List of Famous people who died in 1971

Gilbert Charles Nugent, 12th Earl of Westmeath, styled Hon. Gilbert Nugent until 1933, was a son of the 10th Earl and younger brother of the 11th, Nugent fought in World War I, during which his older brother, Captain William Andrew Nugent, was killed in action in 1915. He was wounded twice and mentioned in despatches, serving as a Major in the Royal Artillery.

Richard James Mulcahy was an Irish Fine Gael politician and army general who served as Minister for Education from 1948 to 1951 and from 1954 to 1957, Minister for the Gaeltacht from June 1956 to October 1956, Leader of the Opposition from 1944 to 1948, Leader of Fine Gael from 1944 to 1959, Minister for Local Government and Public Health from 1927 to 1932 and Minister for Defence from January to April 1919 and from 1922 to 1924. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1918 to 1938 and from 1943 to 1961.

Antanas Venclova was a Lithuanian and Soviet politician, poet, journalist and translator.