List of Famous people who died in 1971

William Gilbert Barron was an American comedian, actor, writer and film director known for his comic sneeze routines. He appeared in over 200 feature films, short subjects and television shows starting in 1929.

Carlo Jachino (1887–1971) was an Italian composer of the 20th century. Born in Sanremo on February 3, 1887, he studied in Leipzig under Hugo Riemann. Jachino's 3-act opera, Giocondo and his King won a national competition in (1922) and was premiered at the Dal Verme theater in Milan in 1924. In 1928 his Second Quartet in E minor shared the second prize with Harry Waldo Warner while Béla Bartók and Alfredo Casella shared the first prize at an international chamber music competition in Philadelphia. He was a proponent of dodecaphonic or 12-tone music. He wrote extensively about music, including Instruments of the Orchestra. He taught composition at the conservatories of Parma, Naples and Rome between 1927 and 1950. He was the director of the Naples conservatory from 1950 to 1953, and later director of the National Conservatory of Colombia in Bogotà. Jachino was also inspector of music curriculum for the Italian Ministry of Education.

Max Nemetz was a German film and stage actor. He is best known for the role of the Captain in the 1922 silent film Nosferatu.

Raymond William Hatton was an American film actor who appeared in almost five hundred motion pictures.

Nerio Bernardi was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 192 films between 1918 and 1970. He was born in Bologna, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.

Bokuzen Hidari was a Japanese actor and comedian born in Kotesashi Village, Iruma District, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. He appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, The Lower Depths and Ikiru. Hidari was famous among Japanese audiences for his portrayals of meek, downtrodden men, and although a teetotaller, was renowned for his convincing drunk scenes.