List of Famous people who are 71

Charles Nicholl is an English author specializing in works of history, biography, literary detection, and travel. He has been active as a writer since the 1970s and has been publishing books since 1980. His subjects have included Christopher Marlowe, Arthur Rimbaud, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Nashe and William Shakespeare. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Carl Joseph Meade is a former NASA astronaut.

Charles Frazier is an American novelist. He won the 1997 National Book Award for Fiction for Cold Mountain.

Jacques Adam Haitkin, is an American cinematographer. He is well known as the cinematographer for A Nightmare on Elm Street Series 1 and 2.

Berthold Huber is a German former trade union leader.

Marie-Hélène des Esgaulx is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. She represents the Gironde department and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement Party.

Hilton McRae is a Scottish actor, working in theatre, television and film.