1966 deaths

American politician (1895-1966)

Japanese officer and general (1877–1966)

American screenwriter, film director, and producer (1908-1966)

American actor (1886-1966)

Romanian artist (1903-1966)

Colombian theologian (1929-1966)

Canadian American businesswoman

German engineer, businessman, and the younger brother of Hermann Göring (1895-1966)

French pedagogue

British novelist, "Hornblower" author (1899–1966)

Japanese admiral (1886–1966)

English writer of detective fiction, editor (1904–1966)

SS officer (1911–1966)

Latvian writer, politician (1904-1966)

Russian-American physicist (1896-1966)

American poet, art critic and writer (1926-1966)

American businessman (1875–1966)

Modernist stage designer and theatre director (1872-1966)

Russian historian, orientalist, iranist (1877–1966)

American actress (1890–1966)

American country blues singer and guitarist (1892-1966)

Kenneth Henry Jarvis Miles was an English sports car racing engineer and driver best known for his motorsport career in the U.S. and with American teams on the international scene. He is an inductee to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. As an automotive engineer, he is known for developing, along with driver and designer Carroll Shelby, the Ford GT40, the car that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969. Miles and Shelby's efforts at Le Mans were dramatized in the 2019 Oscar-winning film Ford v Ferrari.

Russian-born American singer, comedian, actress and radio personality

Chinese military officer and politician (1893-1966)

French painter (1886-1966)

Swiss psychiatrist and essayist (1881-1966)

Indian film director (1909–1966)

English actor (1890-1966)

German opera singer (1930–1966)

Turkish historian and statesperson (1890–1966)

German economist (1899–1966)

French forensic scientist (1877–1966)

United States general (1887-1966)

French musician

British orientalist and sinologist (1889–1966)

Swiss theologian (1889–1966)

Polish politician (1901–1966)

British princess (1884-1966)

Austrian academic (*1884 – †1966)

titular Queen of Portugal (1890-1966)

British Army general (1878-1966)

German general (1878-1966)

Belgian cyclist (1909–1966)

Prime Minister of Indonesia (1909–1966)

Italian automobile designer (1893–1966)

American painter and illustrator (1870-1966)

German general (1897-1966) ; affiant in Pohl Trial (NMT 4)

French dancer (1875-1966)

Russian mathematician (1896–1966)

German-American painter (1880–1966)

British army officer in the First and Second World Wars

American test pilot and NASA astronaut (1927-1966)

swimmer (1910–1966)

actress (1877-1966)

American sideshow performer (1889–1966)

American sprinter (1909–1966)

American film director, actor, and screenwriter (1888-1966)

Finnish politician (1898–1966)

Belgian former prime minister (1873-1966)

American mass murderer and spree killer; perpetrator of the University of Texas Tower shooting (1941–1966)