List of Famous people who are 71
Gwendolyn Leick
Gwendolyn Leick is an Austrian British historian and Assyriologist who has written multiple books and encyclopedias in English about ancient Mesopotamia.
Julia Slingo
Dame Julia Mary Slingo, is a British meteorologist and climate scientist. She has been the Chief Scientist at the Met Office since 2009. She is also a Visiting Professor in the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading, where she held, prior to appointment to the Met Office, the positions of Director of Climate Research in the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) National Centre for Atmospheric Science and founding Director of the Walker Institute for Climate System Research.
Masaharu Nakagawa
Masaharu Nakagawa is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Matsusaka, Mie and graduate of Georgetown University in the United States he was elected for the first time in 1996 after serving in the local assembly of Mie Prefecture. In September 2011 he was appointed as Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in the cabinet of newly appointed prime minister Yoshihiko Noda.
Lowell Lo
Lowell Lo Kwun Ting is a Hong Kong musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He wrote the film scores to many Hong Kong films. He is now also an environmental activist.
Bobby McFerrin
Robert Keith McFerrin Jr. is an American folk-jazz vocalist. He is known for his vocal techniques, such as singing fluidly but with quick and considerable jumps in pitch—for example, sustaining a melody while also rapidly alternating with arpeggios and harmonies—as well as scat singing, polyphonic overtone singing, and improvisational vocal percussion. He is widely known for performing and recording regularly as an unaccompanied solo vocal artist. He has frequently collaborated with other artists from both the jazz and classical scenes.
Jenny Holzer
Jenny Holzer is an American neo-conceptual artist, based in Hoosick, New York. The main focus of her work is the delivery of words and ideas in public spaces.
Wu Kuang-hsun
Wu Kuang-hsun is a Taiwanese politician. A member of the Kuomintang, he represented Kaohsiung County in the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2002 and again from 2005 to 2008.
Tommy Aldridge
Tommy Aldridge is an American heavy metal and hard rock drummer. Aldridge is noted for his work with numerous bands and artists since the 1970s, such as Black Oak Arkansas, Pat Travers Band, Ozzy Osbourne, Gary Moore, Whitesnake, Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy, Vinnie Moore and Yngwie Malmsteen.
Avshalom Kor
Dr. Avshalom Kor is an Israeli linguist and expert on Hebrew grammar and semantics.
Ahmet Özhan
Ahmet Özhan is a prominent Turkish classic music singer, conductor, and actor.