1966 deaths

Polish/French author (1920–1966)

Bulgarian dramatist, novelist and veterinarian (1909-1966)

German opera director (1917–1966)

Argentine racing driver

American boxer (1901–1966)

German botanist (1894-1966)

American journalist (1920–1966)

Polish Imam (1884-1966)

President of Nicaragua (1871-1966)

American-British photographer (1882–1966)

British writer, poet, playwright, novelist, painter, designer of lamps (1882-1966)

Australian tennis player (1899–1966)

French fencer (1904–1966)

American poet (1913–1966)

American astronomer (1878–1966)

South African artist (1894-1966)

German general (1886–1966)

was Hungarian filmmaker (1902-1966)

Indian cricketer (1895-1966)

Brazilian footballer and manager (1901-1966)

American politician (1891-1966)

Canadian athletics competitor (1884–1966)

American actress (1892–1966)

American politician and newspaper publisher (1887–1966)

American politician (1888-1966)

German footballer (1911-1966)

President of Bolivia (1890-1966)

British athlete (1905–1966)

Irish writer (1903-1966)

French Olympic fencer (1891–1966)

American writer (1880-1966)

German sailor

German film and theatre director (1891-1966)

boxer (1911-1966)

Romanian footballer (1906-1966)

German handball player (1913–1966)

English footballer (1898-1966)

German general (1894-1966)

Dutch geophysicist (1887-1966)

American inventor (1880–1966)

Nigerian politician (1910–1966)

Indian artist (1882-1966)

Croatian Catholic nun, founder of the Catholic Congregation of the Daughters of Mercy (1892-1966)

American actor (1925-1966)

French Egyptologist (1885–1966)

Iranian writer

Dutch fencer (1882–1966)

Swedish biologist (1876-1966)

German expressionist artist (1884-1966)

Olympic wrestler (1899-1966)

American actress (1917–1966)

British-American actor (1898-1966)

American actress and painter (1901-1966)

French painter and art collector (1878-1966)

Danish boxer

Georgian Olympic wrestler (1935–1966)

Soviet paleolinguist (1934–1966)

German-Israeli endocrinologist

President of Peru (1874-1966)

RAAF senior commander (1895-1966)