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In the year 1971

2,009 Notable birthdays

Gheorghe Mureșan

Romanian basketball player.

Born February 14th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Tritenii de Jos. [ref]

Jacques Villeneuve

Canadian racecar driver (born 1971).

Born April 9th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.

Jyotiraditya Scindia

Indian politician.

Born January 1st, 1971 (age 55 years) in Mumbai.

Karen McDougal

American model and actress.

Born March 23rd, 1971 (age 55 years) in Merrillville.

Israel Houghton

American musician.

Born May 19th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Oceanside.

Drena De Niro

American actress.

Born September 3rd, 1971 (age 54 years) in New York City.

Anwar al-Awlaqi

American-yemeni imam and suspected islamist extremist (1971–2011).

Born April 22nd, 1971 in Las Cruces.

Died September 30th, 2011 at 40 years old in Al Jawf Governorate (airstrike).

Bobby Hurley

American basketball player and coach.

Born June 28th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Jersey City.

Penny Lancaster

British model and television personality.

Born March 15th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Chelmsford.

Thomas Massie

American politician.

Born January 13th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Huntington.

Kenya Moore

American actress, model, author, and entrepreneur.

Born January 24th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Detroit.

Eric Garcetti

American politician and diplomat (born 1971).

Born February 4th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Good Samaritan Hospital. [ref]

Patricia Velásquez

Venezuelan actress.

Born January 31st, 1971 (age 55 years) in Maracaibo.

Eve Best

British actress.

Born July 31st, 1971 (age 54 years) in London.

George Osborne

British politician (b. 1971).

Born May 23rd, 1971 (age 54 years) in Paddington. [ref]

Pedro Martinez

Dominican-american hall of fame baseball pitcher.

Born October 25th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Manoguayabo.

John 5

American guitarist.

Born July 31st, 1971 (age 54 years) in Grosse Pointe.

Rob Corddry

American actor and comedian.

Born February 4th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Weymouth.

Richard Ashcroft

English singer-songwriter.

Born September 11th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Wigan.

Chris Kirkpatrick

American singer and dancer.

Born October 17th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Clarion.

Jennifer Robertson

Canadian actress, writer, and comedian.

Born November 24th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Calgary.

David Coulthard

British racing driver.

Born March 27th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Twynholm.

Nicholas Brendon

American actor (1971–2026).

Born April 12th, 1971 in Los Angeles.

Died March 20th, 2026 at 54 years old in San Francisco. [ref]

Dervla Kirwan

Irish actress.

Born October 24th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Churchtown.

Duncan Ferguson

Scottish association football player and manager (born 1971).

Born December 27th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Stirling.

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