* 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

In 1971 he attracted the attention of Liverpool's head scout Geoff Twentyman, whose opinion was held in high regard by manager Bill Shankly.

Winning the league title in 1970 – 71, Leading goalscorer with 42 goals, including 7 hatricks, was Geoff Davies who scored 28 goals in the following 1971 – 72 season.

* Geoff Barrow ( born 1971 ), English musician in Portishead, Beak >, Drokk, Quakers

In 1971 Geoff Starling became the youngest player to ever represent Australia.

* Geoff Molson ( b. 1971 )-CEO and President of the Montreal Canadiens and former VP with Molsons

Seven London Welsh players were selected for the 1971 tour to New Zealand ( a Lions record which remains unbroken to this day ): captain John Dawes ( now London Welsh president ), JPR Williams, Gerald Davies, Mervyn Davies, John Taylor ( now Managing Director and ITV commentator ), Mike Roberts and Geoff Evans.

The 1971 – 72 season saw a welcome improvement to 18th, and possibly saved the club ; Barrow, who had finished bottom for the previous two years, were voted out in favour of Hereford United despite having improved to 22nd.

* John Barrow – player ( OT / DT ), 1976 ( Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1957 – 70 ; Toronto Argonauts as General Manager 1971 – 75 ).

Fortunes never improved and at the end of the 1971 / 72 season, after an unsuccessful bid for re-election, Barrow were voted out of the Football League, to be replaced by Hereford United of the Southern League.

Financial difficulties combined with poor performances saw Barrow twice up for re-election in 1971 and 1972.

Such problems were influential in the decision of the Football League clubs ' to votes against Barrow when the team had to seek re-election to the league following a bottom four finish in the Fourth Division at the end of the 1971 – 1972 season, and Barrow were demoted to the Northern Premier League.

Barrow had a batch of five East Lancs bodied single-deck Fleetlines delivered in 1971, which were 50 seaters with seating above the engine, but since those Barrow Borough Transport had switched to the locally-built Leyland National, it was problems with the Leyland 510 engines on these as well as standardisation with prospective double deckers that led to Barrow's purchase of Dominators.

Barrow train arrives in 1971 Carnforth station, shortly before main line electrification.

He coached and later managed Barrow in the Fourth Division between 1971 and ' 72, when they lost their League status ; was assistant manager-coach at Bury in 1972 ; and No 2 to Bobby Charlton at Preston North End in 1973-74.

* 1971 – Alice Evans, English actress

* 1971 – Max Beesley, English actor and musician

Some jurisdictions allow force to be used in defense of property, to prevent damage either in its own right, or under one or both of the preceding classes of defense in that a threat or attempt to damage property might be considered a crime ( in English law, under s5 Criminal Damage Act 1971 it may be argued that the defendant has a lawful excuse to damaging property during the defense and a defense under s3 Criminal Law Act 1967 ) subject to the need to deter vigilantes and excessive self-help.

* 1971 – Liam Howlett, English musician, DJ, and producer ( The Prodigy )

* 1909 – Michael Rennie, English actor ( d. 1971 )

* 1971 – Alex Griffin, English bass player ( Ned's Atomic Dustbin )

* 1971 – Russell Payne, English author

* 1971 – Tommy Mooney, English footballer

* 1971 – Kavus Torabi, Iranian-born English guitarist

* 1971 – Emily Mortimer, English actress

The National Council of Teachers of English ( NCTE ) Committee on Public Doublespeak was formed in 1971, in the midst of the Watergate scandal, at a point when there was widespread skepticism about the degree of truth which characterized relationships between the public and the worlds of politics, the military, and business.

in English from Wabash College in 1970, and, in 1971, a Masters in Education from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

* Dione Lucas ( 1909 – 1971 ), English chef and first female graduate of Le Cordon Bleu

* 1971 – Melinda Messenger, English television presenter

* 1971 – Chris Willsher, English singer-songwriter and musician ( Bus Station Loonies, Oi Polloi and Disorder )

* 1971 – Alistair Potts, English rower

* 1971 – John Partridge, English actor, singer, and dancer

* 1971 – Richard Burns, English rally driver ( d. 2005 )

* 1971 – Stan Collymore, English footballer

* 1971 – Phil Whyman, English paranormal researcher, television personality, writer and musician

* John Nash ( cricket administrator ) ( 1906 – 1977 ), English Secretary of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, 1931 – 1971