In the year 1966
545 Notable deaths
Victor Brauner
Romanian artist (1903-1966).
Born June 15th, 1903 in Piatra Neamț.
Died March 12th, 1966 at 62 years old in Paris.
Ernest Burgess
American sociologist (1886–1966).
Born May 16th, 1886 in Tilbury.
Died December 27th, 1966 at 80 years old in Chicago.
Emil Brunner
Swiss theologian (1889–1966).
Born December 23rd, 1889 in Winterthur.
Died April 6th, 1966 at 76 years old in Zurich.
Stanisław Mikołajczyk
Polish politician (1901–1966).
Born July 18th, 1901 in Holsterhausen.
Died December 13th, 1966 at 65 years old in Washington, D.C..
Victor Kravchenko
Defector soviet diplomat (1905-1966).
Born October 11th, 1905 in Dnipro.
Died February 25th, 1966 at 60 years old in Manhattan.
Charlotte Cooper
English tennis player.
Born September 22nd, 1870 in Ealing.
Died October 10th, 1966 at 96 years old in Helensburgh.
Karl-Otto Saur
State secretary in the reich ministry for armaments and war production (1902-1966).
Born June 16th, 1902 in Düsseldorf.
Died July 28th, 1966 at 64 years old in Pullach.
Richard Whorf
American actor, director and author (1906–1966).
Born June 4th, 1906 in Winthrop.
Died December 14th, 1966 at 60 years old in Santa Monica (myocardial infarction).
Hugh Sanders
American actor (1911-1966).
Born March 13th, 1911 in East St. Louis.
Died January 9th, 1966 at 54 years old in Los Angeles.
Julia Faye
American actress (1892–1966).
Born September 24th, 1892 in Richmond.
Died April 6th, 1966 at 73 years old in Hollywood (cancer).
Horst Fischer
German physician and camp doctor in the auschwitz iii monowitz concentration camp (1912–1966).
Born December 31st, 1912 in Dresden.
Died August 8th, 1966 at 53 years old in Leipzig Prison (decapitation).
J. Howard McGrath
American politician (1903-1966).
Born November 28th, 1903 in Woonsocket.
Died September 2nd, 1966 at 62 years old in Narragansett (myocardial infarction).
Wieland Wagner
German opera director (1917–1966).
Born January 5th, 1917 in Bayreuth. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1966 at 49 years old in Munich (lung cancer). [ref]
Alvin Langdon Coburn
American-british photographer (1882–1966).
Born June 11th, 1882 in Boston.
Died November 23rd, 1966 at 84 years old in Rhos-on-Sea.
David L. Lawrence
Governor of pennsylvania (1889-1966).
Born June 18th, 1889 in Pittsburgh.
Died November 21st, 1966 at 77 years old in Pittsburgh.
Hannes Kolehmainen
Finnish long-distance runner.
Born December 9th, 1889 in Kuopio.
Died January 11th, 1966 at 76 years old in Helsinki.
Vicente Rojo Lluch
Spanish general (1894–1966).
Born October 8th, 1894 in La Font de la Figuera. [ref]
Died June 15th, 1966 at 71 years old in Madrid.
George Camsell
English footballer (1902–1966).
Born November 27th, 1902 in Durham.
Died March 7th, 1966 at 63 years old in Middlesbrough.
Lillian Smith
American author, social critic (1897-1966).
Born December 12th, 1897 in Jasper.
Died September 28th, 1966 at 68 years old in Atlanta (breast cancer).
Theodore F. Green
American politician (1867-1966).
Born October 2nd, 1867 in Providence.
Died May 19th, 1966 at 98 years old in Providence (pneumonia).
Emma Dunn
Actress (1875-1966).
Born February 26th, 1875 in Birkenhead.
Died December 14th, 1966 at 91 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Fuat Köprülü
Turkish historian and statesperson (1890–1966).
Born December 4th, 1890 in Istanbul. [ref]
Died June 28th, 1966 at 75 years old in Istanbul (traffic collision).
Lucky Millinder
American bandleader (1910–1966).
Born August 8th, 1910 in Anniston.
Died September 28th, 1966 at 56 years old in New York City.
William Zorach
American artist.
Born February 28th, 1887 in Jurbarkas. [ref]
Died November 15th, 1966 at 79 years old in Bath. [ref]
Deaths 151 to 175 of 545
Life is hard. After all, it kills you. Katharine Hepburn