Deaths in July 1966
The following is a list of notable deaths in July 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.
July 1966
1
- Wiri Baker, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1892)
- Pauline Boty, British artist (b. 1938)
- Johnny Bryan, American football player and coach (b. 1897)
- Georg Ehrlich, Austrian-born British sculptor (b. 1897)
- Bill Galvin, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (b. 1903)
- Frank Halloran, Australian rules footballer (b. 1912)
2
- Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (b. 1900)
- Minnie D. Craig, American politician, Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives (b. 1883)
- St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Russian Orthodox hierarch and saint (b. 1896)
- Holger Lindberg, Swedish wrestler, competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics (b. 1894)
3
- Kees Boeke, Dutch pacifist and tax resister (b. 1884)
- Robert Cochrane, English occultist (b. 1931)
- André Gailhard, French composer (b. 1885)
- Eleanor Margaret Green, Princess Viggo, Countess of Rosenborg, American-born Danish princess (b. 1895)
- Paul Conway Leahy, American federal judge (b. 1904)
- Deems Taylor, American composer (b. 1885)
4
- Dorothy Aldis, American children's author and poet (b. 1896)
- Louis Couffignal, French mathematician (b. 1902)
- Georges Dumont, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick (b. 1898)
- Archie Latimer Hodgins, Canadian politician, member of the Canadian House of Commons (b. 1876)
- Otto Lindig, German potter (b. 1895)
5
- Robin Sutcliffe Allan, New Zealand geologist and university professor (b. 1900)
- Edward Pierrepont Beckwith, American scientist (b. 1877)
- Vinson Allen Collins, American politician, member of the Texas Senate (b. 1867)
- Pete Fox, American baseball player (b. 1909)
- George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
- Ole Jørgensen, Norwegian politician, MP (b. 1897)
6
- Harold Breen, Australian public servant (b. 1893)
- Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1892)
- Anne Nagel, American actress (b. 1915)
- Benjamin Horsley Littleton, American federal judge (b. 1889)
7
- Yoshishige Abe, Japanese philosopher, educator, and statesman in Shōwa period Japan; Minister of Education (b. 1883)
- Carmelita Geraghty, American actress (b. 1901)
- Alberto Gout, Mexican screenwriter and film director (b. 1913)
8
- Dick Christy, American football player (b. 1935)
- Herbert Elphinstone, Australian cricket umpire (b. 1905)
- Horst Fischer, German war criminal, last person guillotined in Germany (b. 1912)
- James Ernest Karnes, American soldier awarded the Medal of Honor (b. 1889)
- Clyde Lamb, American illustrator and convicted robber (b. 1913)
- William Alexander McKenzie, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (b. 1874)
- George Minter, English film producer (b. 1911)
9
- Sir John Lindsay Dashwood, 10th Baronet, English aristocrat (b. 1896)
- Walter Gerwig, German lutenist (b. 1899)
10
- Raphaël Etifier, French politician, member of the French senate (b. 1889)
- Gʻafur Gʻulom, Uzbek writer (b. 1903)
- Charles Goethe, American eugenicist (b. 1875)
- Malvina Hoffman, American sculptor (b. 1885)
- Gussy Holl, German actress (b. 1888)
11
- Billy Butler, English footballer (b. 1900)
- Barney Lutz, American baseball player (b. 1915)
- Delmore Schwartz, American poet (b. 1913)
12
- Vera Franceschi, American pianist (b. 1926)
- Leicester Gilbert-Lodge, British philatelist (b. 1882)
- Liangqing, Chinese monk (b. 1896)
- D. T. Suzuki, Japanese philosopher (b. 1870)
13
- Genica Athanasiou, Romanian-French actress (b. 1897)
- Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, member of the British Royal Family, granddaughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1884)
- Harald Jensen, Danish-born Australian geologist (b. 1879)
- David H. Keller, American writer (b. 1880)
- Reino Ragnar Lehto, Finnish politician, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1898)
- Eric Macfadyen, British politician, MP (b. 1879)
- Victorio Macho, Spanish sculptor (b. 1887)
14
- William Hawksworth, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1911)
- Nicolaas de Jong, Dutch cyclist, competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics (b. 1887)
- Nils Lavik, Norwegian politician, Member of the Storting (parliament) (b. 1884)
- Julie Manet, French painter (b. 1878)
- Sigfred Madsen, Danish boxer, competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics (b. 1915)
15
- Seyfi Arkan, Turkish architect (b. 1903)
- Francis Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, British politician (b. 1883)
- Wilhelm Cornides, Wehrmacht sergeant in World War II, diarist (b. 1920)
- Clarence Gamble, American birth control advocate (b. 1894)
- August Lindberg, Swedish trade unionist (b. 1885)
16
- Arthur Adamson, Australian rules football player (b. 1882)
- Richard Craig, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (b. 1877)
- Agnes Dollan, Scottish suffragist and politician (b. 1887)
- Tom Hammond, Australian rules footballer (b. 1896)
- James Butler Hare, American politician, United States representative from South Carolina (b. 1918)
- Bernhard Schweitzer, German archaeologist (b. 1892)
17
- August Baeyens, Belgian violist and composer (b. 1895)
- Charles Creed, French-born British fashion designer (b. 1909)
- Nils Dahl, Norwegian runner, competed at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics (b. 1882)
- Albert Freethy, Welsh rugby referee and cricketer (b. 1885)
- Kurt Herlth, German set designer (b. 1896)
18
- Bobby Fuller, American musician (b. 1942)
- Russell Madden, Australian rules footballer (b. 1910)
19
- Walter Aitkenhead, Scottish footballer (b. 1887)
- Mary Jobe Akeley, American explorer and author (b. 1878)
- Joaquín Albareda y Ramoneda, Spanish Roman Catholic Cardinal (b. 1892)
- Maxine Albro, American painter, muralist, lithographer, mosaic artist, and sculptor (b. 1903)
- Franz Lahner, Austro-Hungarian flying ace in World War I (b. 1893)
- Hans Ji Maharaj, Indian religious leader (b. 1900)
20
- Elizabeth Amsden, American operatic soprano and actress (b. 1881)
- Alexander Bazhbeuk-Melikyan, Soviet artist, graphic designer and sculptor (b. 1891)
- Anne Beffort, Luxembourg educator and author (b. 1880)
- Julien Carette, French actor (b. 1897)
- Donald Gee, British theologian (b. 1891)
- Pat Hanley, American football player and coach (b. 1896)
- Józef Kisielewski, Polish politician and writer (b. 1905)
21
- Francis Stewart Briggs, Australian aviator (b. 1897)
- Francesco Paolo Cantelli, Italian mathematician (b. 1875)
- Philipp Frank, Austrian-born American scientist and philosopher (b. 1884)
- John French, English photographer (b. 1907)
- Julian Hochfeld, Polish Marxist (b. 1911)
- A G Street, English farmer, author and broadcaster (b. 1892)
22
- Vladimir Abrikosov, Russian Catholic priest of the Byzantine rite (b. 1880)
- Lauro Ayestarán, Uruguayan musicologist (b. 1913)
- Berend Carp, Dutch sailor, competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics (b. 1901)
- Harriet Daggett, American law professor (b. 1891)
- Frank Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1882)
- Edward Gourdin, American long jumper, silver medalist at the 1924 Summer Olympics (b. 1897)
- Pavlos Gyparis, Greek army officer and politician, MP (b. 1882)
23
- Kurt Albrecht, German military officer during World War II (b. 1895)
- Margaret Bennell, English educator (b. 1893)
- Vito R. Bertoldo, United States Army soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
- Montgomery Clift, American actor (b. 1920)
- Lo La Chapelle, Dutch footballer, medalist at the 1908 Summer Olympics (b. 1888)
- Douglass Montgomery, American actor (b. 1907)
24
- Aftimios Ofiesh, American Orthodox bishop (b. 1880)
- George Brook, English cricketer (b. 1888)
- Harry Cobe, American racecar driver (b. 1885)
- Holger J. Jensen, Danish painter (b. 1900)
- Arthur B. Langlie, American politician, Governor of Washington (b. 1900)
- Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
- José Magnani, Brazilian cyclist, competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics (b. 1913)
25
- Harold Conradi, Australian rules footballer (b. 1894)
- Francis Edward Faragoh, Austria-Hungary-born American screenwriter (b. 1898)
- Red Green, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1899)
- Rolf Henne, Swiss Nazi leader (b. 1901)
- Paul Le Drogo, French cyclist (b. 1905)
- Frank O'Hara, American poet (b. 1926)
26
- Gladstone Adams, British politician; Chairman of Whitley Bay Urban District Council (b. 1880)
- Brenda Sue Brown, American murder victim (b. 1955)
- Jean-Edouard de Castella, Australian-born Swiss artist (b. 1881)
- Augustine Duffy, Canadian politician, member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly (b. 1905)
- Howard Kinsey, American tennis player (b. 1899)
- Maura Laverty, Irish writer (b. 1907)
- Lee Lescaze, American journalist (b. 1909)
27
- Edward Carey Francis, English mathematician and Christian missionary to Kenya (b. 1897)
- Sir Norman Gregg, Australian ophthalmologist (b. 1892)
- Hugo von Heidenstam, Swedish diplomat, ambassador to Iran and Iraq (b. 1884)
- Sir Reginald Kennedy-Cox, English dramatist and social reformer (b. 1881)
28
- Josef von Báky, Hungarian filmmaker (b. 1902)
- Judd Conlon, American vocal arranger and conductor (b. 1910)
- Hal Dixon, American baseball umpire (b. 1920)
- David Jones, American businessman, owner of the Chicago Cardinals (b. 1884)
- Liem Bwan Tjie, Indonesian architect (b. 1891)
29
- Maj. Gen. Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigerian military figure and Head of State of Nigeria (b. 1924)
- Russell Clark, New Zealand artist (b. 1905)
- Edward Gordon Craig, English theatre practitioner (b. 1872).[1]
- Jerry Dennerlein, American football player (b. 1915).[2]
- Harold Egan, Australian rules footballer (b. 1884)
- Adekunle Fajuyi, Nigerian soldier, first military governor of the Western Region, Nigeria (b. 1926)
- Billy Fogg, English footballer (b. 1903).[3]
- Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Indian poet and writer (b. 1928)
- John Lemmon, British logician (b. 1930)
- Ian Gordon Lindsay, Scottish architect (b. 1906)
30
- Hazel Abel, American teacher and politician; United States Senator (b. 1888)
- George Ford, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (b. 1907)
- Gen. Otto Fretter-Pico, German general during World War II (b. 1893)
- Sir Donald Gainer, British diplomat, Ambassador to Venezuela, Brazil, and Poland (b. 1891)
- Harry Hedgpeth, American baseball player (b. 1888)
- František Kříž, Czech fencer, competed at the 1912 and 1928 Summer Olympics (b. 1884)
- Marcella Lindh, American opera singer (b. 1867)
31
- Andrej Bagar, Slovak film actor (b. 1900)
- Chester R. Davis, American businessman, Assistant Secretary of the Army (b. 1896)
- Alexander von Falkenhausen, German general (b. 1878)
- Lydia Locke, American opera singer (b. 1884)
- Bud Powell, American jazz pianist (b. 1924)
References
- "Edward Gordon Craig". britannica.com. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
- "Jerry Dennerlein Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
- "Billy Fogg". worldfootball.net. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
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