Deaths in December 1966
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 1966.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
December 1966
1
- Lewis Albanese, American soldier (Medal of Honor) (b. 1946)
- Peter P. Carr, Danish-born American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Senate (b. 1890)
- Bai Chongxi, Chinese general in the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China (b. 1893)
- Lewis Creber, British art director (b. 1901)
- Ernest Daunt, Irish Anglican Archdeacon of Cork (b. 1909)
- James Maguire, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1886)
2
- Ralph Allen, Canadian journalist, editor, and novelist (b. 1913)
- Luitzen Brouwer, Dutch mathematician and philosopher (b. 1881)
- Giles Cooper, Anglo-Irish playwright and radio dramatist (b. 1918)
- Conrad Wilhelm Eger, Norwegian businessman (b. 1880)
3
- Nikolai Kolli, Soviet architect (b. 1894)
- Byllee Lang, Canadian sculptor (b. 1908)
- Fritz Langford-Smith, Australian electrical engineer (b. 1904)
- Kui Lee, Chinese-born American singer (b. 1932)
4
- Nicholas Afanasiev, Russian-French Eastern Orthodox theologian (b. 1893)
- Thomas Carey, American-born Irish cricketer (b. 1903)
- Crahan Denton, American actor (b. 1914)
- Renate Ewert, German actress (b. 1933)
5
- John Irving Bentley, American physician burned to death allegedly caused by spontaneous human combustion (b. 1874)
- Luciano Fernandes, Portuguese footballer (b. 1940)
- Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist, two-time winner of the 1936 and 1939 Tour de France (b. 1909)
6
- Mario Alicata, Italian partisan, literary critic and politician; member of the Chamber of Deputies (b. 1918)
- Laurence F. Arnold, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois (b. 1891)
- James Paul Donahue, Jr., American heir and socialite (b. 1915)
- Juan Natalicio González, Paraguayan politician, President of Paraguay 1948-1949 (b. 1897)
- Hermann Heiss, German composer (b. 1897)
7
- William Henry Hewitt, South African recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1884)
- Viola Jimulla, American chief of the Prescott Yavapai tribe (b. 1878)
8
- Bill Bolden, American baseball player (b. 1893)
- Capt. Richard Gustav Borgelin, Danish military officer (b. 1887)
- Maury Bray, American football player (b. 1909)
- Arthur Byron Coble, American mathematician (b. 1878)
9
- Lazarus Aaronson, British poet and lecturer in economics (b. 1895)
- Paul G. Blazer, American oil company executive (b. 1890)
- Morris Fidanque de Castro, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (b. 1902)
- Brian Coleman, Australian rules footballer (b. 1932)
- Pelagie Doane, American children's books illustrator (b. 1906)
- Lloyd Klein, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1910)
10
- Zoltán Baló, Hungarian general (b. 1883)
- Hans Jørgen Hansen, Danish field hockey player, silver medalist at the 1920 Summer Olympics (b. 1879)
- Boris Koutzen, Russian-born American violinist (b. 1901)
- Gregorio López, Mexican writer (b. 1897)
11
- Carleton Allen, Australian professor and Warden of Rhodes House, University of Oxford (b. 1887)
- Cliff Fannin, American baseball player (b. 1924)
- Richard Himber, American entertainer (b. 1899)
- John Hines, American boxer, competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics (b. 1912)
12
- Dino Alfieri, Italian fascist politician and envoy to the Holy See and Nazi Germany (b. 1886)
- Nellie Briercliffe, English singer and actress (b. 1889)
- Bill Devan, Scottish footballer (b. 1909)
13
- Jim Baker, English footballer (b. 1891)
- Nils Frykberg, Swedish runner, competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics (b. 1888)
- William Henry Gummer, New Zealand architect (b. 1884)
- Frank C. High, American soldier (Medal of Honor) (b. 1875)
- Ingvald Jaklin, Norwegian politician, MP (b. 1896)
14
- John Atirau Asher, New Zealand tribal leader, hotelier, interpreter, racehorse owner (b. 1892)
- Víctor Andrés Belaúnde, Peruvian diplomat, President of the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1959 (b. 1883)
- Ronnie Byrne, Australian rules footballer (b. 1900)
- Emma Dunn, English actress (b. 1875)
- Verna Felton, American actress (b. 1890)
- J. Howell Flournoy, American lawman (b. 1891)
- Paul Galligan, Irish politician, TD (b. 1888)
- Charles Franklin Hildebrand, American journalist (b. 1893)
- Carl Hermann Kraeling, American theologian and archaeologist (b. 1897)
- Alexander Lillico, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (b. 1872)
- Shailendra, Indian lyricist (b. 1923)
- Richard Whorf, American actor (b. 1906)
15
- Major General Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, British Army officer (b. 1897)
- Sammy Beswick, English footballer (b. 1903)
- Walt Disney, American animated film producer and founder of The Walt Disney Company and Disneyland Resort (b. 1901)
16
- Sven Bergqvist, Swedish sportsman, International Hockey Hall of Fame inductee (b. 1914)
- Charles Crawford Davis, American audio engineer (b. c. 1893)
- James Verne Dusenberry, American anthropologist (b. 1906)
- Alex Garrow, British politician, MP (b. 1923)
- André Herbelin, French fighter pilot during World War I (b. 1889)
- Ma Lianliang, Chinese opera singer (b. 1901)
17
- Dan Heilman, American illustrator (b. 1922)
18
- Hon. Tara Browne, British socialite and heir to the Guinness fortune; according to some sources, he was the inspiration for the Beatles song "A Day in the Life" (b. 1945)
- Joseph Cucchiara, Italian missionary priest (b. 1889)
- Gene Gauntier, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1885)
19
- Jack Forsyth, American football coach (b. 1892)
- Carroll Gartin, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi (b. 1913)
- Ollie Kraehe, American football player (b. 1898)
- Betty Kuuskemaa, Estonian actress (b. 1879)
- Aslaug Låstad Lygre, Norwegian poet (b. 1910)
20
- Amram Aburbeh, Israeli rabbi; Chief Rabbi of the Sephardic congregation in Petah Tikva, Israel (b. 1894)
- Rupert Anson, English cricketer (b. 1889)
- Ali Asllani, Albanian poet, politician and activist (b. 1884)
- Doc Farrell, American baseball player (b. 1901)
- Albert Göring, German businessman and anti-Nazi activist (b. 1895)
- Oskar Lebeck, German-born American illustrator (b. 1903)
21
- Erich Haenisch, German sinologist (b. 1880)
- Jack Itzel, American football player (b. 1924)
22
- Pádraig Ághas, Irish independent politician and schoolteacher; member of Seanad Éireann
- Harry Beaumont, American film director (b. 1888)
- Lucy Burns, American suffragist (b. 1879)
- Sir Clarence Johnston Graham, 1st Baronet, British politician and nobleman (b. 1900)
- James Hill, British politician, MP (b. 1899)
- Robert Keith, American actor (b. 1898)
- Alice Holford, New Zealand nurse (b. 1867)
- Robert Hopkins, American screenwriter (b. 1886)
- Robert Keith, American actor (b. 1898)
23
- J. Dallett Byers, American jockey and horse trainer (b. 1898)
- Heimito von Doderer, Austrian Nazi author (b. 1896)
- William Rush Dunton, founder of the American Occupational Therapy Association (b. 1868)
- Adrianus de Jong, Dutch fencer, medals at the 1912, 1920, and 1924 Summer Olympics (b. 1882)
24
- Ernest Blackham, English footballer (b. 1898)
- Gaspar Cassadó, Spanish cellist and composer (b. 1897)
- Thomas Vincent Grant, Canadian politician, member of the Canadian House of Commons from Prince Edward Island (b. 1876)
- Tommy Jackson, Australian rules footballer (b. 1885)
- Donald MacGillivray, British colonial administrator, British High Commissioner in Malaya (b. 1906)
25
- St. Elmo Brady, American academic, first African American to obtain a PhD degree in chemistry in the United States (b. 1884)
- Nick Dandolos, Greek-born American gambler (b. 1883)
- Arnold Harvey, Irish sportsman and Anglican bishop of Cashel and Waterford (b. 1878)
26
- Ina Boudier-Bakker, Dutch novelist (b. 1875)
- Christopher Dahl, Norwegian sailor, gold medalist at the 1924 Summer Olympics (b. 1898)
- Noël Gallon, French composer (b. 1891)
- Herbert Gille, Waffen-SS commander (b. 1897)
- Boris Jacobsohn, American physicist (b. 1918)
- Husayn Al-Khalidi, Ottoman-born Jordanian politician, Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1895)
- Kalervo Kurkiala, Finnish Waffen-SS officer (b. 1894)
- Tony Lekain, French film director (b. 1888)
27
- Ernest K. Bramblett, American politician, United States Congressman from California (b. 1901)
- Ernest Burgess, Canadian-born American sociologist and academic (b. 1886)
- Frankie Genaro, American boxer (1920 Olympic gold medal winner) (b. 1901)
- Herbert Lewis Hardwick, Puerto Rican boxer (b. 1914)
- William James, Australian rules footballer (b. 1900)
- Willis Laurence James, American musician and composer (b. 1900)
- Wivi Lönn, Finnish architect (b. 1872)
- Guillermo Stábile, Argentine football player and manager (b. 1905)
28
- Victor Anfuso, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from New York (b. 1905)
- Frank Chodorov, American libertarian writer (b. 1887)
- Hjalmar Christoffersen, Danish footballer, Denmark national team, silver medalist at the 1912 Summer Olympics (b. 1889)
- Vincenc Makovský, Czech sculptor and industrial designer (b. 1900)
29
- Russell Brain, 1st Baron Brain, British neurologist (b. 1895)
- Aaron H. Grout, American politician, Secretary of State of Vermont (b. 1879)
30
- Pietro Ciriaci, Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1885)
- Chase A. Clark, American politician, Governor of Idaho (b. 1883)
- Guy Earle, English cricketer (b. 1891)
- Christian Herter, United States politician, Governor of Massachusetts and Secretary of State (b. 1895)
- Henryk Gotlib, Polish-British painter (b. 1890)
- Arthur Lochhead, Scottish footballer (b. 1897)
31
- H. Otley Beyer, American anthropologist (b. 1883)
- Pieter Geyl, Dutch historian (b. 1887)
- Charlie Hewitt, English footballer (b. 1884)
- Raoul Lévy, French film director (b. 1922)
- Walter Lingo, American businessman (b. 1890)
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