List of Famous people who died in 1971
Francesco Giunta
Francesco Giunta was an Italian Fascist politician. A leading figure in the early years of fascism, he helped to build the movement in several regions of the country and was particularly active in Trieste. During the Second World War he became notorious for his role in occupied Yugoslavia.
Hyakken Uchida
Hyakken Uchida was a Japanese author and academic.
Camille Gutt
Camille Gutt, born Camille Guttenstein, was a Belgian economist, politician, and industrialist. He served as the first Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 6 May 1946 to 5 May 1951. Camille Gutt was the architect of a monetary reform plan that facilitated the recovery of the Belgian economy after World War II.
Lothar Rendulic
Lothar Rendulic was an army group commander in the Wehrmacht during World War II. Rendulic was one of three Austrian Germans who rose to the rank of Generaloberst in the German armed forces. The other two were Alexander Löhr and Erhard Raus.
Georg Friedrich Karl von Opel
John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever
Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob Astor V, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, DL was an American-born English newspaper proprietor, politician, sportsman, military officer, and a member of the Astor family.
Alex Natan
Heinz Alex Natan was a German-Jewish sprinter, sports writer and political activist described by Alfred Flechtheim as the "fastest Jew in Germany". He was a member of the bürgerlich sports movement and ran for SC Charlottenburg Berlin.
Nadezhda Peshkova
Nadezhda Alekseevna Peshkova was a Russian painter.
Douglas Evill
Air Chief Marshal Sir Douglas Claude Strathern Evill, was an Australian-born Royal Naval Air Service pilot and squadron commander during the First World War. Serving in the Royal Air Force between the wars, he was a senior air commander during the Second World War.
Robin Fox
Robin Fox MC was an English actor, theatrical agent, and chairman of the English Stage Company, best remembered as the founder of a family of actors. His sons are James, Edward, and Robert Fox. His grandchildren include Emilia, Laurence, Jack, Freddie, and Lydia Fox.