List of Famous people who are 71

Richard John Williams is the guitarist for the American rock band Kansas and has been with them since their 1974 self-titled debut album.

Terence Charles Yorath is a Welsh former football player and manager at both club and international level. He is also the father of television presenter Gabby Logan.

Eric Pierpoint is an American actor and author. He is perhaps best known for his role as George Francisco on Fox Network's Alien Nation. He has also notably appeared on each of the first four Star Trek television spin-offs.

János Kertész is a Hungarian physicist. He is one of the pioneers of econophysics, complex networks and application of fractal geometry in physical problems.

Lawrence Thomas Persico is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of the Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania since 2012.

Sierd A.P.L. Cloetingh is Professor of Earth Sciences at Utrecht University, and since 2014 President of the Academia Europaea.