
Arne Jacobsen
1902 – 1971 · Artists and Architects, Business Magnates Mar 3 -
Borden Chase
1900 – 1971 · Authors and Writers Mar 3 -
Rockwell Kent
1882 – 1971 · Artists and Architects, Authors and Writers, Business Magnates Mar 3 -
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Ronald William Hughes
1935 – 1971 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Mar 3 -
Roy E. Glenn, Sr
1914 – 1971 · Actors Mar 3 -
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Sherman Mills Fairchild
1896 – 1971 Mar 3 -
Walter William Ralphs, Sr
1884 – 1971 · Business Magnates Mar 3 -
Winnie Lightner
1899 – 1971 · Actresses, Singer Mar 5 -
Harold Lloyd
1893 – 1971 · Actors, Celebrities, Comedian, Film Director Mar 8 -
T. Nash Buckingham
1880 – 1971 · Authors and Writers Mar 10 -
Roxwell Kent
1882 – 1971 · Artists and Architects Mar 13 -
Bebe Daniels
1901 – 1971 · Actresses Mar 16 -
Nella Walker
1886 – 1971 · Actresses Mar 22 -
Basil Dearden
1911 – 1971 · Director, Film Director Mar 23 -
Manyi Kiss
1911 – 1971 · Actresses Mar 29 -
Bartlett A. Carre
1897 – 1971 · Actors Apr 4 -
John Francis Bunny
1894 – 1971 · Actors Apr 4 -
Orestes Caviglia
1893 – 1971 · Actors Apr 4 -
TV Soong
1893 – 1971 · Business Magnates Apr 4 -
Igor Stravinsky
1882 – 1971 · Celebrities, Musicians and Composers Apr 6 -
Igor Tamm
1895 – 1971 · Scientists and Inventors Apr 12 -
Edmund Lowe
1890 – 1971 · Actors Apr 21 -
François Duvalier
1907 – 1971 · Politicians Apr 21 -
Lennie Hayton
1908 – 1971 · Musicians and Composers Apr 24 -
Glenda Farrell
1904 – 1971 · Actresses May 1 -
Dot Farley
1881 – 1971 · Actresses May 5 -
Edith Day
1896 – 1971 · Actresses May 5 -
Edith Hallor Dillon
1896 – 1971 · Actresses May 5 -
Edward G. Budd, Jr
1902 – 1971 · Business Magnates May 5 -
Helene Weigel-Brecht
1900 – 1971 · Actresses May 5 -
Lyle Barton
1889 – 1971 · Actresses May 5 -
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Rayner Goddard
1877 – 1971 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers May 5 -
Ruth Royce
1893 – 1971 · Actresses May 7 -
Chips Rafferty
1909 – 1971 · Actors May 27 -
Audie Murphy
1924 – 1971 · Actors, Country Music May 28 -
Georg Lukács
1885 – 1971 · Politicians Jun 4 -
Jerome Franks
1908 – 1971 · Actors Jun 6 -
Jerome Irving Rodale
1898 – 1971 · Business Magnates Jun 6 -
Leo Burnett
1891 – 1971 · Business Magnates Jun 6 -
Virginia True Boardman
1889 – 1971 · Actresses Jun 6 -
Libby Holman
1904 – 1971 · Actresses, Singer Jun 18 -
Thomas Gomez
1905 – 1971 · Actors Jun 18 -
John Boyd Orr
1880 – 1971 · Politicians Jun 25 -
Herbert Biberman
1900 – 1971 · Director, Film Director Jun 30 -
Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev
1933 – 1971 · Astronaut Jun 30 -
Vladislav Volkov
1935 – 1971 · Astronaut Jun 30 -
Jim Morrison
1943 – 1971 · Actors, Celebrities, Singer Jul 3 -
Louis Armstrong
1901 – 1971 · Celebrities, Musicians, Singer Jul 6 -
Arthur Milo Fleming
1888 – 1971 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Jul 7 -
Christl Mardayn
1896 – 1971 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards
1895 – 1971 · Actors Jul 7 -
Julia Caesar
1885 – 1971 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Renie Riano
1899 – 1971 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Ub Iwerks
1901 – 1971 · Business Magnates Jul 7 -
Carleton G. Young
1907 – 1971 · Actors, Entertainers Jul 11 -
Bill Thompson
1913 – 1971 · Actors Jul 15 -
Van Heflin
1908 – 1971 · Actors Jul 23 -
Diane Arbus
1923 – 1971 · Artists and Architects Jul 26 -
Martha Wise
1882 – 1971 · Serial Killer Jul 28 -
Joe Cesare Colombo
1930 – 1971 · Artists and Architects Jul 30 -
Assault
1943 – 1971 · Animals, Athletes, Sports Figures Aug 2 -
Fausto Cleva
1902 – 1971 · Musicians and Composers Aug 6 -
Henry Haynes
1920 – 1971 · Country Music Aug 7 -
Adele Rowland
1883 – 1971 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Bennett Cerf
1898 – 1971 · Authors and Writers Aug 8 -
Frances Robinson
1916 – 1971 · Actresses Aug 8 -
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Hiroshi Okawa
1896 – 1971 · Business Magnates Aug 8 -
Leslie Kong
1933 – 1971 · Music Producer Aug 9 -
Paul Lukas
1894 – 1971 · Actors, Celebrities Aug 15 -
Louis Armand
1905 – 1971 · Military Figures, Politicians, Scientists and Inventors Aug 30 -
David Street
1917 – 1971 · Actors Sep 3 -
Spring Byington
1886 – 1971 · Actresses Sep 7 -
Billy Gilbert
1894 – 1971 · Actors Sep 9 -
Charles Edward Bull
1881 – 1971 · Actors Sep 9 -
Bella Darvi
1928 – 1971 · Actresses Sep 11 -
Nikita Khrushchev
1894 – 1971 · Politicians Sep 11 -
Lin Biao
1907 – 1971 · Military Figures Sep 13 -
William F. Albright
1891 – 1971 · Authors and Writers, Educators, Scientists and Inventors Sep 19 -
Hugo Lafayette Black
1886 – 1971 · Politicians, US Supreme Court Justices Sep 25 -
Raymond Hatton
1887 – 1971 · Actresses Oct 10 -
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Sam Morris Russell
1889 – 1971 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Oct 10 -
William Arnold “Billy” Costello
1898 – 1971 · Actors Oct 10 -
Chester Conklin
1886 – 1971 · Actors, Comedian Oct 11 -
Cheryl Walker
1918 – 1971 · Actresses, Model Oct 24 -
Duane Allman
1946 – 1971 · Musicians and Composers, Rock & Roll Oct 29 -
Mack Ray Edwards
1918 – 1971 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Oct 30 -
Maude Fealy
1883 – 1971 · Actresses Nov 9 -
Anne O’Neal
1893 – 1971 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Charlie Dale
1881 – 1971 · Actors Nov 11 -
Gladys Cooper
1888 – 1971 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Josephine Dillon
1884 – 1971 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Kyosuke Kindaichi
1882 – 1971 Nov 11 -
Martha Vickers
1925 – 1971 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Rudolf Ivanovich Abel
1903 – 1971 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Nov 11 -
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
1909 – 1971 · Authors and Writers Nov 11 -
Paul Klinger
1907 – 1971 · Actors Nov 14 -
Edie Sedgwick
1943 – 1971 · Actresses, Model, Socialite Nov 16 -
Gladys Cooper
1888 – 1971 · Actresses Nov 17 -
Walter Sande
1906 – 1971 · Actors Nov 22 -
Al Ferguson
1888 – 1971 · Actors Dec 12 -
David Sarnoff
1891 – 1971 · Business Magnates Dec 12 -
Diana Lynn
1926 – 1971 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Dita Parlo
1906 – 1971 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans
1913 – 1971 · Authors and Writers Dec 12 -
Jake Ehrlich
1900 – 1971 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Dec 12 -
Marin Turcott
1890 – 1971 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Maurice James “Mac” McDonald
1902 – 1971 · Business Magnates Dec 12 -
Peter Duel
1940 – 1971 · Actors Dec 12 -
Renee Evans
1908 – 1971 · Actresses Dec 12 -
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Sergei Timofeevich Konenkov
1874 – 1971 · Artists and Architects Dec 12 -
Dick Tiger
1929 – 1971 · Boxers Dec 14 -
Bobby Jones
1902 – 1971 · Golfer Dec 18 -
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Shigeyoshi Suzuki
1902 – 1971 · Athletes, Soccer Dec 20 -
Robert Lowery
1913 – 1971 · Actors Dec 26 -
Max Steiner
1888 – 1971 · Musicians and Composers Dec 28 -
Dorothy Comingore
1913 – 1971 · Actresses Dec 30 -
Pete Duel
1940 – 1971 · Actors Dec 31