* 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

* Plain-chant by Jean Marais, extracts from the piece Orphée by Jean-Pierre Aumont, Michel Bouquet, Monique Mélinand, Les Parents terribles by Yvonne de Bray and Jean Marais, L ' Aigle à deux têtes par Edwige Feuillère and Jean Marais, L ' Encyclopédie Sonore 320 E 874, 1971

* The sound track for the 1971 movie " Summer of ' 42 " by Michel Legrand includes a lively piece called " The Bacchanal.

* Melot, Michel ( 1971 ) L ' abbaye de Fontevrault.

* A. Michel, Virgile et la politique impériale: un courtisan ou un philosophe ?, 1971.

* Dialogue avec 33 variations de L. van Beethoven sur une valse de Diabelli, a 1971 dialogue between writer Michel Butor and Beethoven.

His best work was in the 1960s: the critical quality of the films in which he took part diminished from the mid 1970s, with poorly regarded made-for-television films and episodic television making up the majority of his appearances, except in The Saviour, directed in 1971 by the French film critic Michel Mardore.

* Michel Breistroff ( 1971 – 1996 ) hockey player

to a committee of parliament in 1971, but the same year personally rejected the release of Michel Brault's film about the October Crisis, Les ordres.

The couple had three children: Justin ( born December 25, 1971 ), Alexandre ( Sacha ) ( born December 25, 1973 ), and Michel ( October 2, 1975 – November 13, 1998 ).

A popular French song titled " Evangeline " written in 1971 by Michel Conte and originally sung by Isabelle Pierre is based on her story.

* Solomon, Michel, Magadan, Princeton, Auerbach Publishers, 1971, 243 p. ISBN 0-87769-085-5

Two of his more acclaimed albums of that period were dedicated to two French songwriters: Jack Jones Sings ( to Michel Legrand, 1971 ) and Write Me a Love Song, Charlie with songs by Charles Aznavour ( 1974 ).

( 1971 ), co-directed by Michel Brault and Pierre Perrault, documents how student protests at the university in 1968-69 sparked an awakening of Acadian nationalism.

* " Sweet Gingerbread Man " was a 1971 popular song first heard in the film The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart, performed by the Mike Curb Congregation, with music by Michel Legrand and lyrics by Marilyn and Alan Bergman.

On 16 February 2010, Philo hosted a public screening of the 1971 internationally-televised debate between philosophers Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault.

* 1971: Raphael, or The Debauched One directed by Michel Deville

Ultimately, the film won two awards: the 1972 44th Academy Awards Oscar for Original Dramatic Score, and the 1971 BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music, both to Michel Legrand.

Michèle Marie married anthropologist Michel Alliot in 1971, taking the name Michèle Alliot-Marie.

* Michel McConnell, ( born 1971 ), American Photographer

* The Valerie Solanas Incident Michel Auder ( 1971 )