1971 (people)


 * 1 January - Actor Navin Chowdhry was born.
 * 22 January - Actor Michael Rathborne died.
 * 25 February - Actor Christien Anholt was born.
 * 22 March - Actor Takuma Takewaka was born.
 * 5 April - Actor Victoria Hamilton was born.
 * 18 April - Actor David Tennant was born.
 * 1 May - Stunt performer Mike Lambert was born.
 * 25 May - Actor Terence de Marney died.
 * 10 June - Actor Michael Piccarilli was born.
 * 19 June - Actor Malcolm Watson died.
 * 28 June - Actor Benito Martinez was born.
 * 4 August - Actor Fenella Woolgar was born.
 * 20 August - Actor David Walliams was born.
 * 24 August - Stunt performer Gary Hoptrough was born.
 * 17 October - Writer Patrick Ness was born.
 * 4 November - Actor Robyn Moore was born.
 * 29 November - Actor Naoko Mori was born.
 * 1 December - Editor Simon Reglar was born.
 * 4 December - Actor Alec Ross died.
 * 26 December - Props master and set decorator Adrian Anscombe was born.
 * 30 December - Dressing propsman Scott Rogers was born.
 * Unknown - Sound recordist Julian Howarth was born.