List of Famous people who died in 1971

Felix Manthey was a German racing cyclist. He won the German National Road Race in 1928. He also rode in the 1930 Tour de France.

Erich Engels (1889–1971) was a German screenwriter, producer and film director. He should not be confused with another contemporary German director Erich Engel.

Bernard Wagenaar was a Dutch-American composer, conductor and violinist.

Chester Cooper Conklin was an early American film comedian who started at Keystone Studios as one of Mack Sennett’s Keystone Cops, often paired with Mack Swain. He appeared in a series of films with Mabel Normand and worked closely with Charlie Chaplin, both in silent and sound films.

Charles James Shavers was an American swing era jazz trumpeter who played with Dizzy Gillespie, Nat King Cole, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Dodds, Jimmie Noone, Sidney Bechet, Midge Williams, Tommy Dorsey, and Billie Holiday. He was an arranger and composer, and one of his compositions, "Undecided", is a jazz standard.

Lucien Hubbard was a film producer and screenwriter.