Deaths in August 1966

This is a list of deaths in August 1966:

Lenny Bruce

• August 2
  • Rudolf Antonín Dvorský, Czech bandleader (b. 1899)
  • Jacques Fouques-Duparc, French diplomat (b. 1897)
• August 3
  • Earl Blackburn, American baseball player (b. 1892)
  • Lenny Bruce, American comedian (b. 1925)
  • John Cockle, English-born Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives (b. 1908)
• August 4
  • Betty Arlen, American actress (b. 1909)
  • Pug Cavet, American baseball player (b. 1889)
• August 5
  • Bian Zhongyun, Chinese educator, first victim of the Cultural Revolution (b. 1916)
  • John Cairney, New Zealand anatomist (b. 1898)
  • Nobby Clark, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1897)
  • Austin Diamond, English-born Australian cricketer (b. 1874)
• August 6
  • Edmond L. DePatie, American film industry executive (b. 1900)
  • Cordwainer Smith, American author (b. 1913)
• August 7 – Samuel J. Battle, American police officer, first African-American police officer in New York City (b. 1883)
• August 8
  • Herman Bartlett, Australian rules footballer (b. 1892)
  • Teddy Billington, American racing cyclist, multiple medalist at the 1904 Olympic games (b. 1882)
  • Ed "Strangler" Lewis, professional wrestler (b. 1891)
• August 9
  • Axel Alfredsson, Swedish footballer, Olympic competitor (1924) (b. 1902)
  • Lee Bowers, American witness to the assassination of John F. Kennedy (b. 1925)
  • Henri Fescourt, French film director (b. 1880)
• August 10
  • J. C. Bloem, Dutch poet and writer (b. 1887)
  • Arthur Creber, British cricketer (b. 1909)
  • Chuck Dressen, American baseball player and manager (b. 1894)
  • James French, American murderer (b. c. 1936)
• August 11 – Ettore Bellotto, Italian gymnast, member of the gold-medal winning team at the 1920 Summer Olympics (b. 1895)
• August 12
  • Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet (b. 1923)
  • J. H. Conradie, South African politician and judge, Speaker of the National Assembly (b. 1897)
• August 13
  • Frank Chester, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (b. 1901)
  • Laura Gardin Fraser, American sculptor (b. 1889)
• August 14 – Raymond Duncan, American writer and philosopher (b. 1874)
• August 15
  • George Burns, American baseball player (b. 1889)
  • Chris Cameron, Australian rules footballer (b. 1894)
  • Jules Dubois, American reporter (b. 1910)
  • Rafael Frontaura, Chilean actor (b. 1896)
  • Jan Kiepura, Polish tenor and actor (b. 1902)
  • Seena Owen, American actress (b. 1894)
• August 17
  • Bill Allington, American minor league baseball player and manager (b. 1903)
  • Jean-Yves Bigras, Canadian film director and editor (b. 1919)
  • Rolf Billberg, Swedish alto saxophone player (b. 1930)
• August 19
  • Fritz Bleyl, German painter (b. 1880)
  • Carlo Capra, Italian footballer (b. 1889)
  • Roy Crick, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (b. 1904)
  • Jeanne de Casalis, Basutoland-born British actress (b. 1897)
• August 20
  • Arthur Colvin, Australian doctor and politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (b. 1884)
  • Austin Diamond, American politician (b. 1874)
  • Urban Huttleston Broughton, 1st Baron Fairhaven, American-born British nobleman (b. 1896)
• August 21
  • Terry Beddard, British fencer; Olympic competitor (1936 and 1948) (b. 1901)
  • Jack Bisset, Australian rules footballer (b. 1900)
  • Martin Dooling, American soccer player, bronze medalist at the 1904 Summer Olympics (b. 1886)
• August 22
  • Gunnar Aaby, Danish soccer player (b. 1895)
  • Benjamin C. Dawkins, Sr., American judge (b. 1881)
• August 23 – Francis X. Bushman, American actor (b. 1883)
• August 24
  • Malfred Bergseth, Norwegian trade unionist (b. 1895)
  • Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Polish general and statesman (b. 1895)
  • Wheezer Dell, American baseball player (b. 1886)
  • Sam Faubus, American politician (b. 1887)
• August 25
  • James Bagshaw, English football player (Derby County) (b. 1885)
  • Lance Comfort, English film director (b. 1908)
  • Sir John Dwyer, Australian jurist, Chief Justice and Lieutenant Governor of Western Australia (b. 1879)
• August 26
  • Nils Asheim, Norwegian Liberal Party politician (b. 1895)
  • Art Baker, American actor (b. 1898)
  • Edmund Blampied, Jersey artist (b. 1886)
  • Norm Davis, Australian rules footballer (b. 1904)
  • Robert Dehler, Canadian-born Bermudan Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1889)
• August 27
  • Mads Clausen, Danish industrialist (b. 1905)
  • John Cournos, Russian-born American and British writer (b. 1881)
• August 28
  • Waldemar Carlsen, Norwegian writer, newspaper editor, and politician (b. 1880)
  • Andrew Edmiston, Jr., American politician, United States Representative from West Virginia (b. 1892)
• August 29
  • Princess Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern, German princess (b. 1890)
  • Emil Burri, German playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
  • Fritz Max Cahén, German anti-Nazi (b. 1891)
  • Elmer Talmadge Clark, American writer and church executive (b. 1886)
  • Al DeVormer, American baseball player (b. 1891)
  • Joseph Egger, Austrian actor (b. 1889)
• August 30
  • John Campbell, Australian rugby player (b. 1889)
  • Martin W. Clement, American railroad executive (b. 1881)
• August 31
  • Joyce Allan, Australian conchologist (b. 1896)
  • Alexis Caron, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons (b. 1899)