Deaths in January 1966

This is a list of deaths in January 1966:

Vincent Auriol

Hannes Kolehmainen

• January 1
  • Vincent Auriol, President of France (b. 1884)
  • W. W. Burnside, American plantation owner and politician (b. 1882)
  • Oscar Dugey, American baseball player (b. 1887)
  • George Featherstone, Australian rules footballer (b. 1889)
• January 2
  • Haps Benfer, American football and basketball player and coach (b. 1893)
  • Jan Gadomski, Polish astronomer (b. 1889)
• January 3
  • Haidar Abashidze, Georgian politician, journalist, and educator (b. 1893)
  • Luther Bonin, American baseball player (b. 1888)
  • Henry James Forman, American writer (b. 1879)
  • Marguerite Higgins, American journalist (b. 1920)
  • Rex Lease, American actor (b. 1903)
• January 4
  • Inga Artamonova, Soviet speed skater (b. 1936)
  • Marshall Caffyn, Australian rules footballer (b. 1892)
  • Arthur Charlesworth, English footballer (b. 1898)
  • Cecil Copping, American composer (b. 1888)
  • John F. Dittbrender, American politician, Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (b. 1878)
  • Guido Fiorini, Italian art director (b. 1897)
  • Seiko Fujita, Japanese martial artist (b. 1898)
• January 5
  • Mirashi Buwa, Indian classical singer (b. 1883)
  • Richard C. Dillon, American politician, Governor of New Mexico (b. 1877)
  • George Duckworth, English cricketer (b. 1901)
• January 6
  • Albrecht Brandi, German U-boat commander in World War II (b. 1914)
  • Harmar D. Denny, Jr., American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania (b. 1886)
  • James Lawrence Fly, American lawyer, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (b. 1898)
• January 7
  • Ernest Bernau, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1896)
  • Allan Chapman, Scottish politician, MP (b. 1897)
• January 8 – Marthe Cnockaert, Belgian spy during World War I (b. 1892)
• January 9
  • Eusebio Rodolfo Cordón Cea, provisional president of El Salvador (b. 1899)
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster, German-French-American philosopher (b. 1869)
• January 10
  • Fen Cresswell, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1915)
  • Vernon Dahmer, American civil rights leader (b. 1908)
  • Nishizō Tsukahara, Japanese admiral (b. 1887)
• January 11
  • Joseph William Comeau, Canadian politician, member of the Senate of Canada (b. 1876)
  • Robin de la Condamine, English actor (b. 1877)
  • Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (b. 1901)
  • Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1889)
  • Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India (b. 1904)
• January 12
  • Norman Emerson, Irish Anglican priest and author (b. 1900)
  • Narhar Vishnu Gadgil, Indian politician, Minister of Public Works (b. 1896)
• January 13
  • Johan Arnd Aasgaard, American Lutheran church leader (b. 1876)
  • Leopoldo Baracco, Italian politician, member of Constituent Assembly of Italy and of the Chamber of Deputies (b. 1886)
  • Flora Jean Cameron, New Zealand nurse (b. 1902)
• January 14
  • Curt Backeberg, German horticulturist (b. 1894)
  • Beatrice Mary Barth, New Zealand piano teacher (b. 1877)
  • Bill Carr, American athlete, Olympic gold medalist in 1932 (b. 1909)
  • Lella Secor Florence, American writer and activist (b. 1887)
• January 15
  • Samuel Akintola, Nigerian premier of the Western region and Aare Ona Kakanfo XIII of the Yoruba (b. 1910)
  • Charles Elliot Allen, Irish rugby union forward (b. 1880)
  • Sir Ahmadu Bello, Nigerian politician, first premier of the Northern Nigeria region (b. 1910)
  • Birger Braadland, Norwegian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1879)
  • Stiles O. Clements, American architect (b. 1883)
  • Sergei Korolev, Russian space scientist (b. 1907)
• January 16
  • Raynold E. Acre, American aviation pioneer (b. 1889)
  • Nikolai Bernstein, Soviet neurophysiologist (b. 1896)
  • Johnny Broderick, American police detective in New York City (b. 1896)
  • Bobby Burns, American actor and director (b. 1878)
  • Archibald Bush, American businessman (b. 1887)
• January 17
  • Percival Barnett, English cricketer (b. 1889)
  • Edward Craigie, Australian politician, member of the South Australian House of Assembly (b. 1871)
  • Vincent J. Donehue, American stage director (b. 1917)
  • Georges Figon, French secret agent
  • Otto Flügel, German submariner (b. 1917)
• January 18
  • Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier, Canadian politician, member of the Canadian House of Commons (b. 1875)
  • Kathleen Norris, American writer (b. 1880)
• January 19
  • Henry Ah Kew, New Zealand lawyer and community leader (b. 1900)
  • Violet Bathurst, Lady Apsley, British Conservative Party politician, MP (b. 1895)
  • James Carmichael, British politician, MP (b. 1894)
  • Édouard Paul Dhorme, French Semitologist (b. 1881)
  • Frank Foyston, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1891)
• January 20
  • Bill Anderton, New Zealand Labour Party politician (b. 1891)
  • George Devine, English theatrical producer, manager, actor (b. 1910)
• January 21
  • Pol Abraham, French architect (b. 1891)
  • Robert Beasley, British cricketer (b. 1882)
  • Sir Richard Layton Butler, Australian politician, Premier of South Australia (b. 1885)
  • Paul Comtois, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1895)
  • William Davies, Welsh footballer (b. 1882)
  • Mary Teresa Enright, New Zealand educator (b. 1880)
• January 22
  • Cyril Dugmore, British athlete, competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics (b. 1882)
  • Jean Galtier-Boissière, French writer (b. 1891)
  • Herbert Marshall, English actor (b. 1890)
• January 23
  • Jo van Ammers-Küller, Dutch writer (b. 1884)
  • Frank L. Anders, United States Army soldier, received Medal of Honor (b. 1875)
  • Berton Braley, American poet (b. 1882)
  • Pat Cannon, American politician, United States Representative from Florida (b. 1904)
  • Martin Conlon, Irish politician, TD (b. 1879)
• January 24
  • Homi J. Bhabha, Indian nuclear physicist, known as "father of the Indian nuclear programme" (b. 1909)
  • David Brynmor Anthony, Welsh academic administrator (b. 1886)
• January 25
  • Saul Adler FRS, Russian-born British-Israeli expert on parasitology (b. 1895)
  • Edmund Blaurock, German Army general during World War II (b. 1899)
  • Miguel Bover, Spanish bicycle racer (b. 1928)
  • Alfred Cliff, English cricketer (b. 1878)
  • Bradshaw Crandell, American artist (b. 1896)
• January 26
  • Robert Corkey, Northern Ireland politician and Presbyterian minister (b. 1881)
  • Stanton Crawford, American academic, Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh (b. 1897)
• January 27
  • Caterina Albert, Spanish writer (b. 1869)
  • Major Ronald Armstrong-Jones, British barrister and soldier; father-in-law of Princess Margaret (b. 1899)
  • Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, American pilot who went to Germany to avoid service in World War I (b. 1893)
  • Norman Blackburn, English World War I pilot and aviation industrialist (b. 1896)
  • Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, British Royal Navy officer during World War II (b. 1900)
• January 28
  • Benjamin Burrows, English composer (b. 1891)
  • Victims of Lufthansa Flight 005:
    • Bruno Bianchi, Italian swimmer, competitor at 1960 and 1964 Olympic Games (b. 1943)
    • Paolo Costoli, Italian swimmer, competed at 1928 Olympics and 1932 Olympics (b. 1910)
    • Dino Rora, Italian swimmer, competed at 1964 Olympics (b. 1945)
• January 29
  • Sir George Barstow KCB, British civil servant and businessman (b. 1874)
  • Robert Elias Fries, Swedish botanist (b. 1876)
• January 30
  • Erik Bergström, Swedish footballer, Olympic competitor in 1908 and 1912 (b. 1886)
  • Florence St John Cadell, Scottish artist (b. 1877)
  • Harry Curtis, English footballer and manager (b. 1890)
  • Charlie Foletta, Australian rules footballer (b. 1875)
• January 31
  • Karl Björkänge, Swedish politician, member of parliament (b. 1895)
  • Dirk Brouwer, Dutch-American astronomer (b. 1902)
  • Manishi Dey, Indian painter (b. 1909)
  • Pat Donahue, American baseball player (b. 1884)
  • Elizabeth Patterson, American actress (b. 1875)