Authors born in 1871
- Arthur Guiterman Writer, 1871
- B. M. Bower Author, 1871
- Charles Macomb Flandrau Author, 1871
- Christian Morgenstern Author, 1871
- Cordell Hull Politician, 1871
- Edward Harold Begbie Author, 1871
- Edwin Lefevre Journalist, 1871
- Emily Carr Painter, 1871
- Epifanio de los Santos Graphic Designer, 1871
- Ernest Rutherford Scientist, 1871
- Florence Scovel Shinn Artist, 1871
- Francis John McConnell Bishop, 1871
- Friedrich Ebert Politician, 1871
- George Arthur Crump Architect, 1871
- Georges Rouault Painter, 1871
- Georgiana Goddard King Medievalist, 1871
- Hafez Ibrahim Poet, 1871
- Heinrich Mann Novelist, 1871
- J. Reuben Clark Diplomat, 1871
- James Weldon Johnson Writer, 1871
- Joe Kelley Baseball Player, 1871
- John French Sloan Painter, 1871
- John Millington Synge Playwright, 1871
- Karl Liebknecht Politician, 1871
- Marcel Proust Novelist, 1871
- Newton D. Baker Lawyer, 1871
- Orville Wright Inventor, 1871
- Paul Valery Poet, 1871
- Ralph Hodgson Author, 1871
- Rosemonde Gerard Poet, 1871
- Stijn Streuvels Writer, 1871
- Udny Yule Statistician, 1871
- Victor Grignard Chemist, 1871
- W. H. Davies Poet, 1871
- Walter Bradford Cannon Physiologist, 1871
- Walter Russell Painter, 1871
- Wilbur D. Nesbit Poet, 1871
- William Tecumseh Vernon Educator, 1871