Historical figures in 1971

The atlas holds 84 people and 167 moments here, in 1971. The most recorded lives are Salvador Allende, Bruce Lee and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Musicians and Composers.

Notable people

1. Abdelaziz Bouteflika

   in 1971

   1 moment here

   Algerian politician, diplomat, and president. Born in Oujda, he joined the National Liberation Army during the Algerian War, served as Algeria's…

2. Abdurrahman Wahid

   in 1971

   1 moment here

   Indonesian Islamic scholar, Nahdlatul Ulama leader, reform advocate, and fourth president of Indonesia (1999–2001), widely known as Gus Dur.…

3. Abebe Bikila

   in 1971

   1 moment here

   Ethiopian marathon runner and Imperial Guard officer who won Olympic marathon gold in Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964, both in world-record time.…

4. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

   in 1971

   1 moment here

   Iraqi militant leader who founded and led the Islamic State. This chronology records documented physical presence only, emphasizing birth, residence,…

5. Ahmed Sékou Touré

   in 1971

   1 moment here

   Guinean nationalist, trade-union leader, and Guinea’s first president, serving from independence in 1958 until his death in 1984.…

6. Akira Kurosawa

   in 1971

   1 moment here

   Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, editor, and painter. Kurosawa directed 30 feature films between 1943 and 1993, including Rashomon, Seven…

7. Alan García

   in 1971

   1 moment here

   Alan García Pérez was a Peruvian politician and leader of the Peruvian Aprista Party who served two nonconsecutive terms as president of Peru, from…

8. Anthony Quinn

   in 1971

   1 moment here

   Mexican-American actor, painter, sculptor, writer, and civil-rights supporter Anthony Quinn (Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca) worked in film,…

9. Anwar Sadat

   in 1971

   3 moments here

   Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat was an Egyptian army officer, Free Officer, politician, and president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination in 1981.…

10. Aretha Franklin

    in 1971

    1 moment here

    American singer, pianist, songwriter, and civil-rights activist known as the “Queen of Soul.” Her documented movements span childhood relocations…

11. Astrud Gilberto

    in 1971

    2 moments here

    Brazilian-American singer and songwriter best known for her English-language vocals on “The Girl from Ipanema.” Born in Salvador, she grew up in Rio…

12. Augusto Pinochet

    in 1971

    1 moment here

    Augusto Pinochet Ugarte was a Chilean army officer who led the 11 September 1973 coup and ruled Chile as head of the military junta and then…

13. Benazir Bhutto

    in 1971

    1 moment here

    Pakistani political leader who served twice as prime minister, from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996.…

14. Bruce Lee

    in 1971

    8 moments here

    Bruce Lee (Lee Jun-fan) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and founder of Jeet Kune Do.…

15. Charlie Chaplin

    in 1971

    1 moment here

    English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…

16. Chinghiz Aitmatov

    in 1971

    1 moment here

    Kyrgyz author, public intellectual, and diplomat who wrote in Kyrgyz and Russian. His documented life connects his native Sheker and Soviet-era…

17. Claude Simon

    in 1971

    1 moment here

    French novelist, painter, photographer, viticulturist, Resistance participant, and 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.…

18. Dorothy Hodgkin

    in 1971

    3 moments here

    English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…

19. Douglas Adams

    in 1971

    2 moments here

    English author, screenwriter and humourist best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.…

20. Dzhokhar Dudayev

    in 1971

    1 moment here

    Dzhokhar Musayevich Dudayev was a Soviet Air Force major general and the first president of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.…

21. Eusébio

    in 1971

    1 moment here

    Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (1942–2014) was a Portuguese footballer, born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), who became Benfica's record goalscorer and…

22. Fidel Castro

    in 1971

    1 moment here

    Cuban revolutionary and political leader who led the 26th of July Movement against Fulgencio Batista, became Cuba's prime minister in 1959, and later…

23. Freddie Mercury

    in 1971

    1 moment here

    Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) was a British singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of Queen.…

24. George H. W. Bush

    in 1971

    1 moment here

    George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…

Moments

1. 1971 Non-Aligned ministers' conference in New York Abdelaziz Bouteflika
2. 1971 Return to Jakarta Abdurrahman Wahid
3. 1971 Moscow Film Festival discussions Akira Kurosawa
4. 1971 Law degree at San Marcos Alan García
5. 1971 Address to the Iranian parliament Anwar Sadat
6. 1971 Headline performance at Fillmore West Aretha Franklin
7. 1971 Van Gelder Studio session Astrud Gilberto
8. 1971 Santiago Army Garrison command Augusto Pinochet
9. 1971 United Nations Security Council visit with her father Benazir Bhutto
10. 1971 Return to Hong Kong for feature-film work Bruce Lee
11. 1971 Honoured at Cannes Film Festival Charlie Chaplin
12. 1971 Entered St John's College Douglas Adams
13. 1971 Innsbruck inspiration for Hitchhiker's title Douglas Adams
14. 1971 Command-course study at Gagarin Air Force Academy Dzhokhar Dudayev
15. 1971 Recorded demos at De Lane Lea Studios Freddie Mercury
16. 1971 ALP Conference in Launceston Gough Whitlam
17. 1971 La Leche League conference address Grace Kelly
18. 1971 Talk at Town Hall Jiddu Krishnamurti
19. 1971 L.A. Woman recording Jim Morrison
20. 1971 Doctoral work at SOAS John Atta Mills
21. 1971 Encuentro at Yale Jorge Luis Borges
22. 1971 Honorary doctorate at Columbia University Jorge Luis Borges
23. 1971 Oxford honorary doctorate Jorge Luis Borges
24. 1971 Travel in Iceland with María Kodama Jorge Luis Borges
25. 1971 Travel in Scotland with María Kodama Jorge Luis Borges
26. 1971 Director of the National Military College Jorge Rafael Videla
27. 1971 Filming The Trojan Women in Spain Katharine Hepburn
28. 1971 Management study at MIT Sloan Kofi Annan
29. 1971 Oscar Mendelsohn Lecture at Monash Macfarlane Burnet
30. 1971 Doctorate at Complutense Mario Vargas Llosa
31. 1971 Attempted counteroffensive from Nairobi Milton Obote
32. 1971 Commonwealth meeting during coup Milton Obote
33. 1971 First exile in Tanzania Milton Obote
34. 1971 Humanitarian visit to Belfast Mother Teresa
35. 1971 Deer Lake training camp Muhammad Ali
36. 1971 Adjunct Professor of Writing at Columbia University Nadine Gordimer
37. 1971 Autobiographical tour stop in Detroit Olivia de Havilland
38. 1971 English-language course in Oxford Osama bin Laden
39. 1971 Filming on Rapa Nui Pablo Neruda
40. 1971 London recording of Concerto for Sitar & Orchestra Ravi Shankar
41. 1971 Planning Bangladesh relief with George Harrison Ravi Shankar
42. 1971 Graduation from Catholic University Sebastián Piñera
43. 1971 University of Chile lecturer Sebastián Piñera
44. 1971 Detention near Faisalabad Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
45. 1971 Solitary confinement at Mianwali Central Jail Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
46. 1971 Private visit and White House meeting Sirimavo Bandaranaike
47. 1971 Black Consciousness conference paper Steve Biko
48. 1971 Arrival at Schiphol Tina Turner
49. 1971 Carnegie Hall recording Tina Turner
50. 1971 Higher School Certificate at Barewa College Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

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