1971 (people)

Timeline for 1971

20th century | 1970s

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In 1971, a number of people important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs either died or were born.

• 1 January - Actor Navin Chowdhry was born.^[1]
• 2 January - Actor Claire Rushbrook was born.^[2]
• 11 January - Actor Tom Ward was born.^[3]
• 22 January - Actor Michael Rathborne died.^[4]
• 24 January - Actor Jonathan Aris was born.^[5]
• 26 January - Actor Jana Carpenter was born.^[6]
• 30 January - Actor Darren Boyd was born.^[7]
• 1 February - Actor Hynden Walch was born.^[8]
• 2 February - Actor Brad McMurray was born.^[9]
• 11 February - Actor Lisa Kay was born.^[10]
• 25 February - Actor Christien Anholt was born.^[11]
• 11 March - Actor, Director and Writer Helen Goldwyn was born.^[12]
• 5 April - Actor Victoria Hamilton was born.^[13]
• 9 April - Actor Erick Hayden was born.^[14]
• 15 April - Actor Kate Harbour was born.^[15]
• 16 April - Actor Belinda Stewart-Wilson was born.^[16]
• 18 April - Actor David Tennant was born.^[17]
• 1 May - Stunt performer Mike Lambert was born.^[18]
• 4 May - Actor Aleksandar Jovanovic was born.^[19]
• 25 May - Actor Terence de Marney died.^[20]
• 5 June - Actor Susan Lynch was born.^[21]
• 6 June - Actor Rob David was born.^[22]
• 10 June - Actor Michael Piccarilli was born.^[23]
• 17 June - Actor Dominic Rowan was born.^[24]
• 19 June - Actor Malcolm Watson died.^[25]
• 22 June - Actor Laila Rouass was born.^[26]
• 27 June - Actor Anthony Howell was born.^[27]
• 28 June - Actor Benito Martinez was born.^[28]
• 1 July - Actor Ariyon Bakare was born.^[29]
• 4 July - Actor Jonathan Lewis Owen was born.^[30]
• 9 July - Writer Jonathan Clements was born.^[31]
• 18 July - Actor Natasha Williams was born.^[32]
• 19 July - Actor Alan Marriott was born.^[33]
• 10 August - Actor Andrew Byron was born.^[34]
• 20 August - Actor David Walliams was born.^[35]
• 22 August - Actor Richard Armitage was born.^[36]
• 24 August - Stunt performer Gary Hoptrough was born.^[37]
• 24 August - Actor Demetri Goritsas was born.^[38]
• 1 September - Actor Debbie Chazen was born.^[39]
• 3 September - Writer Lance Parkin was born.
• 25 September - Actor Sasha Behar was born.^[40]
• 29 September - Actor Rick Warden was born.^[41]
• 17 October - Writer Patrick Ness was born.^[42]
• 24 October Actor Dervla Kirwan was born.^[43]
• 4 November - Actor Robyn Moore was born.^[44]
• 5 November - Actor Chris Addison was born.^[45]
• 10 November - Writer Holly Black was born.^[46]
• 24 November - Actor James Redmond was born.^[47]
• 27 November - Writer Mark Wright was born.^[48]
• 29 November - Actor Naoko Mori was born.^[49]
• 30 November - Actor Sanjeev Kohli was born.^[50]
• 1 December - Editor Simon Reglar was born.^[51]
• 4 December - Actor Alec Ross died.^[52]
• 16 December - Director Ashley Way was born.^[53]
• 16 December - Actor Duncan Wisbey was born.^[54]
• 26 December - Props master and set decorator Adrian Anscombe was born.
• 30 December - Dressing propsman Scott Rogers was born.^[55]
• Unknown - Sound recordist Julian Howarth was born.