Deaths in July 1966
The following is a list of notable deaths in July 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.
 
July 1966
    
    1
    
- Wiri Baker, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1892)
 - Pauline Boty, British artist (b. 1938)
 - Johnny Bryan, American football player and coach (b. 1897)
 - Georg Ehrlich, Austrian-born British sculptor (b. 1897)
 - Bill Galvin, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (b. 1903)
 - Frank Halloran, Australian rules footballer (b. 1912)
 
2
    
- Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (b. 1900)
 - Minnie D. Craig, American politician, Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives (b. 1883)
 - St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Russian Orthodox hierarch and saint (b. 1896)
 - Holger Lindberg, Swedish wrestler, competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics (b. 1894)
 
3
    
- Kees Boeke, Dutch pacifist and tax resister (b. 1884)
 - Robert Cochrane, English occultist (b. 1931)
 - André Gailhard, French composer (b. 1885)
 - Eleanor Margaret Green, Princess Viggo, Countess of Rosenborg, American-born Danish princess (b. 1895)
 - Paul Conway Leahy, American federal judge (b. 1904)
 - Deems Taylor, American composer (b. 1885)
 
4
    
- Dorothy Aldis, American children's author and poet (b. 1896)
 - Louis Couffignal, French mathematician (b. 1902)
 - Georges Dumont, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick (b. 1898)
 - Archie Latimer Hodgins, Canadian politician, member of the Canadian House of Commons (b. 1876)
 - Otto Lindig, German potter (b. 1895)
 
5
    
- Robin Sutcliffe Allan, New Zealand geologist and university professor (b. 1900)
 - Edward Pierrepont Beckwith, American scientist (b. 1877)
 - Vinson Allen Collins, American politician, member of the Texas Senate (b. 1867)
 - Pete Fox, American baseball player (b. 1909)
 - George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
 - Ole Jørgensen, Norwegian politician, MP (b. 1897)
 
6
    
- Harold Breen, Australian public servant (b. 1893)
 - Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1892)
 - Anne Nagel, American actress (b. 1915)
 - Benjamin Horsley Littleton, American federal judge (b. 1889)
 
7
    
- Yoshishige Abe, Japanese philosopher, educator, and statesman in Shōwa period Japan; Minister of Education (b. 1883)
 - Carmelita Geraghty, American actress (b. 1901)
 - Alberto Gout, Mexican screenwriter and film director (b. 1913)
 
8
    
- Dick Christy, American football player (b. 1935)
 - Herbert Elphinstone, Australian cricket umpire (b. 1905)
 - Horst Fischer, German war criminal, last person guillotined in Germany (b. 1912)
 - James Ernest Karnes, American soldier awarded the Medal of Honor (b. 1889)
 - Clyde Lamb, American illustrator and convicted robber (b. 1913)
 - William Alexander McKenzie, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (b. 1874)
 - George Minter, English film producer (b. 1911)
 
9
    
- Sir John Lindsay Dashwood, 10th Baronet, English aristocrat (b. 1896)
 - Walter Gerwig, German lutenist (b. 1899)
 
10
    
- Raphaël Etifier, French politician, member of the French senate (b. 1889)
 - Gʻafur Gʻulom, Uzbek writer (b. 1903)
 - Charles Goethe, American eugenicist (b. 1875)
 - Malvina Hoffman, American sculptor (b. 1885)
 - Gussy Holl, German actress (b. 1888)
 
11
    
- Billy Butler, English footballer (b. 1900)
 - Barney Lutz, American baseball player (b. 1915)
 - Delmore Schwartz, American poet (b. 1913)
 
12
    
- Vera Franceschi, American pianist (b. 1926)
 - Leicester Gilbert-Lodge, British philatelist (b. 1882)
 - Liangqing, Chinese monk (b. 1896)
 - D. T. Suzuki, Japanese philosopher (b. 1870)
 
13
    
- Genica Athanasiou, Romanian-French actress (b. 1897)
 - Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, member of the British Royal Family, granddaughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1884)
 - Harald Jensen, Danish-born Australian geologist (b. 1879)
 - David H. Keller, American writer (b. 1880)
 - Reino Ragnar Lehto, Finnish politician, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1898)
 - Eric Macfadyen, British politician, MP (b. 1879)
 - Victorio Macho, Spanish sculptor (b. 1887)
 
14
    
- William Hawksworth, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1911)
 - Nicolaas de Jong, Dutch cyclist, competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics (b. 1887)
 - Nils Lavik, Norwegian politician, Member of the Storting (parliament) (b. 1884)
 - Julie Manet, French painter (b. 1878)
 - Sigfred Madsen, Danish boxer, competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics (b. 1915)
 
15
    
- Seyfi Arkan, Turkish architect (b. 1903)
 - Francis Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, British politician (b. 1883)
 - Wilhelm Cornides, Wehrmacht sergeant in World War II, diarist (b. 1920)
 - Clarence Gamble, American birth control advocate (b. 1894)
 - August Lindberg, Swedish trade unionist (b. 1885)
 
16
    
- Arthur Adamson, Australian rules football player (b. 1882)
 - Richard Craig, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (b. 1877)
 - Agnes Dollan, Scottish suffragist and politician (b. 1887)
 - Tom Hammond, Australian rules footballer (b. 1896)
 - James Butler Hare, American politician, United States representative from South Carolina (b. 1918)
 - Bernhard Schweitzer, German archaeologist (b. 1892)
 
17
    
- August Baeyens, Belgian violist and composer (b. 1895)
 - Charles Creed, French-born British fashion designer (b. 1909)
 - Nils Dahl, Norwegian runner, competed at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics (b. 1882)
 - Albert Freethy, Welsh rugby referee and cricketer (b. 1885)
 - Kurt Herlth, German set designer (b. 1896)
 
18
    
- Bobby Fuller, American musician (b. 1942)
 - Russell Madden, Australian rules footballer (b. 1910)
 
19
    
- Walter Aitkenhead, Scottish footballer (b. 1887)
 - Mary Jobe Akeley, American explorer and author (b. 1878)
 - Joaquín Albareda y Ramoneda, Spanish Roman Catholic Cardinal (b. 1892)
 - Maxine Albro, American painter, muralist, lithographer, mosaic artist, and sculptor (b. 1903)
 - Franz Lahner, Austro-Hungarian flying ace in World War I (b. 1893)
 - Hans Ji Maharaj, Indian religious leader (b. 1900)
 
20
    
- Elizabeth Amsden, American operatic soprano and actress (b. 1881)
 - Alexander Bazhbeuk-Melikyan, Soviet artist, graphic designer and sculptor (b. 1891)
 - Anne Beffort, Luxembourg educator and author (b. 1880)
 - Julien Carette, French actor (b. 1897)
 - Donald Gee, British theologian (b. 1891)
 - Pat Hanley, American football player and coach (b. 1896)
 - Józef Kisielewski, Polish politician and writer (b. 1905)
 
21
    
- Francis Stewart Briggs, Australian aviator (b. 1897)
 - Francesco Paolo Cantelli, Italian mathematician (b. 1875)
 - Philipp Frank, Austrian-born American scientist and philosopher (b. 1884)
 - John French, English photographer (b. 1907)
 - Julian Hochfeld, Polish Marxist (b. 1911)
 - A G Street, English farmer, author and broadcaster (b. 1892)
 
22
    
- Vladimir Abrikosov, Russian Catholic priest of the Byzantine rite (b. 1880)
 - Lauro Ayestarán, Uruguayan musicologist (b. 1913)
 - Berend Carp, Dutch sailor, competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics (b. 1901)
 - Harriet Daggett, American law professor (b. 1891)
 - Frank Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1882)
 - Edward Gourdin, American long jumper, silver medalist at the 1924 Summer Olympics (b. 1897)
 - Pavlos Gyparis, Greek army officer and politician, MP (b. 1882)
 
23
    
- Kurt Albrecht, German military officer during World War II (b. 1895)
 - Margaret Bennell, English educator (b. 1893)
 - Vito R. Bertoldo, United States Army soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
 - Montgomery Clift, American actor (b. 1920)
 - Lo La Chapelle, Dutch footballer, medalist at the 1908 Summer Olympics (b. 1888)
 - Douglass Montgomery, American actor (b. 1907)
 
24
    
- Aftimios Ofiesh, American Orthodox bishop (b. 1880)
 - George Brook, English cricketer (b. 1888)
 - Harry Cobe, American racecar driver (b. 1885)
 - Holger J. Jensen, Danish painter (b. 1900)
 - Arthur B. Langlie, American politician, Governor of Washington (b. 1900)
 - Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
 - José Magnani, Brazilian cyclist, competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics (b. 1913)
 
25
    
- Harold Conradi, Australian rules footballer (b. 1894)
 - Francis Edward Faragoh, Austria-Hungary-born American screenwriter (b. 1898)
 - Red Green, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1899)
 - Rolf Henne, Swiss Nazi leader (b. 1901)
 - Paul Le Drogo, French cyclist (b. 1905)
 - Frank O'Hara, American poet (b. 1926)
 
26
    
- Gladstone Adams, British politician; Chairman of Whitley Bay Urban District Council (b. 1880)
 - Brenda Sue Brown, American murder victim (b. 1955)
 - Jean-Edouard de Castella, Australian-born Swiss artist (b. 1881)
 - Augustine Duffy, Canadian politician, member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly (b. 1905)
 - Howard Kinsey, American tennis player (b. 1899)
 - Maura Laverty, Irish writer (b. 1907)
 - Lee Lescaze, American journalist (b. 1909)
 
27
    
- Edward Carey Francis, English mathematician and Christian missionary to Kenya (b. 1897)
 - Sir Norman Gregg, Australian ophthalmologist (b. 1892)
 - Hugo von Heidenstam, Swedish diplomat, ambassador to Iran and Iraq (b. 1884)
 - Sir Reginald Kennedy-Cox, English dramatist and social reformer (b. 1881)
 
28
    
- Josef von Báky, Hungarian filmmaker (b. 1902)
 - Judd Conlon, American vocal arranger and conductor (b. 1910)
 - Hal Dixon, American baseball umpire (b. 1920)
 - David Jones, American businessman, owner of the Chicago Cardinals (b. 1884)
 - Liem Bwan Tjie, Indonesian architect (b. 1891)
 
29
    
- Maj. Gen. Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigerian military figure and Head of State of Nigeria (b. 1924)
 - Russell Clark, New Zealand artist (b. 1905)
 - Edward Gordon Craig, English theatre practitioner (b. 1872)
 - Jerry Dennerlein, American football player (b. 1915)
 - Harold Egan, Australian rules footballer (b. 1884)
 - Adekunle Fajuyi, Nigerian soldier, first military governor of the Western Region, Nigeria (b. 1926)
 - Billy Fogg, English footballer (b. 1903)
 - Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Indian poet and writer (b. 1928)
 - John Lemmon, British logician (b. 1930)
 - Ian Gordon Lindsay, Scottish architect (b. 1906)
 
30
    
- Hazel Abel, American teacher and politician; United States Senator (b. 1888)
 - George Ford, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (b. 1907)
 - Gen. Otto Fretter-Pico, German general during World War II (b. 1893)
 - Sir Donald Gainer, British diplomat, Ambassador to Venezuela, Brazil, and Poland (b. 1891)
 - Harry Hedgpeth, American baseball player (b. 1888)
 - František Kříž, Czech fencer, competed at the 1912 and 1928 Summer Olympics (b. 1884)
 - Marcella Lindh, American opera singer (b. 1867)
 
31
    
- Andrej Bagar, Slovak film actor (b. 1900)
 - Chester R. Davis, American businessman, Assistant Secretary of the Army (b. 1896)
 - Alexander von Falkenhausen, German general (b. 1878)
 - Lydia Locke, American opera singer (b. 1884)
 - Bud Powell, American jazz pianist (b. 1924)
 
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