In the year 1966
497 Notable deaths
Rafael Sánchez Mazas
Spanish nationalist writer (1894-1966).
Born February 18th, 1894 in Madrid. [ref]
Died October 18th, 1966 at 72 years old in Madrid. [ref]
William Ernest Hocking
American philosopher (1873-1966).
Born August 10th, 1873 in Cleveland.
Died June 12th, 1966 at 92 years old in New Hampshire.
Vladimir Minorsky
Russian historian, orientalist, iranist (1877–1966).
Born February 6th, 1877 in Korcheva. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1966 at 89 years old in Cambridge.
Nikolay Cherkasov
Soviet actor (1903-1966).
Born July 27th, 1903 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died September 14th, 1966 at 63 years old in Saint Petersburg (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Vernon Sturdee
Former australian chief of the general staff.
Born April 16th, 1890 in Frankston.
Died May 25th, 1966 at 76 years old in Heidelberg.
Battista Farina
Italian automobile designer (1893–1966).
Born November 2nd, 1893 in Turin.
Died April 3rd, 1966 at 72 years old in Lausanne.
Marguerite Long
French musician.
Born November 13th, 1874 in Nîmes.
Died February 13th, 1966 at 91 years old in Paris.
Väinö Tanner
Finnish politician, prime minister of finland (1881–1966).
Born March 12th, 1881 in Helsinki.
Died April 19th, 1966 at 85 years old in Helsinki.
Elio Vittorini
Italian writer, literary translator and editor.
Born July 23rd, 1908 in Syracuse. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1966 at 57 years old in Milan (stomach cancer). [ref]
John Taylor
Race car driver, completed four formula one races 1964-1966, died from a crash at the 1966 german grand prix.
Born March 23rd, 1933 in Anstey.
Died September 8th, 1966 at 33 years old in Koblenz.
Zinovy Peshkov
French general (1884-1966).
Born October 16th, 1884 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died November 27th, 1966 at 82 years old in Paris.
Albert Renger-Patzsch
German photographer.
Born June 22nd, 1897 in Würzburg. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1966 at 69 years old in Wamel. [ref]
Papa Jack Laine
American musician (1873-1966).
Born September 21st, 1873 in New Orleans.
Died June 1st, 1966 at 92 years old in Jackson.
Emil Julius Gumbel
German mathematician and statistician.
Born July 18th, 1891 in Munich. [ref]
Died September 10th, 1966 at 75 years old in New York City. [ref]
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).
Pieter Geyl
Dutch historian (1887-1966).
Born December 15th, 1887 in Dordrecht.
Died December 31st, 1966 at 79 years old in Utrecht.
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.
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.
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).
Fritz Houtermans
Physicist (1903-1966).
Born January 22nd, 1903 in Gdańsk. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1966 at 63 years old in Bern (lung cancer).
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.
Arthur Lourié
Russian-born american composer (1892–1966).
Born March 14th, 1892 in Slawharad. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1966 at 74 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Nishizō Tsukahara
Japanese admiral (1887-1966).
Born April 3rd, 1887 in Fukui Prefecture.
Died January 10th, 1966 at 78 years old in Fuchū.
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).
Władysław Bortnowski
Polish historian and general.
Born November 12th, 1891 in Radom.
Died November 21st, 1966 at 75 years old in Glen Cove.
Deaths 201 to 225 of 497
Death takes no bribes. Benjamin Franklin