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1971: The Year in People

Generation X · Year of the Pig 🐖 · Born in 1971 turn 55 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$0.36

Median home

$18,100

Minimum wage

$1.60/hr

Movie ticket

$1.65

US population

3.78B

US president

Richard Nixon

Top song

"Joy to the World" — Three Dog Night

Top film

Fiddler on the Roof

Top TV show

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Best Picture

The French Connection

In the news: Voting age lowered to 18 in the US

What happened in 1971

1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1971st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 971st year of the 2nd millennium, the 71st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1970s decade.

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Born in 1971

500 people in our data · most viewed first

Elon Musk

Elon Musk

b. 1971 · June 28

Businessman and entrepreneur

Bobby Hurley

Bobby Hurley

b. 1971 · June 28

American basketball player and coach

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg

b. 1971 · June 5

American actor

Damian Lewis

Damian Lewis

b. 1971 · February 11

British actor

Christina Applegate

Christina Applegate

b. 1971 · November 25

American actress

Amy Poehler

Amy Poehler

b. 1971 · September 16

American actress and comedian

Alan Tudyk

Alan Tudyk

b. 1971 · March 16

American actor

David Tennant

David Tennant

b. 1971 · April 18

Scottish actor

Christine Taylor

Christine Taylor

b. 1971 · July 30

American actress

Julian Assange

Julian Assange

b. 1971 · July 3

Australian editor of WikiLeaks

Claire Forlani

Claire Forlani

b. 1971 · December 17

British actress

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

1971–2019 · July 28

Leader of the Islamic State from 2013 to 2019

Bridget Moynahan

Bridget Moynahan

b. 1971 · April 28

American actress and former model

Benedict Wong

Benedict Wong

b. 1971 · July 3

British actor

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Gainsbourg

b. 1971 · July 21

French and British actress and singer

Bobby Lee

Bobby Lee

b. 1971 · September 17

American comedian

Chris Tucker

Chris Tucker

b. 1971 · August 31

American actor and comedian

Brad Falchuk

Brad Falchuk

b. 1971 · March 1

American television writer, director, and producer

Alfonso Ribeiro

Alfonso Ribeiro

b. 1971 · September 21

American actor

Krista Allen

Krista Allen

b. 1971 · April 5

American actress and model

Aphex Twin

Aphex Twin

b. 1971 · August 18

British electronic musician

Alex Borstein

Alex Borstein

b. 1971 · February 15

American actress

Ajith Kumar

Ajith Kumar

b. 1971 · May 1

Indian actor and racing driver

Duncan Jones

Duncan Jones

b. 1971 · May 30

British director, producer, screenwriter

Died in 1971

  • Audie Murphy1925–1971 · American soldier and actor
  • Coco Chanel1883–1971 · French fashion designer
  • Bobby Jones (golfer)1902–1971 · American amateur golfer
  • Duane Allman1946–1971 · American guitarist
  • Chesty Puller1898–1971 · United States Marine Corps general
  • Edith Tolkien1889–1971 · Wife of J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Bill W.1895–1971 · Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
  • Hugo Black1886–1971 · US Supreme Court justice from 1937 to 1971
  • Bennett Cerf1898–1971 · American publisher, author
  • Georgy Dobrovolsky1928–1971 · Soviet cosmonaut
  • György Lukács1885–1971 · Hungarian philosopher and critic
  • Carlos P. Garcia1896–1971 · President of the Philippines
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