List of Famous people who died at 71

Wilbur Monroe Leaf was an American author of children's literature who wrote and illustrated nearly 40 books during his 40-year career. He is best known for The Story of Ferdinand (1936), a children's classic which he wrote on a yellow legal-length pad in less than an hour. Labeled as subversive, it stirred an international controversy.

Pinhas Lavon was an Israeli politician, minister and labor leader, best known for the Lavon Affair.

Mouloud Mammeri was an Algerian writer, anthropologist and linguist.

Barrington J. Bayley was an English science fiction writer.

José Song Sui-Wan, SDB was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Brazil.

Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. Professional from 1935 to 1947, he won the Spanish National Road Race Championships, the Volta a Catalunya and three stages of the Vuelta a España, in addition to numerous other races.