Famous people and celebrities who died in September 1971

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in September 1971. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• Sept. 2 Robert Mensah

  Ghanaian football goalkeeper (born 1939).

• Sept. 6 Phil Edwards
• Sept. 7 Spring Byington

  Spring Byington was an American actress known for her work in film, television, stage, and radio, especially during the 1930s through the 1950s. She appeared in over 70 films and gained further fame as the star of the CBS sitcom 'December Bride.' [bio]

• Sept. 7 Ludwig Suthaus

  German tenor (b. 1906).

• Sept. 10 Pier Angeli

  Pier Angeli was an acclaimed Italian-born actress who achieved international fame in Hollywood during the 1950s and early 1960s, known for her roles in major films and her relationships with high-profile stars. [bio]

• Sept. 10 Roland de Vaux
• Sept. 11 Nikita Khrushchev

  At age 77, dies from a heart attack.

• Sept. 13 Lin Biao

  Prominent Chinese military leader and politician who served as Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China and was a key figure in the...

• Sept. 15 John Desmond Bernal

  A pioneering British scientist who made groundbreaking contributions to X-ray crystallography and molecular biology, significantly advancing...

• Sept. 15 Duncan Mansfield
• Sept. 15 Umberto Malvano
• Sept. 15 Leo Dannin
• Sept. 20 Giorgos Seferis

  Giorgos Seferis was a renowned Greek poet, diplomat, and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate who significantly influenced modern Greek poetry...

• Sept. 21 Bernardo Alberto Houssay

  Prize laureate for his discovery of the part played by the hormone of the anterior pituitary lobe in the metabolism of sugar.

• Sept. 21 Bernardo Houssay

  Argentinian physiologist and physician, nobel prize laureate (b. 1887).

• Sept. 22 Raffaele Pelligra
• Sept. 23 Billy Gilbert

  Actor (paradise alley safari, rio), is killed at 77.

• Sept. 23 James Waddell Alexander II

  American mathematician and topologist (b. 1888).

• Sept. 23 Ildefonso Rea
• Sept. 24 Schlitzie
• Sept. 25 Hugo Black

  American captain, jurist, and politician (b. 1886).

• Sept. 26 Edward Ward
• Sept. 26 Lawrence Henry Gipson