List of Famous people who died at 71

Helene (Hel) Braun was a German mathematician who specialized in number theory and modular forms. Her autobiography, The Beginning of A Scientific Career, described her experience as a female scientist working in a male-dominated field at the time, in the Third Reich.

Norma Connolly was an American actress having a career spanning five decades and known for her roles on The Young Marrieds as Lena Karr Gilroy and General Hospital as Ruby Anderson.

Cecil Yekuthial Linder was a Polish-born Canadian film and television actor. In the 1950s and 1960s, he worked extensively in the United Kingdom, often playing Canadian and American characters in various films and television programmes.

Seán Flanagan was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Health from 1966 to 1969, Minister for Lands from 1969 to 1973 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1965 to 1966. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Connacht–Ulster constituency from 1979 to 1989. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo South constituency from 1951 to 1969 and for the Mayo East constituency from 1969 to 1977.

Arno Assmann was a German actor, film director and television writer. He committed suicide.

Nawi Ismail was an Indonesian film director and actor. He often worked with Dicky Zulkarnaen and Benyamin Sueb.

Johnston Murray was an American lawyer, politician, and the 14th governor of Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as governor from 1951 to 1955.

Milena Dvorská was a Czechoslovak film actress. She appeared in 70 films and television shows between 1955 and 2009.