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. 3 Veronica Turleigh

  Actress (promoter), died at 68

• Sept. 7 Spring Byington

  Spring Byington was an American actress known for her role in the TV series 'December Bride'.

• Sept. 7 Ludwig Suthaus

  German tenor (b. 1906)

• Sept. 10 Pier Angeli

  Italian-American actress who rose to fame in Rome and Hollywood, known for her breakthrough roles in films like 'Teresa' and 'Domani è troppo tardi'. She was a prominent actress in the 1950s Hollywood scene.

• Sept. 11 Bella Darvi

  Polish-born french actress (born 1928).

• Sept. 11 Nikita Khrushchev

  At age 77, dies from a heart attack.

• Sept. 11 Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev

  Soviet leader and politician (born in 1894)

• Sept. 11 Percy Helton

  Actor (homer–beverly hillbillies), died at 77

• Sept. 12 Lin Piau

  Chinese minister of defense dies at 63

• 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 Communist Party during Mao's era.

• Sept. 13 Nelly A "Nell" Knoop

  Dutch actress silent waters (sunset waters) dies at 72

• Sept. 15 John Desmond Bernal

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

• Sept. 16 Ferdinand LR Sassen

  Priest/philosopher (descartes), died at 77

• Sept. 20 Giorgos Seferis

  Giorgos Seferis was a renowned Greek poet, diplomat, and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate who significantly influenced modern Greek poetry and literature. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1963 for his outstanding poetic work that blended modernist techniques with Greek cultural heritage. His diplomatic career and literary achievements made him a prominent cultural figure of 20th-century Greece.

• Sept. 20 William F Albright

  Us archaeologist, died at 80

• Sept. 20 James Westerfield

  Actor (travels by jaime mcpheeters), dead at 59

• Sept. 21 Bernardo Alberto Houssay

  Nobel 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

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

• Sept. 22 Yvonne St Clair

  Dancer dies at 57

• Sept. 22 Joseph Ford McGuinn

  Director dies at 67 from a heart attack

• 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 J W Alexander

  American mathematician (born in 1888).

• Sept. 25 Hugo Black

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

• Sept. 25 TC Jones

  At 50, a female impersonator dies from cancer

• Sept. 26 Muriel Kirkland

  Actress nana, fast workers, dies from emphysema aged 68