* Atlas Computer ( Manchester ) ( 1962 – 1971 ), an early computer built at the University of Manchester

* 1971 – Lou Merloni, American baseball player

* 1971 – Sanjay Suri, Indian actor and model

* 1971 – Nick Hexum, American singer and musician ( 311 )

* 1971 – Nicholas Brendon, American actor

* 1971 – Shannen Doherty, American actress, producer, director, and author

* 1971 – John Boyne, Irish novelist

* 1971 – Darren Emerson, English DJ ( Underworld )

* 1971 – An attempted coup fails in the African nation of Chad.

* 1971 – Julian Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer

* 1971 – Ernest Faber, Dutch footballer and coach

* 1971 – Aygül Özkan, German politician

* 1882 – Ernst Eklund, Swedish actor ( d. 1971 )

* 1886 – Edward Ballantine, American composer ( d. 1971 )

* 1971 – Merrin Dungey, American actress

* 1971 – Scott Minto, English footballer

* 1971 – Piyal Wijetunge, Sri Lankan cricketer

* 1971 – The Troubles: The British security forces in Northern Ireland launch Operation Demetrius.

* 1971 – Mack 10, American rapper and actor ( Westside Connection )

* 1971 – James Kim, American journalist and technology expert ( d. 2006 )

* 1971 – Mark Povinelli, American actor

* 1971 – Davide Rebellin, Italian cyclist

* 1971 – Nikki Ziering, American model and actress

* 1943 – Michael Willetts, English soldier, George Cross recipient ( d. 1971 )

* 1971 – Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor

* 1971 – Samantha Cameron, business executive, wife of David Cameron

* 1971 – David Tennant, Scottish actor

* 1891 – David Sarnoff, Russian-born broadcast pioneer ( d. 1971 )

* Carroll, David, ed., George Eliot: The Critical Heritage, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1971.

Lulu Roman was twice charged with drug possession in 1971, and David " Stringbean " Akeman and his wife were murdered in November 1973 during a robbery at their home.

* 1971 – David Mendenhall, American actor

* 1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission – David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.

* The Flying Sorcerers ( 1971, with David Gerrold ), previously serialised as " The Misspelled Magishun ", includes portraits of other SF authors — e. g. the lead character name becomes translated into the local language as " As a color, shade of purple-gray " ( or Purple for short ), that is, " As-A-Mauve "

He was long associated with London's Royal Court Theatre, where he was Co-Artistic Director 1969 – 70, and Associate Artistic Director 1971 – 75, directing premiere productions of plays by David Storey, among others.

* The Changing Room ( David Storey, 1971 )

* 1971 – David Duval, American golfer

From 1971 David Bowie moved on from his early psychedelic work to develop his Ziggy Stardust persona, incorporating elements of professional make up, mime and performance into his act.

* David O ' List – lead guitar ( Sep 1971 – Feb 1972 )

* 1971 – David Vetter, American victim of severe combined immune deficiency syndrome ( d. 1984 )

* 1971 – David Arquette, American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer

The Libertarian Party was formed in Westminster, Colorado, in the home of David Nolan on December 11, 1971.

Meanwhile in the UK David Hall's " TV Interruptions " ( 1971 ) were transmitted intentionally unannounced and uncredited on Scottish TV, the first artist interventions on British television.

On 1 August 1971, Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin left the Fallen Astronaut on the surface of the Moon as a memorial to all the American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts that died in the Space Race, with Yuri Gagarin listed among 14 others.

* February 27 – David Sarnoff, Russian-born American broadcasting pioneer ( d. 1971 )

* Allen, William Edward David ( 1932, reissued 1971 ), A History of the Georgian People: From the Beginning Down to the Russian Conquest in the Nineteenth Century.

From late 1971, already a minor star, David Bowie developed his Ziggy Stardust persona, incorporating elements of professional make up, mime and performance into his act.

UPI reporters and photographers have won ten Pulitzer Prizes: Russell Jones ( International Reporting, 1957 ), Andrew Lopez ( News Photography, 1960 ), Yasushi Nagao ( News Photography, 1961 ), Merriman Smith ( National Reporting, 1964 ), Kyoichi Sawada ( News Photography, 1966 ), Toshio Sakai ( Feature Photography, 1968 ), Lucinda Franks and Thomas Powers ( National Reporting, 1971 ), and David Hume Kennerly ( Feature Photography, 1972 ).

He left the corporation in 1971 after David Coleman was installed as the BBC's top commentator, his final BBC commentary being on the 1971 European Cup final between Ajax and Panathinaikos at Wembley Stadium.