In the year 1966
545 Notable deaths
Pieter Geyl
Dutch historian (1887-1966).
Born December 15th, 1887 in Dordrecht.
Died December 31st, 1966 at 79 years old in Utrecht.
Hewlett Johnson
English priest and stalinist theorist (1874–1966).
Born January 25th, 1874 in Manchester.
Died October 22nd, 1966 at 92 years old in London.
Fu Lei
Chinese writer (1908-1966).
Born April 7th, 1908 in Nanhui District.
Died September 3rd, 1966 at 58 years old in Shanghai (hanging to death).
Hiroshi Shimizu
Japanese film director (1903-1966).
Born March 28th, 1903 in Hamamatsu.
Died June 23rd, 1966 at 63 years old in Kyoto (myocardial infarction).
Nishizō Tsukahara
Japanese admiral (1887-1966).
Born April 3rd, 1887 in Fukui Prefecture.
Died January 10th, 1966 at 78 years old in Fuchū.
Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov
Russian and soviet weapons designer (1874-1966).
Born May 3rd, 1874 in Saint Petersburg.
Died September 19th, 1966 at 92 years old in Moscow.
Ludwig Meidner
German expressionist artist (1884-1966).
Born April 18th, 1884 in United Kingdom, Bierutów.
Died May 14th, 1966 at 82 years old in Darmstadt.
Fritz Houtermans
Physicist (1903-1966).
Born January 22nd, 1903 in Gdańsk. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1966 at 63 years old in Bern (lung cancer).
Harry Beaumont
American film director, actor, and screenwriter (1888-1966).
Born February 10th, 1888 in Abilene.
Died December 22nd, 1966 at 78 years old in Providence Saint John's Health Center.
Arthur Lourié
Russian-born american composer (1892–1966).
Born May 13th, 1892 in Slawharad. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1966 at 74 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Władysław Bortnowski
Polish historian and general.
Born November 12th, 1891 in Radom.
Died November 21st, 1966 at 75 years old in Glen Cove.
Robert Harold Nimmo
Australian army officer (1893–1966).
Born November 22nd, 1893 in Einasleigh.
Died January 4th, 1966 at 72 years old in Rawalpindi (myocardial infarction).
Cécile Sorel
French actress (1873–1966).
Born September 7th, 1873 in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Died September 3rd, 1966 at 92 years old in Trouville-sur-Mer (falling from height).
Jean Lurçat
French tapestry artist, painter and ceramicist (1892–1966).
Born July 1st, 1892 in Bruyères.
Died January 6th, 1966 at 73 years old in Saint-Paul-de-Vence. [ref]
Guillermo Gorostiza
Spanish footballer (1909-1966).
Born February 15th, 1909 in Santurtzi.
Died August 23rd, 1966 at 57 years old in Bilbao.
Jakub Szynkiewicz
Polish imam (1884-1966).
Born April 16th, 1884 in Liachavičy.
Died November 1st, 1966 at 82 years old in Waterbury.
Frank Nighbor
Canadian ice hockey player (1893–1966).
Born January 26th, 1893 in Pembroke.
Died April 13th, 1966 at 73 years old in Pembroke (cancer).
Philipp Frank
Austrian academic (*1884 – †1966).
Born March 20th, 1884 in Vienna.
Died July 21st, 1966 at 82 years old in Cambridge.
Fritz Bleyl
German artist (1880-1966).
Born October 8th, 1880 in Zwickau.
Died September 19th, 1966 at 85 years old in Bad Iburg.
Alice Masaryková
Czech social worker and politician (1879-1966).
Born May 3rd, 1879 in Vienna. [ref]
Died November 29th, 1966 at 87 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Mário Rodrigues Filho
Brazilian journalist (1908–1966).
Born June 3rd, 1908 in Recife.
Died September 17th, 1966 at 58 years old in Rio de Janeiro (myocardial infarction).
Wäinö Aaltonen
Finnish artist and sculptor (1894–1966).
Born March 8th, 1894 in Marttila, Karinainen.
Died May 30th, 1966 at 72 years old in Helsinki.
Hazel Abel
American politician (1888-1966).
Born July 10th, 1888 in Plattsmouth. [ref]
Died July 30th, 1966 at 78 years old in Lincoln.
Pierre Montet
French egyptologist (1885–1966).
Born June 27th, 1885 in Villefranche-sur-Saône.
Died June 19th, 1966 at 80 years old in Paris.
Ethel Clayton
American actress (1882–1966).
Born November 8th, 1882 in Champaign.
Died June 11th, 1966 at 83 years old in Oxnard.
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe