Remembered

Syed Waliullah

1922 – 1971

Novelist, Playwright, Writer

Syed Waliullah (Bengali: সৈয়দ ওয়ালীউল্লাহ, pronounced [soi̯̯ɔd̪ o̯aliulːaʱ]; 15 August 1922 – 10 October 1971) was a Bangladeshi novelist, short-story writer…

Giorgos Seferis

1900 – 1971

Poet, Translator, Writer, Ambassador

Giorgos or George Seferis (; Greek: Γιώργος Σεφέρης [ˈʝorɣos seˈferis]), the pen name of Georgios Seferiadis (Γεώργιος Σεφεριάδης; March 13 [O.S. February 28]…

Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay

1898 – 1971

Politician, Writer, Poet

Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (23 July 1898 – 14 September 1971) was an Indian novelist who wrote in the Bengali language. He wrote 65 novels, 53-story-books, 12 pla…

Nikita Khrushchev

1894 – 1971

Politician, Military personnel, Revolutionary

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1894 – 11 September 1971) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to…

Nur Mohammad Sheikh

— – 1971

Bangladesh-associated historical figure. Imported from the user-provided death-anniversary catalogue; biographical enrichment can be added after verification.

Matiur Rahman

1941 – 1971

Military personnel

Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman, Bir Sreshtho (29 October 1941 – 20 August 1971) was a Bengali fighter pilot in the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) from East Pakistan…

Saroj Dutta

1914 – 1971

Journalist, Translator, Editor, Politician

Saroj Dutta (March 13, 1914 – August 5, 1971) popularly known comrade SD, was an Indian communist intellectual and poet, active in the Naxalite movement in West…

Satyananda Giri

1896 – 1971

Writer

Satyananda Giri (; 17 November 1896 – 2 August 1971) is the monastic name of Manamohan Mazumder, an Indian monk and a monastic disciple of Kriya Yoga guru Swami…

Louis Armstrong

1901 – 1971

Actor, Street artist, Trumpeter, Bandleader, Conductor, Jazz musician

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American jazz and blues trumpeter and vocalist. Among t…

Jim Morrison

1943 – 1971

Vocalist, Director, Singer-songwriter, Lyricist, Composer, Actor

James Douglas Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was an American singer-songwriter and poet who was the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock b…

Lawrence Bragg

1890 – 1971

Mathematician, Physicist, University teacher, Crystallographer, Chemist, Nobel Prize winner

Sir William Lawrence Bragg (31 March 1890 – 1 July 1971) was an Australian-born British X-ray crystallographer who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his father…

György Lukács

1885 – 1971

Philosopher, Politician, Writer, University teacher, Sociologist, Literary critic

György Lukács (born Bernát György Löwinger; Hungarian: Lukács György; German: Georg Bernard Lukács; 13 April 1885 – 4 June 1971) was a Hungarian Marxist philoso…

Prajnalok Mahasthavir

1879 – 1971

Writer

Prajnalok Mahasthavir (31 December 1879–12 May 1971) was a scholar, writer and orator of Pali and a preacher, educationist and writer of Buddhism. Source: Wiki…

S'adat Ali Akhand

1899 – 1971

Writer

S'adat Ali Akhand (1 July 1899 – 12 May 1971) was a Bangladeshi essayist and litterateur. His notable books include Itihasher Xahid (1935), Otit O Bortoman (193…

Igor Tamm

1895 – 1971

Theoretical physicist, Inventor, University teacher, Physicist

Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm (Russian: И́горь Евге́ньевич Тамм; 8 July 1895 – 12 April 1971) was a Soviet physicist who received the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics, join…

Igor Stravinsky

1882 – 1971

Composer, Conductor, Pianist, Librettist

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French (from 1934) and American citizenship (f…

Shahid Saber

1930 – 1971

Writer

Shahid Saber was the pen name of the writer and journalist AKM Shahidullah. He was killed by Pakistan Army when they burned down The Daily Sangbad office on 31…

Jyotirmoy Guhathakurta

— – 1971

Bangladesh-associated historical figure. Imported from the user-provided death-anniversary catalogue; biographical enrichment can be added after verification.

Khondakar Abu Taleb

1921 – 1971

Journalist

Khondakar Abu Taleb (1921-1971) was a Bangladeshi journalist, who was killed by the Pakistani Army in the Bangladesh Liberation War and is considered a "martyr"…

Meherun Nesa

1942 – 1971

Poet

Meherun Nesa (20 August 1942 – 27 March 1971) was a poet and martyred Bengali intellectual of the Bangladesh Liberation War. Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wik…