List of Famous people who born in 1971

Olivier Frapolli is a French professional football manager and former player, who currently manages Laval.

Olivier Masset-Depasse is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He made his feature-length debut in 2006 with Cages. In 2010, he wrote and directed Illegal, which premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for eight Magritte Awards. It was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards. His next film was Mothers' Instinct, starring Veerle Baetens, Anne Coesens and Mehdi Nebbou, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. It received ten nominations at the 10th Magritte Awards, winning in nine categories, including Best Film and Best Director for Masset-Depasse, holding the record for the most Magritte Awards won by a single film.

Mark Knowles is a professional tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the Bahamas, former number 1 in world specialising in doubles tennis. He won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments in men's doubles, partnering with Daniel Nestor, as well as Wimbledon in mixed doubles. At various times between 2002 and 2005 he was ranked World No. 1 in doubles. He is a five-time Olympian.

Yoji Shinkawa is a Japanese artist. He is best known as the lead character and mecha designer for the Metal Gear franchise.

Virginie Delvingt is a French badminton player. She competed in women's singles and women's doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Antony Genn is a British musician formerly in Pulp.

Pat Healy is an American film and television actor perhaps best known for his leading roles in Great World of Sound, Compliance, The Innkeepers and Cheap Thrills. He directed his first feature film, Take Me, in 2017.

Pasquale "Pat" Mastroianni is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Joey Jeremiah on the Degrassi series of television shows.