Deaths in October 1966
The following is a list of notable deaths in October 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.
October 1966
1
- Michael "Trigger Mike" Coppola, American mobster (b. 1900)
- Donald S. Day, American reporter and collaborator with Nazi Germany (b. 1895)
- Cyril Dumpleton, British politician, MP (b. 1897)
- Germaine Lecomte, French fashion designer (b. 1889)
- Kenneth Mackenzie, British cleric, Bishop of Brechin (b. 1876)
2
- Egmont Arens, American publisher of literature and art, industrial designer, and commercial artist (b. 1889)
- Jules Boedt, Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1884)
- Jumbo Brown, American baseball player (b. 1907)
- Anna Lesznai, Hungarian-born American artist and writer (b. 1995)
3
- George van den Bergh, Dutch law professor and amateur astronomer (b. 1890)
- Teodors Bergs, Latvian chess master (b. 1902)
- Raymond Evershed, 1st Baron Evershed, English judge (b. 1899)
- Ivy Gibbs, English-born Australian and New Zealand writer (b. c. 1886)
- Charles Hand, Hong Kong-born Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly (b. 1900)
- George Heinz, Australian rules footballer (b. 1891)
- Dave Lambert, American jazz singer (b. 1917)
4
- Sherman Billingsley, American nightclub owner (the Stork Club) (b. 1896)
- Oscar Cox, American lawyer and judge (b. 1905)
- Pierre Dufaur de Gavardie, French flying ace of World War I (b. 1890)
- Herbert Henley, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (b. 1889)
- Frederick Jamieson, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (b. 1875)
- Mike Tresh, American baseball player (b. 1914)
5
- Korbinian Aigner, known as Apfelpfarrer ("apple pastor"), German Catholic priest and pomologist (b. 1885)
- Hilda Sofie Kindt, Norwegian politician (b. 1881)
6
- Sir George Abbiss OBE, British Chief Constable in the London Metropolitan Police (b. 1884)
- Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders, English academic, Director of the London School of Economics (b. 1886)
- Pierre Couderc, French screenwriter and actor (b. 1896)
- Mitchell Fields, Romanian-born American sculptor (b. 1901)
- Harry Hanson, American baseball player (b. 1896)
- Eddie Harris, Australian rules footballer (b. 1879)
- Bill Henderson, American baseball player (b. 1901)
7
- Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer and songwriter of urban Greek music (b. 1890)
- John Haire, Baron Haire of Whiteabbey, British politician, MP (b. 1908)
- Mauritz Johansson, Swedish sport shooter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics (b. 1881)
- Johnny Kidd, English singer (b. 1935)
- Smiley Lewis, African-American R&B musician (b. 1913)
- George Magerkurth, American baseball umpire (b. 1888)
8
- Juan Batlle Planas, Spanish-born Argentine painter (b. 1911)
- Célestin Freinet, French educational reformer (b. 1896)
9
- Fedor Astakhov, Soviet Marshal of the aviation (b. 1892)
- William Gage Brady, Jr., American banker, chairman of the National City Bank of New York (b. 1887)
- Leslie Irvin, American parachutist and stuntman (b. 1895)
- Franz Xaver Kappus, Austrian-German writer (b. 1883)
- Artturi Lehtinen, Finnish diplomat, ambassador to Canada (b. 1896)
10
- Melville E. Abrams, American lawyer and politician from New York; member of the NY State Assembly (b. 1912)
- Abraham Binder, American composer (b. 1895)
- Kurt Bolender, German SS-man, operated the gas chambers at Sobibór(b. 1912)
- Colette Bonheur, née Colette Chailler, Canadian singer (b. 1927)
- Charlotte Cooper, English tennis champion (b. 1870)
- Robert Desoille, French psychotherapist (b. 1890)
- Vladimir Dyomin, Soviet footballer and coach (b. 1921)
- Jack Ferguson, Australian rules footballer (b. 1901)
- Wilfrid Lawson, English actor (b. 1900)
- Patsy Gharrity, American baseball player (b. 1892)
- William Wells Hewitt, English-Canadian organist and composer (b. 1898)
- Wilfrid Lawson, English actor (b. 1900)
- Slip Madigan, American football player and coach (b. 1896)
11
- Mabel Conkling, American sculptor (b. 1871)
- Wunibald Kamm, Swiss-born German automobile designer (b. 1893)
- Roger Sherman Loomis, American academic (b. 1887)
- Jack Loutet, Scottish-born Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (b. 1885)
- Filipe Samuel Magaia, Mozambican politician and guerrilla leader (b. 1937)
- Osbert Peake, 1st Viscount Ingleby, British Conservative Party politician (b. 1897)
12
- Venerable Sergio Bernardini, Italian layman beatified by Pope Francis (b. 1882)
- Arthur Lourié, Russian composer (b. 1892)
13
- Muhammad Ibrahim, Pakistani academic, judge, and Minister of Law (b. 1894)
- Thom de Klerk, Dutch musician (b. 1912)
- Gijs Lamoree, Dutch athlete, competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics (b. 1903)
- Maj. Gen. Walter E. Lauer, American commander during World War II (b. 1893)
- Clifton Webb, American actor (b. 1889)
14
- George Carstairs, Australian rugby player (b. 1900)
- Arthur Folwell, English-born Australian rugby player (b. 1904)
- Roswell Clifton Gibbs, American physicist and academic (b. 1878)
15
- Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell CBE, British Labour Party politician (b. 1876)
- Jon Andrå, Norwegian Labour Party politician (b. 1888)
- Lee Blair, American jazz musician (b. 1903)
- Adam Falkenstein, German Assyriologist (b. 1906)
- Ross Gunn, American physicist (b. 1897)
- Jean Lauk, French cyclist (b. 1918)
16
- Arturo Dazzi, Italian artist (b. 1881)
- George O'Hara, American actor (b. 1899)
17
- Dalziel Hammick, British chemist (b. 1887)
- Sidney Hatch, American athlete, silver medalist at the 1904 Summer Olympics (b. 1883)
- Dhammalok Mahasthavir, Nepalese Buddhist monk (b. 1890)
- Vladislav Korchits, Polish-Soviet general and politician (b. 1893)
- Alexander Kulik, Russian cleric (b. 1911)
18
- Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-born beautician and cosmetics entrepreneur (b. 1878)
- Cyril Briggs, Nevis-born American Communist Party leader (b. 1888)
- Joe Chandler, Australian rules footballer (b. 1877)
- Honor Crowley, Irish politician, TD (b. 1903)
- S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founder of Kmart (b. 1867)
19
- Scott Leavitt, American politician, U.S. Representative from Montana (b. 1879)
- Waldo Gifford Leland, American historian and archivist (b. 1879)
- Russell Lewis American football coach (b. 1895)
20
- Harry F. Byrd, American politician, Senator from Virginia (b. 1887)
- Sir Roy Cameron, Australian pathologist, President of the Royal College of Pathologists (b. 1899)
- Charles Catteau, French industrial designer (b. 1880)
- Walter Chadwick, English footballer (b. 1903)
- Mohamed Fawzi, Egyptian composer and singer (b. 1918)
21
- Alfred Cockayne, New Zealand botanist (b. 1880)
- Lewis Cohen, Baron Cohen of Brighton, British politician (b. 1897)
- Gen. Otto von Knobelsdorff, German general during World War II (b. 1886)
- Agnes Syme Macdonald, Scottish suffragist (b. 1882)
22
- George E. Drach, American lawyer and politician (b. 1906)
- Jack Evans, Australian rules footballer (b. 1891)
- John Garrick, British actor (b. 1902)
- P. S. Harrison, Ottoman-born American journalist (b. 1880)
23
- Eugenio Bava, Italian cinematographer (b. 1886)
- George Bell, Australian painter (b. 1878)
- Fred Fussell, American baseball player (b. 1895)
- Rafael Larco Hoyle, Peruvian archaeologist (b. 1901)
- Claire McDowell, silent screen actress (b. 1877)
24
- Joe Bach, American football player (Notre Dame) and coach (Pittsburgh Steelers) (b. 1901)
- Hans Dreier, German-born American art director (b. 1885)
- Leo Friedlander, American sculptor (b. 1888)
- Sam Hardy, English footballer (b. 1882)
- Norman R. Klug, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (b. 1905)
25
- Reginald Crummack, British field hockey player, competed at 1920 Summer Olympics (b. 1887)
- Floyd MacMillan Davis, American artist (b. 1896)
- Col. William O. Eareckson, American Air Force officer (b. 1900)
- Johan Helo, Finnish politician and diplomat, Minister of Finance and ambassador to France (b. 1889)
- Thaddeus Lynch, Irish politician, TD (b. 1901)
26
- Katyayanidas Bhattacharya, Indian philosopher (b. 1917)
- Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932)
- Sir James Coats, 3rd Baronet, British skeleton racer, competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics (b. 1894)
- Bill Cronin, American baseball player (b. 1902)
27
- Mush Crawford, American football player (b. 1898)
- Malcolm Dobie, American-born Canadian politician, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (b. 1885)
- Barry Faulkner, American artist (b. 1881)
- Nigel Haig, English cricketer (b. 1887)
- Peter Harvey, English cricketer (b. 1926)
- Hewlett Johnson, English Anglican priest, Dean of Canterbury (b. 1874)
- Edith Kiss, Hungarian sculptor (b. 1905)
28
- Nikolai Belyaev, Soviet politician, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. 1903)
- Robert Charpentier, French Olympic cyclist (b. 1916)
- Eugène Hénaff, French trade union leader and member of the French Resistance (b. 1904)
- Franz Herterich, German actor (b. 1877)
29
- Wellman Braud, American jazz musician (b. 1891)
- Thomas Brennan, Australian politician, Victorian MLC (b. 1900)
- Jocelyn Brooke, English author (b. 1908)
- Anthony Cavalcante, American politician, United States Representative for Pennsylvania (b. 1897)
- Al Grabowski, American baseball player (b. 1901)
- Peter Illing, Austrian-born British actor (b. 1899)
30
- Dick Barrett, American baseball MLB pitcher (b. 1906)
- Rex Cecil, American baseball player (b. 1916)
- John Drainie, Canadian actor and television presenter (b. 1916)
- Bill Farnsworth, Australian rugby player (b. 1887)
- Elmer Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1884)
31
- Elsie Leslie (b. 1881)
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