Editing 1971 (section)

=== February ===
[[File:Kommunista politikusok a tribünön fortepan 79084 (profile-4).jpg|100px|thumb|[[Mátyás Rákosi]]]]
* [[February 1]] – [[Raoul Hausmann]], Austrian artist (b. [[1886]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Patricia Rochard|title=100 Years of Art in Germany: 1885-1985 : Ingelheim Am Rhein, 28 April-30 June 1985|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WQHqAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=The City|page=34}}</ref>
* [[February 3]] – [[Jay C. Flippen]], American actor (b. [[1899]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Allan R. Ellenberger|title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZraJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA215|date=1 May 2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-5019-0|pages=215}}</ref>
* [[February 4]] – [[Brock Chisholm]], Canadian physician, 1st Director-General of [[World Health Organization]] (b. [[1896]])<ref>{{cite news| title = Dr. Brock Chisholm, Former W.H.O. Head, Dies| work = [[The New York Times]]| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/05/archives/dr-brock-chisholm-former-who-head-diesi-outspoken-psychiatrist-was.html| date = 5 February 1971| access-date = 19 November 2017}}</ref>
* [[February 5]] – [[Mátyás Rákosi]], 43rd [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] (b. [[1892]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Radio Free Europe Research: East Europe. Situation report. Hungary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_UcqAQAAMAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Radio Free Europe|page=15}}</ref>
* [[February 6]] – [[Shigeru Fukudome]], Japanese admiral (b. [[1891]])
* [[February 12]] – [[James Cash Penney]], American businessman, founder of [[J. C. Penney]] (b. [[1875]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-C-Penney|title=J.C. Penney &#124; American businessman &#124; Britannica|website=www.britannica.com|date=February 8, 2024 }}</ref>
* [[February 17]] – [[Adolf A. Berle]], American lawyer, educator, author and diplomat (b. [[1895]])
* [[February 18]] – [[Jaime de Barros Câmara]], Brazilian archbishop (b. [[1894]])
* [[February 19]] – [[Ibrahim Mohammad Jahfar]], Bruneian politician (b. [[1902]])
* [[February 25]] – [[Theodor Svedberg]], Swedish chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1884]])
* [[February 26]] – [[Fernandel]], French actor (b. [[1903]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fernandel Fernandel French actor]</ref>