Celebrity Deaths in 1966

97 notable figures died in 1966. Listed below in order of date of death.

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  Alberto Giacometti

  1901 – 1966 · Artists and Architects Jan 1
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  Elizabeth Patterson

  1874 – 1966 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Henri Torres

  1891 – 1966 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Jan 1
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  Inga Artomonova

  1936 – 1966 · Sports Figures Jan 1
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  Stiles Oliver Clements

  1883 – 1966 · Artists and Architects Jan 1
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  Vincent Auriol

  1884 – 1966 · Politicians Jan 1
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  Lal Bahadur Shastri

  1904 – 1966 · Politicians Jan 11
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  Clarice Mayne

  1886 – 1966 · Actresses Jan 16
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  Buster Keaton

  1895 – 1966 · Actors, Authors and Writers, Movie/TV Producer Feb 1
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  Hedda Hopper

  1885 – 1966 · Actresses, Authors and Writers Feb 1
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  Abigail Kane Ottmann

  1885 – 1966 · Actresses Feb 2
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  Alfred Pritchard Sloan, Jr

  1875 – 1966 · Business Magnates Feb 2
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  Elliot McKay See, Jr

  1927 – 1966 · Astronaut Feb 2
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  Evangeline Russell

  1902 – 1966 · Actresses Feb 2
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  Hans Hofmann

  1880 – 1966 · Artists and Architects Feb 2
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  Jonathan Hale

  1891 – 1966 · Actors Feb 2
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  Lucius Morris Beebe

  1902 – 1966 · Authors and Writers Feb 2
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  Minerva Urecal

  1894 – 1966 · Actresses Feb 2
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  Schamyl Bauman

  1893 – 1966 · Entertainers Feb 2
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  June Walker

  1900 – 1966 · Actresses Feb 3
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  Billy Rose

  1899 – 1966 · Musicians and Composers Feb 10
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  Alfred P. Sloan

  1875 – 1966 · Business Magnates Feb 17
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  Charles Bassett

  1931 – 1966 · Scientists and Inventors Feb 28
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  Alice Pearce

  1917 – 1966 · Actresses Mar 3
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  Anna Akhmatova

  1889 – 1966 · Authors and Writers Mar 3
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  Colin Campbell

  1883 – 1966 · Actors Mar 3
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  Estelita Rodriguez

  1928 – 1966 · Actresses Mar 3
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  Ruth Robinson

  1887 – 1966 · Actresses Mar 3
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  Victor Brauner

  1903 – 1966 · Artists and Architects Mar 3
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  William Frawley

  1887 – 1966 · Actors Mar 3
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  Frits Zernike

  1888 – 1966 · Scientists and Inventors Mar 10
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  Abe Saperstein

  1902 – 1966 · Basketball Mar 15
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  Buster West

  1901 – 1966 · Actors Mar 19
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  Joseph Crehan

  1883 – 1966 · Actors Apr 4
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  Rina De Liguoro

  1892 – 1966 · Actresses Apr 4
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  Edna Flugrath

  1892 – 1966 · Actresses Apr 6
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  Julia Faye

  1893 – 1966 · Actresses Apr 6
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  Javier Solís

  1931 – 1966 · Actors, Singer Apr 19
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  Bernice Fisher

  1916 – 1966 · Social Reformers May 2
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  Neal Dodd

  1879 – 1966 · Actors May 5
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  Ricardo Bastid Peris

  1919 – 1966 · Artists and Architects May 5
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  Wäinö Valdemar Aaltonen

  1894 – 1966 · Artists and Architects May 5
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  Alice Calhoun

  1900 – 1966 · Actresses Jun 3
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  Chang Myon

  1899 – 1966 · Politicians Jun 4
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  Ethel Clayton

  1882 – 1966 · Actresses Jun 6
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  Jean Arp

  1887 – 1966 · Artists and Architects Jun 6
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  Margery Louise Allingham

  1904 – 1966 · Authors and Writers Jun 6
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  Joseph Albert Walker

  1966 · Scientists and Inventors Jun 8
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  Wallace Ford

  1898 – 1966 · Actors Jun 11
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  George Seman

  1930 – 1966 · Victims of crime and disaster Jun 13
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  Edward Allworth

  1895 – 1966 · Medal of Honor Recipients Jun 24
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  Pauline Boty

  1938 – 1966 · Artists and Architects Jul 1
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  Deems Taylor

  1885 – 1966 · Musicians and Composers Jul 3
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  Carmelita Geraghty

  1901 – 1966 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Frederick William Sievers

  1872 – 1966 · Native Americans Jul 7
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  Montgomery Clift

  1920 – 1966 · Actors Jul 7
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  William H. Parker

  1905 – 1966 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Jul 7
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  William Parker

  1905 – 1966 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Jul 16
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  Mary Akeley

  1878 – 1966 · Authors and Writers, Explorers and Adventurers Jul 19
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  Francis X. Bushman

  1883 – 1966 · Actors Aug 8
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  Laura Gardin Fraser

  1889 – 1966 · Artists and Architects Aug 8
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  Seena Owen

  1894 – 1966 · Actresses Aug 15
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  Francis Bushman

  1883 – 1966 · Actors Aug 23
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  Art Baker

  1898 – 1966 · Actors Aug 26
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  Sayyid Qutb

  1906 – 1966 · Politicians Aug 29
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  Margaret Sanger

  1879 – 1966 · Celebrities, Film Director Sep 6
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  André Breton

  1896 – 1966 · Artists and Architects Sep 9
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  Anne Nichols

  1891 – 1966 · Actresses Sep 9
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  Bernard Feustmann Gimbel

  1885 – 1966 Sep 9
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  Cecile Sorel

  1873 – 1966 · Actresses Sep 9
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  Constantin Bakaleinikoff

  1896 – 1966 · Entertainers Sep 9
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  John H. Glenn, Sr

  1895 – 1966 · Astronaut Sep 9
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  Leo Diamond

  1915 – 1966 · Actors Sep 9
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  Lyle B. Chapman

  1890 – 1966 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Sep 9
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  Nikolai Cherkasov

  1903 – 1966 · Actors Sep 9
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  Sol Gorss

  1908 – 1966 · Actors Sep 9
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  William Hewitt

  1875 – 1966 Sep 9
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  Cemal Gürsel

  1895 – 1966 · Politicians Sep 14
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  Jules Furthman

  1888 – 1966 · Actors, Authors and Writers Sep 22
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  Claire McDowell

  1876 – 1966 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Elizabeth Arden

  1878 – 1966 · Business Magnates Oct 10
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  Sherman Billingsley

  1900 – 1966 · Business Magnates Oct 10
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  Soledad Jiménez

  1874 – 1966 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Harry Byrd

  1887 – 1966 · Politicians, Senator Oct 20
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  Billy Engle

  1889 – 1966 · Actors Nov 11
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  Cecil Barker

  1916 – 1966 · Entertainers Nov 11
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  Juan Espantaleón

  1885 – 1966 · Actors Nov 11
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  William Haade

  1903 – 1966 · Actors Nov 11
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  Lewis Albanese

  1946 – 1966 · Medal of Honor Recipients Dec 1
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  Anna Tokes

  1898 – 1966 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Harry Beaumont

  1888 – 1966 · Actors, Director, Film Director Dec 12
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  Renate Ewert

  1935 – 1966 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Vera Steadman

  1900 – 1966 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Verna Felton

  1890 – 1966 · Actresses Dec 14
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  Walt Disney

  1901 – 1966 · Business Magnates, Film Director, TV Director Dec 15
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  Lucy Burns

  1879 – 1966 · Social Reformers, Suffragists Dec 22
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  Shinzo Koizumi

  1888 – 1966