In the year 1966
545 Notable deaths
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer
Dutch mathematician and logician (1881–1966).
Born February 27th, 1881 in Overschie.
Died December 2nd, 1966 at 85 years old in Blaricum, Laren (traffic collision).
Erwin Piscator
German theatre director (1893–1966).
Born December 17th, 1893 in Greifenstein, Ulm. [ref]
Died March 30th, 1966 at 72 years old in Starnberg.
Carlo Carrà
Italian painter (1881-1966).
Born February 11th, 1881 in Quargnento. [ref]
Died April 18th, 1966 at 85 years old in Milan. [ref]
Renya Mutaguchi
Japanese military officer (1888–1966).
Born October 7th, 1888 in Saga.
Died August 2nd, 1966 at 77 years old in Chōfu (intracranial hemorrhage).
Nestor Paiva
American actor (1905-1966).
Born June 30th, 1905 in Fresno.
Died September 9th, 1966 at 61 years old in Hollywood (cancer).
Alex Faickney Osborn
American advertising executive and the author of the creativity technique named brainstorming (1888–1966).
Born May 24th, 1888 in The Bronx.
Died May 5th, 1966 at 77 years old in Buffalo.
Elizabeth Dilling
American activist (1894-1966).
Born April 19th, 1894 in Chicago.
Died May 26th, 1966 at 72 years old
Fritz Wunderlich
German opera singer (1930–1966).
Born September 26th, 1930 in Kusel.
Died September 17th, 1966 at 35 years old in Heidelberg (falling from height).
Frits Zernike
Dutch physicist (1888–1966).
Born July 16th, 1888 in Amsterdam.
Died March 10th, 1966 at 77 years old in Amersfoort.
Boris Podolsky
Russian-american physicist (1896-1966).
Born June 29th, 1896 in Taganrog.
Died November 28th, 1966 at 70 years old in Cincinnati.
Anne Nagel
Actress (1915-1966).
Born September 29th, 1915 in Boston.
Died July 6th, 1966 at 50 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
George Ohsawa
Twentieth century japanese philosopher (1893–1966).
Born October 18th, 1893 in Shingu.
Died April 24th, 1966 at 72 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Herbert Otto Gille
German general (1897-1966) ; affiant in pohl trial (nmt 4).
Born March 8th, 1897 in Bad Gandersheim.
Died December 26th, 1966 at 69 years old in Hanover, Stemmen (myocardial infarction).
Robert Graf
German actor (1923–1966).
Born November 18th, 1923 in Witten.
Died February 4th, 1966 at 42 years old in Munich (cancer).
Wilhelm Röpke
German economist (1899–1966).
Born October 10th, 1899 in Schwarmstedt.
Died February 12th, 1966 at 66 years old in Geneva.
Ludwig Binswanger
Swiss psychiatrist and essayist (1881-1966).
Born April 13th, 1881 in Kreuzlingen.
Died February 5th, 1966 at 84 years old in Kreuzlingen.
Douglass Montgomery
Actor (1907-1966).
Born October 29th, 1907 in Los Angeles.
Died July 23rd, 1966 at 58 years old in Norwalk (cancer).
Andrew McNaughton
Canadian scientist, diplomat, and general (1887-1966).
Born February 25th, 1887 in Moosomin.
Died July 11th, 1966 at 79 years old in Montebello.
Irma Stern
South african artist (1894-1966).
Born October 2nd, 1894 in Schweizer-Reneke.
Died August 23rd, 1966 at 71 years old in Cape Town.
Sydney Camm
British aeronautical engineer (1893–1966).
Born August 5th, 1893 in Windsor.
Died March 16th, 1966 at 72 years old in Richmond.
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor
American photojournalist and magazine editor.
Born October 28th, 1875 in Constantinople. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1966 at 90 years old in Cape Breton Island. [ref]
Chang Myon
South korean politician (1899-1966).
Born August 28th, 1899 in Incheon.
Died June 4th, 1966 at 66 years old in Seoul (liver disease).
Julie Manet
French painter and art collector (1878-1966).
Born November 14th, 1878 in Paris, 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1966 at 87 years old in Paris.
Kurt Bolender
Holocaust perpetrator.
Born May 21st, 1912 in Duisburg.
Died October 10th, 1966 at 54 years old in Hagen (hanging).
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Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau