People who died at the age of 71

• Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
• Sean Lemass
• William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
• Pope Clement XI
• Axel Oxenstierna
• William Laud
• Suleiman the Magnificent
• John Tyndall (politician)
• Joachim Hoffmann
• Cherry Wilder
• Pierre Bourdieu
• Joan Sims
• Spede Pasanen
• Willie Thrower
• Ramon Bieri
• Daniel Nathans
• Leroy Vinnegar
• George C. Scott
• Don Messick
• Klaus Tennstedt