* 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, Trumbo directed the film adaptation of his novel Johnny Got His Gun, which starred Timothy Bottoms, Diane Varsi, Jason Robards and Donald Sutherland.

* 1971 – Jason McAteer, English-Irish footballer

* 1971 – Jason Giambi, American baseball player

* 1971 – Jason Ellis, Australian professional skateboarder

* 1971 – Jason Jones, American filmmaker

* 1971 – Jason Arhndt, American wrestler

* Season 4 ( 1970 – 1971 ): Henry Gibson, Arte Johnson, Alan Sues, Lily Tomlin, Johnny Brown, Dennis Allen, Ann Elder, Nancie Phillips, Barbara Sharma, Harvey Jason, Richard Dawson.

* In the field of sports, Rider graduates include: Jack Armstrong, 1990 Major League Baseball ( MLB ) All-Star and World Champion ; Al Downing, 1967 MLB All-Star and Strikout Champion, and 1971 MLB Comeback Player of the Year ; Jeff Kunkel, professional baseball player ; Caroline Lind, MBA, Olympic Gold Medal rower at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ; Digger Phelps, ESPN college basketball analyst and former Notre Dame Fighting Irish basketball coach ; Bobby Smith, National Soccer Hall of Fame member ; and Jason Thompson, basketball player in the NBA.

In 1971, geophysicist W. Jason Morgan proposed the hypothesis of mantle plumes.

Jason Loewenstein ( born July 20, 1971 ) is an American alternative rock singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist and a member of the indie-rock bands Sebadoh and The Fiery Furnaces.

* Jason Lee ( footballer ) ( born 1971 )

Jason Benedict Lee ( born 9 May 1971 ) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Boston United.

Jason Gilbert Giambi (; born January 8, 1971 ) is an American professional baseball first baseman with the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball.

* Jason Miller ( ice hockey ) ( born 1971 ), hockey player

Jason Heath Sehorn ( born April 15, 1971 ) is a former professional American football defensive back in the National Football League.

Jason Altom ( 1971 – 1998 ) was a Ph. D. student working in the research group of Nobel laureate Elias James Corey at Harvard University.

In 1969, Hornak was exhibiting his artwork in New York at Eleanor Ward's Stable Gallery and in 1970 upon the suggestion of Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner's Nephew, Jason McCoy ( assistant director of the Tibor de Nagy Gallery ), he entered into an exclusive contract with the Tibor de Nagy Gallery on West 57th Street ( Manhattan ), a relationship that produced the artists first New York Solo exhibition in 1971.

( 1960 ), Jason and the Argonauts ( 1963 ), and Diamonds Are Forever ( 1971 ).

* Jason Thompson ( first baseman, born 1971 ), first baseman for the San Diego Padres baseball team

Bernie Naylor Medalists: ( 21 total ) 1913: H. Limb ( 40 ), 1915: H. Limb ( 46 ), 1920: Pat Rodriguez ( 36 ), 1957: Don Glass ( 83 ), 1962: Austin Robertson, Jr. ( 89 ), 1964: Austin Robertson, Jr. ( 96 ), 1968: Austin Robertson, Jr. ( 162 ), 1969: Austin Robertson, Jr. ( 114 ), 1970: Austin Robertson, Jr. ( 116 ), 1971: Austin Robertson, Jr. ( 111 ), 1972: Austin Robertson, Jr. ( 98 ), 1987: Todd Breman ( 111 ), 1988: Todd Breman ( 75 ), 1993: Jason Heatley ( 111 ), 1995: Jason Heatley ( 123 ), 1998: Todd Ridley ( 77 ), 2003: Brad Smith ( 84 ), 2004: Brad Smith ( 109 ), 2005: Lachlan Oakley ( 83 ), 2007: Brad Smith ( 126 ), 2008: Brad Smith ( 104 ), 2011: Blake Broadhurst ( 68 )

Jason King was a British television series produced from 1971 to 1972.

* Jason Ellis ( born 1971 ), Australian skateboarder, mixed martial artist, radio host and actor

Peter Paul Wyngarde ( born 1928 ) is a French-born English actor best known for playing the character Jason King, a bestselling novelist turned sleuth, in two British television series in the late 1960s and early 1970s: Department S ( 1969 – 1970 ) and Jason King ( 1971 – 1972 ).