* 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

Leisha Hailey ( born July 11, 1971 ) is an American actress and musician most widely known for playing Alice Pieszecki in the Showtime Networks production The L Word.

Wheels ( 1971 ) is a novel by Arthur Hailey, concerning the automobile industry and the day-to-day pressures involved in its operation.

K-Ci & JoJo are an American R & B duo, consisting of brothers Cedric " K-Ci " Hailey ( born September 2, 1969 ) and Joel " JoJo " Hailey ( born June 10, 1971 ), Natives of Monroe, North Carolina, they were also members of the chart-topping R & B group Jodeci with the DeGrate brothers — Donald ( better known as DeVante Swing ) and Dalvin.

* Arthur Hailey, Wheels 1971

* 1971 – Adam Housley, American journalist

* 1971 – David Monahan, American actor

* 1890 – Marin Sais, American actress ( d. 1971 )

* 1909 – Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American novelist ( d. 1971 )

* 1920 – Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player ( d. 1971 )

* 1971 – DJ Spinderella, American DJ, rapper, and producer ( Salt-n-Pepa )

* 1904 – Ralph Bunche, American diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1971 )

* 1971 – Selena, American singer-songwriter ( d. 1995 )

* 1971 – Peter Billingsley, American actor

* 1971 – Mark Loretta, American baseball player

* 1904 – Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1971 )

* 1971 – Rulon Gardner, American wrestler

* 1971 – Michael Ian Black, American comedian, actor, writer, and director

* 1971 – Yvette Nicole Brown, American actress

* 1971 – Rebecca Gayheart, American actress