* 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 – Peter Van de Veire, Belgian radio-presenter

In 1971, he was the voice of Seymour S. Sassafrass in the memorable Rankin / Bass production Here Comes Peter Cottontail.

* Peter Free ( born 1971 ), Australian cricketer

Although it had been funding British experimental films as early as 1952, the British Film Institute's foundation of a production board in 1964 — and a substantial increase in public funding from 1971 onwards — enabled it to become a dominant force in developing British art cinema in the 1970s and 80s: from the first of Bill Douglas's Trilogy My Childhood ( 1972 ), and of Terence Davies ' Trilogy Childhood ( 1978 ), via Peter Greenaway's earliest films ( including the surprising commercial success of The Draughtsman's Contract ( 1982 )) and Derek Jarman's championing of the New Queer Cinema.

* 1971 – Peter Stebbings, Canadian actor

8½ inspired among others: Mickey One ( Arthur Penn, 1965 ), Alex in Wonderland ( Paul Mazursky, 1970 ), Beware of a Holy Whore ( Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1971 ), Day for Night ( François Truffaut, 1973 ), All That Jazz ( Bob Fosse, 1979 ), Stardust Memories ( Woody Allen, 1980 ), Sogni d ' oro ( Nanni Moretti, 1981 ), Parad Planet ( Vadim Abdrashitov, 1984 ), La Pelicula del rey ( Carlos Sorin, 1986 ), Living in Oblivion ( Tom DiCillo, 1995 ), 8½ Women ( Peter Greenaway, 1999 ), Falling Down ( Joel Schumacher, 1993 ), along with the successful Broadway musical, Nine ( Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit, 1982 ).

London: Peter Davies Ltd, 1971.

Other examples are the Peter Marlow series, beginning with The Private Sector ( 1971 ) by Joseph Hone, which is set during Israel's Six Day War ( 1967 ) against Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, and William Garner's secret agents, the fantastic Michael Jagger, in Overkill ( 1966 ), The Deep, Deep Freeze ( 1968 ), The Us or Them War ( 1969 ) and A Big Enough Wreath ( 1974 ) and the realistic John Morpurgo in Think Big, Think Dirty ( 1983 ), Rats ' Alley ( 1984 ), and Zones of Silence ( 1986 ).

* 1971 – Peter Salisbury, English drummer ( The Verve and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club )

Others who dispute the validity of the term include: Peter Howson, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs in 1971 – 72, Keith Windschuttle and Andrew Bolt Others argue against these critics, responding to Windschuttle and Bolt in particular.

* Orghast ( with Peter Brook ), produced in Persepolis, Iran, 1971.

British film critic Peter Lloyd, for example, described Edwards, in 1971, as " the finest director working in the American commercial cinema at the present time.

In 1971, Peter Tork helped arrange a Micky Dolenz single, " Easy on You "/" Oh Someone ".

Other long-term members of the group included Peter Baumann ( 1971 – 1977 ), who later went on to found the New Age label Private Music, to which the band was signed from 1988 to 1991 ; Johannes Schmoelling ( 1979 – 1985 ); Paul Haslinger ( 1986 – 1990 ); and, most recently Froese's son Jerome Froese ( 1990 – 2006 ).

She then reprised her role as Jacy in Texasville ( 1990 ), the sequel to The Last Picture Show ( 1971 ), as the original cast ( including director Peter Bogdanovich ) reunited 20 years after filming the original.

* Peter Jones: " Tom Jones: Biography of a Great Star " ( Avon Publishing, 1970 ( 1st edition ), 1971 )

American musician Bob Welch joined the British blues-rock band Fleetwood Mac in 1971, after the departure of founder Peter Green.

" Shakespeare: His Histories, English and Roman " in Christopher Ricks ( editor ), The New History of Literature ( Volume 3 ): English Drama to 1710 ( New York: Peter Bedrick, 1971 ), 148 – 181

* Peter Salisbury ( born 1971 ), drummer in the rock band, The Verve

Peter " Pete " Sampras (; born August 12, 1971 ) is a retired American tennis player and former world number 1.

The Last Picture Show is a 1971 American drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a semi-autobiographical 1966 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry.

Total Film magazine gave the film a five-star review, stating: " Peter Bogdanovich's desolate Texan drama is still as stunning now as it was in 1971.

In the 1971 Peter Bogdonovich film " The Last Picture Show ", the final movie shown in the movie theatre is " Red River ", which was changed from " The Kid From Texas " in Larry McMurty's book.

The Exorcist is a novel of supernatural suspense by William Peter Blatty, published by Harper & Row in 1971.