Deaths in May 1966
The following is a list of notable deaths in May 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.
May 1966
Torsten Kumfeldt
Anna Langfus
Stanisław Jerzy Lec
1
- Albert Arnal, Valencian pilotari (b. 1913)
- Lee Tung Foo, American actor (b. 1875)
- Harold A. Henry, American newspaper publisher and politician (b. 1895)
2
- Bill Amery, Australian rules footballer (b. 1894)
- Bernice Fisher, American civil rights activist (b. 1916)
- Agostinho Fortes Filho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1901)
- Egbert Cornelis Nicolaas van Hoepen, Dutch paleontologist (b. 1884)
- Percy Kahn, English pianist and composer (b. 1880)
- Torsten Kumfeldt, Swedish water polo player, medalist at the 1908, 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics (b. 1886)
- Jack London, Guyana-born British athlete, bronze medalist at the 1928 Summer Olympics (b. 1905)
3
- Alan Don, English Anglican priest, Dean of Westminster during Elizabeth II's coronation (b. 1885)
- John Gaddy, American baseball player (b. 1914)
- George Lomer, Australian rules footballer (b. 1904)
4
- Mick Anthony, Australian rules footballer (b. 1894)
- Timothy Bevington, English and Canadian cricketer (b. 1881)
- Wojciech Brydziński, Polish actor (b. 1877)
- Bob Elliott, American baseball player (b. 1916)
- Atulkrishna Ghosh, Indian revolutionary (b. 1890)
- Adam Królikiewicz, Polish horseman, bronze medalist at the 1924 Summer Olympics (b. 1894)
5
- S. K. Gurunathan, Indian sports journalist (b. 1908)
- George Racey Jordan, American military officer (b. 1898)
- Josiah K. Lilly Jr., American businessman (b. 1893)
7
- Lucy Grant Cannon, American religious leader (b. 1880)
- Hamilton Corbett, American football player (b. 1888)
- Leonard Deadwyler, American killed by police (b. c. 1941)
- Carlos Luis Fallas, Costa Rican writer (b. 1909)
- Walter Sherman Gifford, American corporate executive (AT&T) and diplomat (ambassador to the United Kingdom) (b. 1885)
- Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Polish poet (b. 1909)
8
- Stefan Anderson, Swedish industrialist, journalist and watchmaker (b. 1878)
- Elisha T. Barrett, American politician from New York, member of the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate (b. 1902)
- Harry Anson Finney, American professor of accounting (b. 1886)
- Joseph Anthony Gray, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania (b. 1884)
- Cam Malfroy, New Zealand tennis player (b. 1909)
- Erich Pommer, German film producer (b. 1889)
9
- Joseph Sterling Bridwell, American oilman (b. 1885)
- Flame Delhi, American baseball player (b. 1892)
- Daniel O. Hastings, American politician, U.S. Senator from Delaware (b. 1874)
10
- Erich Engel, German film and theatre director (b. 1891)
- Antonio Magarotto, Italian educator (b. 1891)
11
- Hilary A. Bush, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (b. 1905)
- Sir Herbert Butcher, 1st Baronet, English politician, MP (b. 1901)
- John James Carrick, American-born Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons (b. 1873)
- Henry S. Caulfield, American politician, Governor of Missouri (b. 1873)
- Rolf Hofmo, Norwegian politician (b. 1898)
- Thomas Hughes Jones, Welsh poet (b. 1895)
- Alfred Wintle, British army officer and eccentric (b. 1897)
12
- Stephen Campbell, Guyanese politician, MP (b. 1897)
- Bruce Eddis, English cricketer (b. 1883)
- Anna Langfus, Polish-French author (b. 1920)
- Sadie Macdonald, Australian-born New Zealand nurse (b. 1886)
13
- Henrik Adam Due, American-born Norwegian violinist (b. 1891)
14
- Joseph Williams Armstrong, English footballer (b. 1892)
- Tom Connolly, American baseball player (b. 1892)
- Irv Constantine, American football player (b. 1907)
- Georgia Douglas Johnson, American poet (b. 1880)
15
- Kathryn Forbes, American writer (b. 1908)
- Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, President of El Salvador (assassinated) (b. 1882)
- Fritz Jack, German fencer at the 1908, 1912 and 1928 Summer Olympics (b. 1879)
- Titien Sumarni, Indonesian actress (b. 1932)
16
- Adm. William Carr, English-born Australian admiral (b. 1883)
- Eddie Casey, American football player and coach (b. 1894)
- Gen. Merritt B. Curtis, American brigadier general and politician (b. 1892)
- Robert Willard Hodgson, American academic (b. 1893)
- Albert Jelley, New Zealand cricket umpire (b. 1894)
- Johnny MacGregor, Australian rules footballer (b. 1889)
17
- Vahram Alazan, Soviet Armenian poet, writer and public activist, the First Secretary of the Writers Union of Armenia from 1933 to 1936 (b. 1903)
- Deng Tuo, Chinese writer (b. c. 1911)
- Thomas Harper Goodspeed, American botanist (b. 1887)
- Olav Kjelbotn, Norwegian cross-country skier, competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics (b. 1898)
18
- Paul Althaus, German Lutheran theologian (b. 1888)
- Punk Berryman, American football player and coach (b. 1892)
- Paul Joseph Chartier, Canadian would-be bomber of the House of Commons (b. 1921)
- Lee Gooch, American baseball player (b. 1890)
- Panchanan Maheshwari, Indian botanist (b. 1904)
- Korokī Mahuta, New Zealand Māori King (b. 1906_
19
- Theodore F. Green, American politician, Governor of Rhode Island and United States Senator (b. 1867)
- Horrie Jose, Australian rules footballer (b. 1893)
20
- Hester Adrian, Baroness Adrian, British mental health worker (b. 1899)
- Carlos Arruza, nicknamed "El Ciclón" ("the cyclone"), Mexican bullfighter (b. 1920)
- Ermin Garcia, Filipino journalist (b. 1921)
21
- Henry Balding Lewis, American general during World War II (b. 1889)
- Pat O'Malley, American actor (b. 1890)
- Lady Dorothy Macmillan, British wife of the prime minister (b. 1900)
22
- John Byers, American architect (b. 1875)
- William Dickson, English-born Australian politician (b. 1893)
- Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b. 1900)
- Arnold Hauser, American baseball player (b. 1888)
- Charles Alvin Jones, American judge, federal appeals judge and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (b. 1887)
23
- Charles Brand, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (b. 1871)
- Sam Cooke, Australian rules footballer (b. 1883)
- Hubert Creekmore, American poet and author (b. 1907)
- Louis-Charles Damais, French Orientalist (b. 1911)
- Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (b. 1902)
- Dimitrios Geraniotis, Greek artist (b. 1871)
- Jacko Heaslip, Irish cricketer (b. 1899)
- Lazarus Joseph, American politician, member of the New York State Senate (b. 1891)
24
- Henri Barbé, French Communist and collaborator with Nazi Germany (b. 1902)
- Jim Barnes, English golf champion (b. 1886)
- Pierre de Lagarde Boal, American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua and to Bolivia (b. 1895)
- Alexandru Cazaban, Romanian writer (b. 1872)
- Sir Herbert Dowbiggin, British Inspector General of Police of Ceylon (b. 1880)
- Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (b. 1885)
- Niaz Fatehpuri, Indian-born Pakistani writer (b. 1884)
- Ove Frederiksen, Danish tennis player, competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics (b. 1884)
- Theresa Garnett, British suffragist (b. 1888)
- Hans Hansen, German architect (b. 1889)
- Gen. Nawab Sir Sadeq Mohammad Khan V, Nawab of Bahawalpur State (b. 1904)
25
- William Acorn, Canadian automobile dealer and politician; member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island (b. 1915)
- André Baugé, French opera and operetta singer and film actor (b. 1893)
- Salvatore Cioffi, a.k.a. Lokanatha, Italian Buddhist missionary (b. 1897)
- Fred Jones, New Zealand politician, Minister of Defence during World War II (b. 1884)
- Vernon Sturdee, Australian general (b. 1890)
26
- Don Castle, American actor (b. 1917)
- Elizabeth Dilling, American anti-communist and antisemitic activist (b. 1894)
- Edmond T. Gréville, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
27
- Vic Buchanan, Australian rules footballer (b. 1899)
- Herbert Körner, German cinematographer (b. 1902)
28
- Simon Ericsson, Swedish rower, competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics (b. 1886)
- George Garrett, British labour activist (b. 1896)
- Harry Haraldsen, Norwegian cyclist and speed skater, competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and the 1936 Winter Olympics (b. 1911)
- Edward Harrington, Australian poet (b. 1895)
29
- James Woolf, British film producer (b. 1919)
- Ignace Lepp, Estonian-born French priest and writer (b. 1909)
- Duncan Alexander Eliott Mackintosh, Scottish clan chief (b. 1884)
30
- Wäinö Aaltonen, Finnish artist and sculptor (b. 1894)
- Vladimir Alafuzov, Soviet admiral (b. 1901)
- Oscar Walter Cisek, Romanian writer (b. 1897)
- Christian Mahler, German Communist activist (b. 1905)
31
- Gen. William H. Blanchard, United States Air Force general (b. 1916)
- Dorothy Kelly, American actress (b. 1894)
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