Deaths in April 1966
The following is a list of notable deaths in April 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.
April 1966
1
- Karl Adam, German Catholic theologian (b. 1876)
- Arnold Franz Brasz, American artist (b. 1888)
- Sollie Cohen, American football player (b. 1907)
- Dimitar Dimov, Bulgarian writer (b. 1909)
- James G. Ellis, American musician and composer (b. 1880)
- Sister Ignatia, Irish-American nun noted for working with alcoholics (b. 1889)
- Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist (b. 1911)
2
- Charles Brown, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1887)
- C. S. Forester, English author (b. 1899)
- Sverre Hope, Norwegian politician, MP (b. 1902)
- William King, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (b. 1893)
- Vladimir L'vovich Korvin-Piotrovskii, Russian poet and exile (b. 1891)
3
- Russel Crouse, American playwright and librettist (b. 1893)
- Rocco DiSiglio, American boxer and mobster (b. 1939)
- Battista Farina, Italian car designer (b. 1893)
- Stella Weiner Kriegshaber, American pianist (b. 1879)
4
- Bernard Adeney, English painter and textile designer (b. 1878)
- Georges de Crequi-Montfort, French sport shooter, competed in 1912 Olympics and 1924 Olympics (b. 1877)
- Jimmy Daywalt, American race car driver (b. 1924)
- Maurie De Araugo, Australian rules footballer (b. 1902)
- Karl Krook, Swedish tug-of-war competitor, competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics (b. 1887)
- Edmond Locard, French criminologist (b. 1877)
5
- Clarence Owen Cooper, Canadian politician, member of the Canadian House of Commons (b. 1899)
- Harold Costley-White, English Anglican priest (b. 1878)
- Sam Dodge, American baseball player (b. 1889)
- Ragnar Ekberg, Swedish athlete, competed in the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics (b. 1886)
- Slats Gill, American basketball coach (b. 1901)
- Caleb V. Haynes, American Air Force general (b. 1895)
- Tadeusz Kuchar, Polish footballer (b. 1891)
6
- Père Azaïs, French missionary and archeologist (b. 1870)
- Emil Brunner, Swiss Reformed theologian (b. 1889)
- Harold Cotton, Australian cricketer (b. 1914)
- Hans Engen, Norwegian diplomat (b. 1912)
- Julia Faye, American actress (b. 1893)
- Edna Flugrath, American actress (b. 1893)
- Norman Hobbs, English cricketer (b. 1900)
7
- Fred G. Aandahl, American politician, governor of North Dakota (1945–1951), member of U.S. House of Representative (1951–1953) (b. 1897)
- Harry Cator, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1894)
- George Cornelius, Australian rules footballer (b. 1874)
- Basil Davenport, American writer (b. 1905)
- Bert Dingley, American race car driver (b. 1885)
- Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (b. 1919)
- Ebenezer Kendell, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (b. 1886)
8
- John W. Gates, American politician, member of New York State Assembly and New York State Senate (b. 1872)
- Felicjan Kępiński, Polish astronomer (b. 1885)
- Elizabeth O. King, American biologist (b. 1912)
- Carl Schurz Vrooman, Assistant United States Secretary of Agriculture (b. 1872)
9
- Ralph M. Brown, American politician and judge, speaker of the California State Assembly (b. 1908)
- Barry Butler, English footballer (b. 1934)
- Ray Krouse, American football player (b. 1927)
10
- Heinz Barwich, German nuclear physicist, worked on the Soviet atom bomb program (b. 1911)
- Kawabata Ryūshi, Japanese painter (b. 1885)
- Clara Landsberg, American educator (b. 1873)
- Karl Magnussen, Danish cyclist, competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics (b. 1915)
- Evelyn Waugh, English author (b. 1903)
11
- A. B. Campbell, British naval officer and radio personality (b. 1881)
- Roman Dzeneladze, Soviet wrestler, competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics (b. 1933)
- Asmund Enger, Norwegian sports shooter, competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics (b. 1881)
- Rufus Fitzgerald, American academic administrator, Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh (b. 1890)
- Paul Haugh, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (b. 1896)
- Ya'akov Klivnov, Russian-born Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (b. 1887)
- Avtandil Koridze, Georgian-Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler, gold medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics (b. 1935)
12
- Milislav Demerec, Austria-Hungary-born American scientist (b. 1895)
- Sir Waithilingam Duraiswamy, Ceylonese politician, speaker of the State Council of Ceylon (b. 1874)
- Joe Harris, American baseball player (b. 1882)
- Janez Jalen, Yugoslav writer and priest (b. 1891)
- Evgeny Maleev, Soviet paleontologist (b. 1915)
13
- Abdul Salam Arif, Iraqi military office and statesman, President of the Republic (b. 1921)
- Bert Avery, New Zealand rugby league player (b. 1895)
- Clellan Card, American radio personality (b. 1903)
- Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (b. 1881)
- Georges Duhamel, French author (b. 1884).[1]
- Lionel Edwards, British artist (b. 1878)
- Billy Fitchford, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1892)
- William S. Flynn, American politician, Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1885)
- Gussie Gannon, American baseball player (b. 1873)
- Charles Heslop, British actor (b. 1883)
- Felix von Luckner, German naval commander during World War I (b. 1881)
14
- John L. Barkley, United States Army Medal of Honor recipient of World War I (b. 1895)
- Theodore William Chaundy, English mathematician (b. 1889)
- George A. Lundberg, American sociologist (b. 1895)
15
- Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, Pakistani writer and politician, Health Minister of East Pakistan (b. 1906)
- Joseph Crehan, American actor (b. 1883)
- Lloyd Garrett, American vaudeville performer and composer (b. 1886)
- William C. Giese, American educator and politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (b. 1886)
- Robert Leslie Harrison, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (b. 1903)
- Fritz Jenssen, Norwegian politician, mayor of Oslo during Nazi occupation, convicted of treason (b. 1886)
- Elfric Wells Chalmers Kearney, Australian engineer and inventor (b. 1881)
- Rina De Liguoro, Italian actress (b. 1892)
16
- Nandalal Bose, Indian painter (b. 1882)
- Otto Buchinger, German physician (b. 1878)
- Stafford Cassell, American football coach (b. 1909)
- Sir Ernest Gowers, British writer (b. 1880)
- Willie Haupt, American race car driver (b. 1885)
- Sekō Higa, Okinawan martial arts teacher (b. 1898)
- Herschel Johnson, American diplomat, Ambassador to Sweden, the United Nations, and Brazil (b. 1894)
- Eric Lambert, English-born Australian politician (b. 1918)
- Roger Lapham, American politician, Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1883)
- Gaspar Lefebvre, French religious (b. 1880)
17
- Christiane Delyne, American-born French actress (b. 1902)
- Petre V. Haneș, Romanian literary historian (b. 1879)
- John Jewell, English-born South African cricketer (b. 1891)
18
- Ernest Bacon, British wrestler, competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics (b. 1893)
- Maginel Wright Enright, American children's book illustrator (b. 1881)
- Edward Fitzgerald, American ice hockey player, competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics (b. 1891)
- Joseph E. Maddy, American music educator (b. 1891)
19
- Gösta Åsbrink, Swedish gymnast and modern pentathlete; Olympic athlete: gold medal in the 1908 Summer Olympics, silver medal in the 1912 Summer Olympics (b. 1881)
- Jack Cock, English footballer (b. 1893)
- Brigadier Sir Neil Hamilton Fairley, Australian physician and army officer (b. 1891)
- E. Snapper Ingram, American politician (b. 1884)
- Maury Kent, American basketball, baseball, and football coach (b. 1885)
- Javier Solís, Mexican singer (b. 1931)
20
- Rufus Cole, American doctor (b. 1872)
- Earle Cook, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (b. 1881)
- Prince Frederick of Prussia, German-born British aristocrat, Grandson of the last Kaiser (b. 1911)
- Johnny Johnson, British philatelist (b. 1884)
- Jens Kirkegaard, Danish gymnast, silver medalist at the 1912 Summer Olympics (b. 1889)
21
- Sepp Dietrich, Nazi German military leader (b. 1892)
- Tray Grinter, English cricketer (b. 1885)
- Archibald Montgomerie, 17th Earl of Eglinton, Scottish nobleman (b. 1914)
22
- Aslaug Blytt, Norwegian art historian, museum manager, politician (b. 1899)
- Lou Finney, American baseball player (b. 1910)
- Enrico Glori, Italian actor (b. 1901)
- Rienk Kuiper, Dutch-born American theologian and academic (b. 1886)
23
- Naima Akef, Egyptian belly-dancer and actress (b. 1929)
- Heinrich Dollwetzel, East German Major General (b. 1912)
- George Ohsawa, Japanese diet founder (b. 1893)
24
- Melecio Arranz, Filipino politician; member of the Senate (b. 1888)
- Simon Chikovani, Georgian poet and Soviet politician, deputy to the Supreme Soviet (b. 1902)
- J. Morris Foster, American actor (b. 1881)
- Harry R. Jefferson, American football and basketball coach (b. c. 1896)
- Joasaph Leliukhin, Ukrainian cleric, Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia and Exarch of Ukraine (b. 1903)
- Louis A. Johnson, American politician, US Secretary of Defense (b. 1891)
25
- Art Decatur, American baseball player (b. 1894)
- Iorrie Isaacs, Welsh rugby player (b. 1911)
- Maria Nikolaevna Kuznetsova, Russian opera singer (b. 1880)
26
- Earnest Sevier Cox, American Methodist preacher and political activist (b. 1880)
- Bill Everson, Welsh rugby player (b. 1906)
- Roberto Faz, Cuban singer (b. 1914)
- Tom Florie, American soccer player (b. 1897)
- Samuel Kahanamoku, American swimmer, medalist at the 1924 Summer Olympics (b. 1902)
27
- Kenzō Futaki, Japanese doctor (b. 1873)
- Walter P. Kuptz, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (b. 1898)
28
- Joseph Birds, English footballer (b. 1887)
- Gilberto Govi, Italian actor (b. 1885)
29
- Rolf Bergersen, Norwegian sport shooter, world champion and Olympic competitor (b. 1906)
- Earle D. Chesney, American cartoonist (b. 1900)
- William Eccles, British physicist and radio pioneer (b. 1875)
- Catherine Fonteney, French actress (b. 1879)
- Hugo Friend, Austro-Hungarian-born American jurist (b. 1882)
- Tom Hales, Irish republican and politician, TD (b. 1892)
- Sílvio Lagreca, Brazilian football manager (b. 1895)
- Terence MacDermot, Jamaican-born Canadian diplomat, High Commissioner to Australia and South Africa, Ambassador to Israel and Greece (b. 1896)
- Eugene O'Brien, American actor (b. 1880)
30
- Everett Case, American basketball coach (b. 1900)
- Richard Fariña, American writer and folksinger (b. 1937)
- Jan Cornelis Hofman, Dutch painter (b. 1889)
- Shunsuke Kondo, Japanese politician (b. 1890)
- Ernst Heinrich Landrock, German photographer (b. 1878)
- Nicolae Gh. Lupu, Romanian physician (b. 1884)
- Duane Lyman, American architect (b. 1886)
References
- "Georges Duhamel". britannica.com. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
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