List of Famous people who died at 71

James George Tomkins, known professionally as Big Jim Sullivan, was an English musician whose career started in 1958.

Panagiotis Pipinelis was a Greek politician and diplomat.

Roberto Emilio Arias, known as "Tito", was a Panamanian international lawyer, diplomat and journalist who was the husband of ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn. Arias was from a prominent Panamanian political family, whose members had reached the Presidency four times; amongst them his father Harmodio Arias.

John Burroughs was an American politician, educator, and businessman who served as the 18th governor of New Mexico. Burroughs, a Democrat, served one-term and is remembered for honest government and introduction of the concept of a state Personnel Act to improve the quality of state workers and limit somewhat the effect of political patronage.

Nicholas Carmen Dattilo was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, from 1990 until his death in 2004.

Moran Mor Cyril Baselios Maphrian or when referring exclusively to his being a Major Archbishop, Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil OIC was the first Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church based in Trivandrum, Kerala, elevated by Pope John Paul II.

Willy Kutschbach was a German racing cyclist. He finished in last place in the 1935 Tour de France.