List of Famous people who died at 71

Amedeo Nazzari was an Italian actor. Nazzari was one of the leading figures of Italian classic cinema, often considered a local variant of the Australian-American star Errol Flynn. Although he emerged as a star during the Fascist era, Nazzari's popularity continued well into the post-war years.

Claude Beausoleil was a Canadian writer, poet, and essayist.

Rafael García Serrano was a Spanish writer and journalist. As a teenager he joined the Spanish Falange and participated as a combatant on the Nationalist side in the Spanish Civil War. His first novel, the lyrical "Eugenio o proclamación de la primavera" was written in 1938 when he was recovering from tuberculosis contracted during the Battle of the Ebro. That novel was dedicated to the late Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, the founder of the Falange. He worked as a screenwriter on a number of films. He also directed the 1967 film Lost Eyes. In 1943 he was awarded the National Novel Prize for one of his well-regarded war novels, "La fiel infanteria." The book was immediately banned for 15 years by the religious censors.

Nina Viktorovna Baldycheva was a Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1970 to 1980. She won three medals at the Winter Olympics with a gold in the 4 × 5 km relay (1976), a silver in the 4 × 5 km relay (1980), and a bronze in the 5 km (1976). In the relay in 1976, she injured her left hand in a fall at the start, but completed the race.

Jean Boin was a French professional football player and coach.

Stephen Howard Davies, was a British theatre and television director.

Pierre Bousquet was a French journalist and far-right politician. A former Caporal in the Waffen-SS Charlemagne Division, Bousquet was the first treasurer and a founding member of the National Front in 1972.

Maurice Hardouin was a French professional footballer who played as a striker.

Richard Heinrich Ludwig Münch, better known as Richard Münch, was a German actor, best known for portraying Alfred Jodl in Patton (1970). He also portrayed General Erich Marcks in The Longest Day (1962).

Mirabror Zufarovich Usmanov Uzbek statesman, political and sports figure, president of the National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan, the Football Federation of Uzbekistan, the Football Federation of Central Asia, and Uzbeck Senator (2005-2010).