In the year 1966
497 Notable deaths
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).
Stanisław Mikołajczyk
Polish politician (1901-1966).
Born July 18th, 1901 in Holsterhausen.
Died December 13th, 1966 at 65 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
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.
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).
Julia Faye
American actress (1892–1966).
Born September 24th, 1892 in Richmond.
Died April 6th, 1966 at 73 years old in Hollywood (cancer).
Richard Whorf
American actor (1906-1966).
Born June 4th, 1906 in Winthrop. [ref]
Died December 14th, 1966 at 60 years old in Santa Monica (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Karl-Otto Saur
State secretary in the reich ministry for armaments and war production (1902-1966).
Born February 16th, 1902 in Düsseldorf.
Died July 28th, 1966 at 64 years old in Pullach.
Alvin Langdon Coburn
American photographer.
Born June 11th, 1882 in Boston. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 1966 at 84 years old in Rhos-on-Sea. [ref]
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).
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.
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]
Hannes Kolehmainen
Finnish long-distance runner.
Born December 9th, 1889 in Kuopio.
Died January 11th, 1966 at 76 years old in Helsinki.
George Camsell
English footballer (1902–1966).
Born November 27th, 1902 in Durham.
Died March 7th, 1966 at 63 years old in Middlesbrough.
Vicente Rojo Lluch
Spanish general (1894–1966).
Born October 8th, 1894 in Barcelona, La Font de la Figuera. [ref]
Died June 15th, 1966 at 71 years old in Madrid.
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).
Emma Dunn
Actress (1875-1966).
Born February 26th, 1875 in Birkenhead.
Died December 14th, 1966 at 91 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
William Zorach
American artist.
Born February 28th, 1887 in Jurbarkas. [ref]
Died November 15th, 1966 at 79 years old in Bath. [ref]
Fuat Köprülü
Turkish historian and politician (1890–1966).
Born December 5th, 1890 in Istanbul. [ref]
Died June 28th, 1966 at 75 years old in Istanbul (traffic collision).
Rolf Sievert
Swedish medical physicist, professor.
Born May 6th, 1896 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1966 at 70 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Frank Chodorov
American libertarian thinker (1887–1966).
Born February 15th, 1887 in New York City.
Died December 28th, 1966 at 79 years old in United States.
Célestin Freinet
French pedagogue.
Born October 15th, 1896 in Gars. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1966 at 69 years old in Vence.
Otto von Knobelsdorff
German general (1886–1966).
Born March 31st, 1886 in Berlin.
Died October 21st, 1966 at 80 years old in Hanover.
Konrad Heiden
German journalist and historian.
Born August 7th, 1901 in Munich. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1966 at 64 years old in New York City (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
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I’m not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. Woody Allen