List of Famous people who died at 71

Luis Garisto Pan was a Uruguayan football (soccer) coach who had a professional career as both player and head coach.

Matthias Kaul was a German percussionist and composer of classical music.

Michael McKevitt was an Irish republican and paramilitary leader. He was the Provisional Irish Republican Army's Quartermaster General. After the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, he formed the Real IRA in protest. His role in the Real IRA led to him being convicted of directing terrorism as the leader of the paramilitary organisation.

Fidel Uriarte Macho was a Spanish footballer who played as a striker.

Brian Oldfield was an American athlete and personality of the 1970s and early 1980s. A standout shot putter, Oldfield was credited with making the rotational technique popular. With his "Oldfield spin," he set the indoor and outdoor world records in the sport many times. However, due to his status as a professional athlete, and due to the lack of official control of his achievements by athletic authorities as well as later steroid-related investigations, his records were never officially recognized.

Anita Hale Shreve was an American writer, chiefly known for her novels. One of her first published stories, Past the Island, Drifting, was awarded an O. Henry Prize in 1976.

Madiha Salem was an Egyptian actress.

Christine Buchegger was an Austrian theater and television actress, born in Vienna, Austria.

Yevgeni Vladimirovich Zimin was a Soviet ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Spartak Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1968.

Ralph Wesley Foody was an American character actor.