Deaths in March 1966
The following is a list of notable deaths in March 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.
March 1966
1
- Hugh Baillie, American journalist, head of UP (b. 1890)
- George William Chafer, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1894)
- Károly Csapkay, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1894)
- Arthur Henry Davey, New Zealand master mariner (b. 1878)
- Rick Decker, American race car driver (b. 1903)
- Karel Dostal, Czech actor (b. 1884)
- Adm. Sir John Eccles, English Royal Navy admiral (b. 1898)
- Fritz Houtermans, German physicist (b. 1903)
- William R. Munroe, American admiral (b. 1886)
- Donald Stewart, American-born English actor (b. 1910)
2
- Vincent Fanelli, American musician (b. 1881)
3
- Alfonso Castaldo, Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop of Naples (b. 1890)
- Peter S. Connor, American marine, received the Medal of Honor (b. 1932)
- Bernard Charles Cotton, English-born Australian malacologist (b. 1905)
- Joseph Fields, American playwright (b. 1895)
- Jack Fier, American film producer (b. 1896)
- William Frawley, American actor (I Love Lucy) (b. 1887)
- William Dickson Lang, British geologist (b. 1878)
- Maxfield Parrish, American artist (b. 1870)
- Alice Pearce, American actress (b. 1917)
4
- Stanley Anderson, English artist (b. 1884)
- Joseph Fields, American playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, and film producer (b. 1895)
- Bernhard Grant, British philatelist (b. 1887)
- Thomas Loveday, British university administrator (b. 1875)
5
- Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (b. 1889)
- Robert John Hibbs, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1943)
- Sir Claude Liardet, British general during World War II (b. 1881)
- Charles Lomberg, Swedish decathlete, silver medalist at the 1912 Summer Olympics (b. 1886)
6
- Louis-Mathias Auger, Canadian teacher and Liberal Party politician, member of the Canadian House of Commons (b. 1902)
- Charles F. Buddy, American Roman Catholic Bishop of San Diego (b. 1887)
- Giorgio Bulgari, Italian businessman (Bulgari) (b. 1890)
- Christian Günther, Swedish diplomat and politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs during World War II (b. 1886)
- Víctor Manuel Gutiérrez, Guatemalan labor leader (b. 1922)
- Richard Hageman, Dutch-born American pianist and composer (b. 1881)
- Gen. Leland Hobbs, American general during World War II (b. 1892)
- Spiridon Kacarosi, Albanian politician, head of the Albanian Secret Service (b. 1891)
- Enrique López Albújar, Peruvian writer (b. 1872)
- Michitaro Totsuka, Japanese admiral (b. 1890)
7
- William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor, English businessman and Conservative Party politician (b. 1907)
- Donald B. Beary, American admiral (b. 1888)
- Bill Cahill, Australian rules footballer (b. 1911)
- George Camsell, English footballer (b. 1902)
- Sir Nigel Colman, 1st Baronet, British politician, MP (b. 1886)
- Hilding Ekman, Swedish runner, competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics (b. 1893)
- Georg Faber, German mathematician (b. 1877)
- Spider Johnson, American football player (b. 1907)
- Yosef Leifer, Austro-Hungarian-born American rabbi (b. 1891)
8
- Sir John Blake-Reed, British judge (b. 1882)
- Roger L. Dell, American jurist, Chief Justice of Minnesota (b. 1897)
- Roderick Falconer, English cricketer (b. 1886)
- Abdel Hadi Al Gazzar, Egyptian painter (b. 1925)
- Adán Gordón, Panamanian swimmer at the 1928 Olympics (b. 1906)
- Sir Norman Kendal, British barrister and police administrator (b. 1880)
9
- John F. Baldwin, Jr., American politician, U.S. Representative from California (b. 1915)
- René Barbier, French fencer, silver medalist at the 1928 Summer Olympics (b. 1891)
- Pablo Birger, Argentine racing driver (b. 1924)
- George Cornell, English criminal (b. c. 1928)
- Gen. Sir Lewis Halliday, English Royal Marines general, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1870)
10
- Walter Heywood Bryan, Australian geologist (b. 1891)
- Émile Coulonvaux, Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1892)
- Sophie Harris, English theatre and opera costume and scenic designer (b. 1900)
- Hubertus Hitschhold, German Luftwaffe pilot during World War II (b. 1912)
- Frank O'Connor, Irish writer (b. 1903)
- Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
11
- James Barnhill, American football official (b. 1921)
- James E. Fitzsimmons, American racehorse trainer (b. 1874)
- Ivan Greenberg, English journalist (b. 1896)
- Frank Hodgins, Australian rules footballer (b. 1888)
- W. M. Holland, American politician, mayor of Dallas (b. 1875)
- Willis Kent, American film producer (b. 1878)
- Jean Laigret, French biologist (b. 1893)
12
- Victor Brauner, Romanian artist (b. 1903)
- George Caldwell, American builder (b. 1892)
- Sir Sydney Camm, English aeronautical engineer (b. 1893)
- Néstor Guillén, Bolivian politician, President of Bolivia (b. 1890)
13
- Guido Bruck, Austrian numismatist (b. 1920)
- Max Clara, Italian-born German anatomist (b. 1899)
- Johnny Duncan, Scottish footballer (b. 1896)
- Henry R. Harmer, British philatelist (b. 1870)
- Frederick Lister, British Legionnaire (b. 1886 or 1887)
- Verner Magnusson, Swedish long-distance runner, competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics (b. 1890)
14
- Leon Isserlis, Russian-born British statistician (b. 1881)
- Lee Magee, American baseball player and manager (b. 1889)
15
- Osendé Afana, Cameroonian guerrilla (b. 1930)
- Ruth Dalton, British politician, MP (b. 1890)
- Yenovk Der Hagopian, Turkish-born American artist (b. 1900)
- James Donahue, American pentathlete, silver medalist at 1912 Summer Olympics (b. 1885)
- Norman Augustus Finch, English sergeant in the Royal Marines, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1890)
- Chappie Geygan, American baseball player (b. 1903)
- Henry D. Larcade Jr., American politician, U.S. Representative from Louisiana (b. 1890)
16
- Joseph-Odilon Duval, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (b. 1895)
- Gavriil Gorelov, Russian painter (b. 1880)
- Lê Văn Đệ, Vietnamese painter (b. 1906)
17
- Don Eagle, Canadian wrestler (b. 1925)
- Lindsay Merritt Inglis, New Zealand general and chief judge of the Allied Control Commission's Supreme Court in Germany after World War II (b. 1894)
- Santiago Lovell, Argentine boxer, gold medalist at the 1932 Summer Olympics (b. 1912)
18
- Frank Bennett, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox) (b. 1904)
- Frank Gaha, Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives (b. 1894)
- Arthur T. Hannett, American politician, Governor of New Mexico (b. 1884)
- Osvald Helmuth, Danish actor (b. 1894)
- Robert F. Hill, Canadian film director (b. 1886)
19
- Erik Aaes, Danish set designer and art director (b. 1899)
- Josué Jéhouda, Russian-born Swiss writer and Zionist (b. 1892)
20
- Laurence Abrams, English professional footballer (b. 1889)
- Demetrios Galanis, Greek artist (b. 1879)
- Anne Hocking, British writer (b. 1890)
- Johnny Morrison, professional baseball player (b. 1895)
21
- Norman Coates, British army officer and politician, MP (b. 1890)
- Tom Fern, English footballer (b. 1886)
- Frank Finnan, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (B. 1897)
- Ronald Acott Hall, British diplomat and politician (b. 1892)
- Sam Honaker, American football player (b. 1887)
- Solomon Clifford Joseph, British flying ace during World War I (b. 1893)
22
- Bruno Bieler, German general during World War II (b. 1888)
- Horrie Brain, Australian rules footballer (b. 1885)
- Henry Bray, Australian rules footballer (b. 1891)
- Gen. Sir Dallas Brooks, British military commander, Governor of Victoria, Australia (b. 1896)
- Everett Glass, American actor (b. 1891)
- John Harlin, American mountaineer (b. 1935)
- Jacob Lestschinsky, Ukrainian-born American-Israeli statistician (b. 1876)
23
- Peggy Allenby, American silent film, television, and radio actress (b. 1901)
- August Bach, East German politician (b. 1897)
- Bertil Bothén, Swedish sailor, competitor at the 1912 Summer Olympics (b. 1892)
- Fred T. Long, American baseball player and football coach (b. 1896)
- Marie Elisabeth Lüders, German politician, member of the Reichstag and of the Bundestag (b. 1878)
24
- Carl Becker, German Wehrmacht general during World War II (b. 1895)
- Joseph Leonard Burley, Australian rules football executive (b. 1878)
- Albert Evans, English footballer and manager (b. 1874)
- Frederic Foley, American urologist (b. 1891)
- Virginia Hill, American organized crime figure (b. 1916)
- Morten Ansgar Kveim, Norwegian pathologist (b. 1892)
- Walter Lawrence, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (b. 1895)
- Muhammad Ali Luqman, Yemeni writer and journalist (b. 1898)
25
- G.R. Blanco White, English judge (b. 1883)
- Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo, Maharajah of Bastar state (b. 1929)
- Venelin Ganev, Bulgarian politician and regent for tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria (b. 1880)
- Serafima Hopner, Soviet politician (b. 1880)
26
- Wilhelm Engel Bredal, Norwegian politician, Member of Parliament (b. 1907)
- Morris Doob, American sports shooter, competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics (b. 1907)
- Robert Gibson, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (b. 1932)
- Victor Hochepied, French swimmer, competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics (b. 1883)
27
- Sir Archer Baldwin, British Conservative Party Member of Parliament (b. 1883)
- Pannalal Bhattacharya, Bengali singer
- Jan Čarek, Czech writer (b. 1898)
- Hermann Garrn, German footballer (b. 1888)
- Hermann Harrendorf, German general during World War II (b. 1896)
- Ragnar Josephson, Swedish art historian (b. 1891)
- Karl König, Austrian paediatrician (b. 1902)
- Helen Menken, American actress (b. 1901)
28
- Roy Bell, New Zealand-Australian ornithologist (b. 1882)
- William W. Church, American football coach (b. 1874)
- Toni Edgar-Bruce, British actress (b. 1892)
- Buntarō Futagawa, Japanese film director (b. 1899)
- Max Ilgner, German industrialist, board member of IG Farben and convicted of spoliation and plunder after World War II (b. 1899)
- George Ward Linn, American philatelist (b. 1884)
29
- Alfred Edwin Brain Jr., English-born American musician (b. 1885)
- Knut Gard, Norwegian resistance leader (b. 1905)
- Jazz Gillum, American harmonica player (b. 1902 or 1904)
- Stylianos Gonatas, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece 1922-1924 (b. 1876)
- Dessaline Harris, Liberian jurist, member of the Supreme Court of Liberia (b. 1895)
- Albert-Édouard Janssen, Belgian banker and politician, Minister of Finance (b. 1883)
- Leon Lumsdaine, Chinese-born British athlete, competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics (b. 1923)
30
- Frederick Gordon Bradley, Canadian and Newfoundland politician, member of the Canadian House of Commons and Canadian Senate, Secretary of State for Canada (b. 1886)
- Jelly d'Arányi, Hungarian violinist (b. 1893)
- Kim Jong-oh, South Korean soldier, president of the South Korean Military Academy (b. 1921)
- Sir Clutha Mackenzie, New Zealand politician, MP (b. 1895)
- Erwin Piscator, German theater director (b. 1893)
31
- Grady Adkins, nicknamed "Butcher Boy", American professional baseball player (Chicago White Sox) (b. 1897)
- Fortunato Calcagno, Italian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (b. 1900)
- William David Doherty, English rugby player and hospital administrator (b. 1893)
- Arthur Robert Hogg, Australian physicist and astronomer (b. 1903)
- Samuel A. Levine, Polish-born American cardiologist (b. 1891)
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