List of Famous people who died at 71

Lindsay Gordon Anderson was a British feature-film, theatre and documentary director, film critic, and leading-light of the Free Cinema movement and of the British New Wave. He is most widely remembered for his 1968 film if...., which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival in 1969 and marked Malcolm McDowell's cinematic debut. He is also notable, though not a professional actor, for playing a minor role in the Academy Award-winning 1981 film Chariots of Fire. McDowell produced a 2007 documentary about his experiences with Anderson, Never Apologize.

Albert Michel (1909–1981) was a French stage, film and television actor.

John Hutchyns Tyndall was a British fascist political activist. A leading member of various small neo-Nazi groups during the late 1950s and 1960s, he was chairman of the National Front (NF) from 1971 to 1974 and again from 1976 to 1980. He was also chairman of the British National Party (BNP) from 1982 to 1999. On several occasions, he unsuccessfully stood for election to the House of Commons and he also unsuccessfully stood for election to the European Parliament.

Romain Gijssels was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer between 1930 and 1936.

Jean Malléjac was a professional French road bicycle racer.