In the year 1966
484 Notable deaths
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]
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 Bierutów. [ref]
Died May 14th, 1966 at 82 years old in Darmstadt. [ref]
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 screenwriter (1903-1966).
Born March 28th, 1903 in Hamamatsu. [ref]
Died June 23rd, 1966 at 63 years old in Kyoto (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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).
Deaths 211 to 220 of 484
Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living. Jo Nesbø