List of Famous people who died at 71

Sébastien Japrisot was a French author, screenwriter and film director. His pseudonym was an anagram of Jean-Baptiste Rossi, his real name. Renowned for subverting the rules of the crime genre, Japrisot broke down the established formulas "into their component pieces to re-combine them in original and paradoxical ways." Some critics argue that though Japrisot's work may lack the explicit experimental element present in the novels of some of his contemporaries, it shows influences of structuralist theories and the unorthodox techniques of the New Novelists.

Thomas Minor Pelly was a U.S. Representative from Washington.

Alireza Azizi was an Iranian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Mohammad Reza Navaei was an Iranian lightweight freestyle wrestler. He won bronze medals at the 1973 World Wrestling Championships and 1974 Asian Games, and competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia was, by marriage to King Peter II, the last Queen of Yugoslavia.

Joseph Wresinski was a French priest and humanitarian activist.

Pierre-André Boutang was a French documentary filmmaker, producer and director. He was one of the leaders of the Franco-German channel Arte as well as of La Sept previously.

Gennady Alexeyevich Leonov was a Russian scientist, Correspondent Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Saint Petersburg State University, Doctor of Sciences. Laureate of the 1986 USSR State Prize and 2012 Aleksandr Andronov Russian Academy of Sciences Prize.

Mehmood Ali, popularly known simply as Mehmood, was an Indian actor, singer, director and producer best known for playing comic roles in Hindi films.