Deaths in February 1966
The following is a list of notable deaths in February 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.
February 1966
1
- Roswell M. Austin, American politician and attorney; Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives (b. 1887)
- Charles Belden, American photographer (b. 1887)
- Stuart Campbell, British journalist and editor (b. 1908)
- Arthur Curle, British cricketer (b. 1895)
- Gen. John D'Arcy, British Army officer (b. 1894)
- William Harrigan, American actor (b. 1894)
- Hedda Hopper, American gossip columnist (b. 1885)
- Buster Keaton, American actor and film director (b. 1895)
- Joseph R. Knowland, American politician and newspaper publisher (b. 1873)
3
- Gianni Di Venanzo, Italian cinematographer (b. 1920)
- Cowboy Hill, American football player (b. 1899)
- Jack Keily, Australian rules footballer (b. 1898)
- Kamil Abdul Rahim, Egyptian diplomat (b. 1897)
- June Walker, American actress (b. 1900)
4
- Lucius Beebe, American author and syndicated columnist (b. 1902)
- Ady Berber, Austrian film actor (b. 1913)
- Sir Lance Brisbane, Australian businessman (b. 1893)
- Irvin Brooks, American baseball player (b. 1891)
- Charles Comber, Australian rules footballer (b. 1891)
- Howard Dea, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1891)
- Robert Graf, German actor (b. 1923)
- Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, Ottoman Empire-born American and Canadian journalist (editor of National Geographic Magazine) (b. 1875).[1]
- Harold Hayman, British politician, MP (b. 1894)
5
- Ludwig Binswanger, Swiss psychiatrist, pioneer in existential psychology (b. 1881)
- John Breen, Australian politician, Member of the Australian House of Representatives (b. 1898)
6
- Paul Bardal, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (b. 1889)
- Wayne G. Borah, United States federal judge (b. 1891)
- Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film mogul (b. 1877)
- Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman, Turkish general (b. 1882)
- Algot Haquinius, Swedish pianist and composer (b. 1886)
- Vilis Lācis, Latvian writer and Soviet politician (b. 1904)
- Narcisa de León, Filipino film producer (b. 1877)
7
- Bill Dole, American football coach (b. 1909)
- James A. Gardner, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1943)
- Leopold van der Pals, Russian-born Dutch composer (b. 1884)
8
- Vernon Andrade, American jazz bandleader active primarily in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s (b. 1902)
- William L. Clayton, American Under Secretary of State (b. 1880)
- James Creese, American academic administrator (b. 1896)
- Paul Sophus Epstein, Polish-born Russian-American mathematical physicist (b. 1883)
- Karl Kangas, Finnish wrestler, competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics (b. 1886)
- Juho Karvonen, Finnish politician, MP (b. 1888)
9
- Bruno Ahlberg, Finnish boxer, Olympic athlete (1932 and 1936) (b. 1911)
- Giovanni Benfratello, Italian fencer, competitor at the 1912 Summer Olympics (b. 1888)
- Budd Fine, American actor (b. 1894)
- Ignacio Hidalgo de Cisneros, Spanish aviator during the Spanish Civil War (b. 1896)
- Sophie Tucker, American singer (b. 1884)
10
- Theodor Beckmann, German Luftwaffe officer during World War II (b. 1897)
- Bruno Bitkowski, Canadian all-star football centre (Ottawa Rough Riders) (b. 1929)
- Ryan DeGraffenried, Sr., American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (b. 1925)
- William Dillon, American songwriter (b. 1877)
- Adm. Sir John Edelsten, British Royal Navy admiral (b. 1891)
- Gen. J. F. C. Fuller, British Army general during World War I (b. 1878)
- Mary Agnes Hamilton, British politician, MP (b. 1884)
- Osie Johnson, American musician (b. 1923)
- Billy Rose, American composer and band leader (b. 1899)
11
- Reginald Boden, English cricketer (b. 1884)
- Fred E. Busbey, American politician, U.S. Representative from Illinois (b. 1895)
- Victor-Stanislas Chartrand, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (b. 1887)
12
- Leon Beer, Australian rules footballer (b. 1903)
- Oswald Lewis, British politician, MP (b. 1887)
13
Marguerite Long ca. 1900
- Roy Crisp, Australian rules footballer (b. 1890)
- Calle Jularbo, Swedish accordionist (b. 1893)
- Marguerite Long, French pianist (b. 1874)
14
- Hugo Björne, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
- Germain Caron, Canadian politician, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (b. 1910)
- Charles Chellapah, Singaporean photojournalist (b. 1939)
- Jack Coffey, American baseball player (b. 1887)
- Adrian Cole, Australian Air Vice Marshal (b. 1895)
- François Demol, Belgian footballer (b. 1895)
- Ernest Albert Egerton, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1897)
- Charles Elsey, British race horse trainer (b. 1882)
- Jørgen Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Danish sculptor (b. 1895)
- Walter Layton, 1st Baron Layton, British economist, newspaperman, and politician (b. 1884)
15
- James B. Allardice, American television comedy writer of the 1950s and 1960s (b. 1919)
- Spence Burton, American-born Anglican bishop of Nassau, Bahamas (b. 1881)
- Gerard Ciołek, Polish architect and historian of gardens (b. 1909)
- Hedwig Conrad-Martius, German phenomenologist and mystic (b. 1888)
- Armando Fizzarotti, Italian screenwriter and film director (b. 1892)
- Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombian priest and guerrilla leader (b. 1929)
16
- Georgi Belev, Bulgarian opera singer (b. 1908)
- Paul Henri Bouffard, Canadian politician, member of the Senate of Canada (b. 1895)
- John Thomas Davies, English Anglican priest (b. 1881)
- Károly Escher, Hungarian photographer (b. 1890)
- Gwendolen Guinness, Countess of Iveagh, Anglo-Irish aristocrat and politician, MP (b. 1881)
17
- Archibald Acheson, 6th Earl of Gosford, British nobleman (b. 1911)
- Siegmund Beutum, Austrian chess master (b. 1890)
- Syd Carman, Australian rules footballer (b. 1901)
- Chen Shutong, Chinese politician (b. 1876)
- Mike Chornohus, Austria-Hungary-born Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (b. 1888)
- Charles Hobson, Baron Hobson, British politician, MP (b. 1904)
- Hans Hofmann, German-born American painter (b. 1880)
- Frank Joy, English cricketer (b. 1880)
- Gail Kane, American actress (b. 1885)
18
- Mary Patricia Anderson, New Zealand politician, one of the first two women appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council (b. 1887)
- Heinz Baader, German Luftwaffe officer during World War II (b. 1916)
- James Harry Beatty, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (b. 1890)
- Rick Bockelie, Norwegian sailor, gold medalist at the 1924 Summer Olympics (b. 1902)
- Carol Ann Drazba, American military nurse killed in Vietnam War (b. 1943)
- Daniel D. Fernández, American soldier, recipient of the Medal of Honor (b. 1944)
- Frank Lukis, Australian air force commodore (b. 1896)
- Stanisław Mackiewicz, Russian-born Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland (government in exile) (b. 1896)
- Robert Rossen, American film director (b. 1908)[2]
19
- Harry Geisel, American baseball umpire (b. 1888)
- James Edward Grant, American writer (b. 1905)
- Gilder D. Jackson Jr., American Marine Corps general (b. 1893)
- Max Leslie, Australian rules footballer (b. 1922)
- Arthur Lockwood, British politician (b. 1883)
20
- Solomon Asch, Polish gestalt psychologist and pioneer in social psychology in the United States (b. 1907)
- Fernand Francell, French opera singer and actor (b. 1880)
- Chester Gore, American art director (b. 1893)
- Louise Guthrie, South African botanist (b. 1879)
- Johnny Hart, Australian rules footballer (b. 1888)
- Pop Laval, American photographer (b. 1882)
- Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (b. 1885)
21
- Harold Glanville (junior), British politician (b. 1884)
- Guy Jackson, English cricketer (b. 1896)
22
- Everitt P. Blizard, Canadian-born American nuclear physicist and engineer (b. 1916)
- Bernard Braskamp, American Presbyterian minister, Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1887)
- Georg Erdmann, Norwegian sports shooter, competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics (b. 1875)
- Melchor Fernández Almagro, Spanish writer, historian and journalist (b. 1893)
- Joseph Kiwánuka, Ugandan Roman Catholic Archbishop of Rubaga (b. 1899)
23
- Billy Kyle, American pianist (b. 1914)
24
- Jean d'Esme, French writer (b. 1894)
- Frederick Gentle, British judge (b. 1892)
- Billy Hampson, British football player and manager (b. 1882)
- William Major, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (b. 1896)
25
- Garland Braxton, American baseball player (b. 1900)
- Ira Delbert Cotnam, Canadian politician, member of the Canadian House of Commons (b. 1883)
- Melchor Fernández Almagro, Spanish writer (b. 1893)
- G. C. Foster, Jamaican sportsman (b. 1885)
- Victor Kravchenko, Russian-born American writer (b. 1905)
26
- José María Albareda, Spanish scientist, Secretary General and head of the Higher Council of Scientific Research (CSIC) (b. 1902)
- Emiliano Chamorro Vargas, President of Nicaragua (b. 1871)
- Sir Guy Dain, English physician (b. 1870)
- Adm. Richard Bell Davies, British Royal Navy officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1886)
- Les Davis, American football coach (b. 1900)
- Karl Jørgensen, Danish actor (b. 1890)
- Mientje Kling, Dutch actress (b. 1894)
- Walter König, Polish industrialist (b. 1903)
- Reg Mackey, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1899)
- Gino Severini, Italian painter (b. 1883)
27
- Curt Badinski, German Wehrmacht general during World War II (b. 1890)
28
- Elliot See, American test pilot and NASA astronaut (b. 1927)[3][4]
- Charles Bassett, American test pilot and NASA astronaut (b. 1931)[3][4]
- Schamyl Bauman, Swedish film director (b. 1893)
- George Harrison Dunbar, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (b. 1878)
- Jonathan Hale, Canadian-born American actor (b. 1891)[5]
- Léonie Keingiaert de Gheluvelt, Belgian feminist, first female mayor of a town in Belgium (b. 1885)
References
- "Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor". britannica.com. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
- "Robert Rossen Is Dead at 57; Maker of Films for 30 Years; Writer-Director-Producer Won International Fame for Trenchant Realism". The New York Times. February 19, 1966. p. 27. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
- "2 SPACE MEN PERISH IN JET". Chicago Tribune. February 27, 1966. p. 1.
- Grimwood, James M.; Hacker, Barton C.; Vorzimmer, Peter J. "PART III (B) Flight Tests January 1966 through February 1967". Project Gemini Technology and Operations - A Chronology. NASA Special Publication-4002. NASA. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- "Blondie Film Actor Hale Kills Self". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. AP. March 1, 1966. Page 19, columns 4-5. Retrieved March 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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