List of Famous people who died at 71

Arturo Tabera Araoz J.C.D. was a Spanish Cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes.

Yisrael Yeshayahu Sharabi was an Israeli politician, minister and the fifth Speaker of the Knesset.

Kenneth Baillieu Myer, was an American-born Australian patron of the arts, humanities and sciences; diplomat, administrator, businessman and philanthropist. He was a member of the notable Melbourne retailing Myer family. Myer made significant philanthropic and personal contributions to the development of major national institutions, most notably the Howard Florey Laboratories of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, the School of Oriental Studies at the University of Melbourne, the Victorian Arts Centre and the National Library of Australia. He was also the founding chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Menachem Savidor was an Israeli civil servant and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud from 1977 until 1984. Between 1981 and 1984 he was the Knesset's eighth Speaker.