Coco Chanel (1883-1971)
Fashion Designer
1
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
Trumpet Player
2
Jim Morrison (1943-1971)
Rock Singer
3
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971)
World Leader
4
Audie Murphy (1924-1971)
War Hero
5
Roy O Disney (1893-1971)
Entrepreneur
6
Violet Jessop (1887-1971)
7
Philo Farnsworth (1906-1971)
Engineer
8
Cheryl Walker (1918-1971)
Model
9
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Composer
10
Duane Allman (1946-1971)
Guitarist
11
Chuck Hughes (1943-1971)
Football Player
12
Bobby Jones (1902-1971)
Golfer
13
Harold Lloyd (1893-1971)
Movie Actor
14
King Curtis (1934-1971)
Saxophonist
15
Edie Sedgwick (1943-1971)
16
Samuel L Lewis (1896-1971)
Religious Leader
17
Gene Vincent (1935-1971)
Pop Singer
18
Pier Angeli (1932-1971)
Movie Actress
19
Ub Iwerks (1901-1971)
Cartoonist
20
James Cash Penney (1875-1971)
21
Lil Hardin Armstrong (1898-1971)
Jazz Singer
22
Maurice James McDonald (1902-1971)
23
Pedro Rodríguez (1940-1971)
Race Car Driver
24
John W. Campbell (1910-1971)
Novelist
25
David Burns (1901-1971)
Stage Actor
26
Joe E. Lewis (1902-1971)
Comedian
27
Max Steiner (1888-1971)
28
Diane Arbus (1923-1971)
Photographer
29
Joe Guyon (1892-1971)
30
Paul Blackburn (1926-1971)
Poet
31
Glenda Farrell (1904-1971)
32
Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971)
33
Hugo Black (1886-1971)
Supreme Court Justice
34
Georgy Dobrovolsky (1928-1971)
Astronaut
35
Joe Sullivan (1906-1971)
Pianist
36
Ella Cara Deloria (1889-1971)
37
Tor Johnson (1903-1971)
38
Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)
39
Kenny Washington (1918-1971)
40
Spring Byington (1886-1971)
TV Actress
41
Whitney Young (1921-1971)
Civil Rights Leader
42
Cliff Edwards (1895-1971)
43
Van Heflin (1910-1971)
44
Billy Gilbert (1894-1971)
45
Chesty Puller (1898-1971)
46
Michael Rennie (1909-1971)
47
Bebe Daniels (1901-1971)
48
Celebrities Born in 1971
Deaths by Year
