Aged 71
Famous people who died at 71
220 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 71, including Socrates, Charlemagne and Arthur Conan Doyle. Here are the 100 best known.
- Socrates5th-century BCE Greek philosopher · c. 470–399 BC
- CharlemagneKing of Franks, regarded as the first Holy Roman Emperor · AD 742–814
- Arthur Conan DoyleBritish writer and physician · 1859–1930
- Suleiman the MagnificentThe tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire · 1494–1566
- Grover Cleveland22nd & 24th President of the United States · 1837–1908
- John TylerPresident of the United States from 1841 to 1845 · 1790–1862
- George SandFrench novelist and memoirist · 1804–1876
- Wangari Muta MaathaiKenyan environmentalist and politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 · 1940–2011
- Giosuè CarducciItalian poet and literary critic · 1835–1907
- Neville ChamberlainPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940 · 1869–1940
- Johnny CashAmerican country singer · 1932–2003
- Nicolae CeaușescuDictator of Romania from 1965 to 1989 · 1918–1989
- Kurt GödelAustrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics · 1906–1978
- Philip II of SpainKing of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily; King consort of England, lived 1527-1598 · 1527–1598
- Mohammad Ali JinnahPolitician and the founder of Pakistan · 1876–1948
- Alexandre Dumas filsFrench writer and dramatist · 1824–1895
- Bertha von SuttnerAustrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor · 1843–1914
- George CarlinAmerican stand-up comedian · 1937–2008
- Tennessee WilliamsAmerican playwright · 1911–1983
- William IVKing of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1830 to 1837 · 1765–1837
- Ayman al-ZawahiriAl-Qaeda terrorist leader (1951–2022), Muslim jurist and theologian (Sunni), surgeon · 1951–2022
- EusébioPortuguese footballer · 1942–2014
- Giorgos SeferisGreek poet and diplomat · 1900–1971
- Leo IPope from 440 to 461 · c. AD 390–461
- Susan SontagAmerican writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist · 1933–2004
- Tenzing NorgayNepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer · 1914–1986
- Zeno of CitiumGreek philosopher, founder of Stoicism · c. 334–263 BC
- Élie MetchnikoffRussian-French immunologist, embryologist, biologist · 1845–1916
- Enid BlytonEnglish author · 1897–1968
- Piet MondrianDutch painter · 1872–1944
- Jean-Baptiste PerrinFrench physicist · 1870–1942
- Gregory IXPope of the Catholic Church from 1227 to 1241 · c. 1170–1241
- Pierre BourdieuFrench sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher · 1930–2002
- Alexis CarrelFrench surgeon and biologist · 1873–1944
- Bob HoskinsEnglish actor · 1942–2014
- Joseph Louis Gay-LussacFrench chemist and physicist · 1778–1850
- Georges LemaîtreBelgian astrophysicist and Catholic priest · 1894–1966
- Mirza GhalibIndian poet · 1797–1869
- Hulk HoganAmerican professional wrestler, actor and television personality · 1953–2025
- Clement XIPope of the Catholic Church from 1700 to 1721 · 1649–1721
- Andrea PalladioItalian architect · 1508–1580
- Lou ReedAmerican rock musician · 1942–2013
- Ramsay MacDonaldBritish prime minister in 1924 and 1929 to 1935 · 1866–1937
- Yves Saint LaurentFrench fashion designer · 1936–2008
- Urban VIPope of the Catholic Church from 1378 to 1389 · c. 1318–1389
- William HurtAmerican actor · 1950–2022
- Tadeusz KościuszkoPolish, Lithuanian and American military leader · 1746–1817
- Roberto RosselliniItalian film director · 1906–1977
- Willard LibbyAmerican physical chemist · 1908–1980
- Adrian VPope · 1205–1276
- Anna KomneneByzantine princess and historian · c. 1083–1154
- Domenico ScarlattiItalian composer, son of Alessandro Scarlatti · 1685–1757
- Ivan VazovBulgarian writer and poet · 1850–1921
- Nora EphronAmerican film director and writer · 1941–2012
- William Tecumseh ShermanUnited States Army general · 1820–1891
- Margot FonteynBritish ballerina · 1919–1991
- Abraham Ortelius ↗Flemish cartographer, geographer and cosmographer · 1527–1598
- Eleftherios Venizelos ↗Greek politician, former Prime Minister of Greece · 1864–1936
- Khalid of Saudi Arabia ↗King of Saudi Arabia · 1911–1982
- Mithridates VI of Pontus ↗Ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus from 120 to 63 BC · c. 134–63 BC
- Bhaskara II ↗Indian mathematician and astronomer · c. 1114–1185
- Kirstie Alley ↗American actress · 1951–2022
- Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon ↗British princess · 1930–2002
- Klas Pontus Arnoldson ↗Swedish politician · 1844–1916
- Joseph Black ↗Scottish physicist and chemist · 1728–1799
- Paul Signac ↗French painter · 1863–1935
- Siegbert Tarrasch ↗German chess player, chess writer, and chess theoretician · 1862–1934
- George C. Scott ↗American actor, film director and producer · 1927–1999
- William I of the Netherlands ↗King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1815-1840 · 1772–1843
- Astor Piazzolla ↗Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger · 1921–1992
- Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed ↗Politician, fifth President of India · 1905–1977
- Burhanuddin Rabbani ↗Afghanistan politician, former President of Afghanistan · 1940–2011
- Rashid-al-Din Hamadani ↗Persian physician and historian · c. 1247–1318
- William H. Seward ↗American lawyer and politician · 1801–1872
- Jon Lord ↗English composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player · 1941–2012
- Theodor Schwann ↗German physiologist · 1810–1882
- Peter D. Mitchell ↗British biochemist · 1920–1992
- Thomas R. Marshall ↗Vice president of the United States from 1913 to 1921 · 1854–1925
- Darius II ↗The ninth Achaemenid emperor · c. 475–404 BC
- Eugène Pottier ↗French politician · 1816–1887
- Henry Campbell-Bannerman ↗British Prime Minister from 1905 to 1908 · 1836–1908
- Paul Muni ↗Austrian-born American stage and film actor · 1895–1967
- Robert W. Holley ↗American biochemist · 1922–1993
- Thomas Klestil ↗Austrian diplomat and politician · 1932–2004
- Friedensreich Hundertwasser ↗Austrian artist · 1928–2000
- Hryhorii Skovoroda ↗Ukrainian philosopher · 1722–1794
- Jackie Gleason ↗American comedian and actor · 1916–1987
- Jacques Necker ↗Genevan minister resident in France, French statesman, and finance minister of Louis XVI · 1732–1804
- John Foster Dulles ↗United States Secretary of State · 1888–1959
- Erich von Stroheim ↗Austrian actor and director · 1885–1957
- Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ↗Baltic German astronomer · 1793–1864
- Erich Hartmann ↗German officer and fighter pilot during World War II · 1922–1993
- Frederick VI of Denmark ↗King of Denmark and Norway · 1768–1839
- Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant ↗French politician · 1852–1924
- Peter Behrens ↗German architect and designer · 1868–1940
- Daniel Nathans ↗American microbiologist · 1928–1999
- Nikolai Pirogov ↗Russian medical scientist · 1810–1881
- Palmiro Togliatti ↗Former leader of the Italian Communist Party · 1893–1964
- Pavlo Skoropadsky ↗Ukrainian general · 1873–1945
- Robert Moog ↗American electronic music pioneer and inventor · 1934–2005
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