Deaths in October 1966
This is a list of deaths in October 1966:
- October 1
- Michael "Trigger Mike" Coppola, American mobster (b. 1900)
- Donald S. Day, American reporter and collaborator with Nazi Germany (b. 1895)
- Cyril Dumpleton, British politician, MP (b. 1897)
- October 2
- Egmont Arens, American publisher of literature and art, industrial designer, and commercial artist (b. 1889)
- Jules Boedt, Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1884)
- Jumbo Brown, American baseball player (b. 1907)
- October 3
- George van den Bergh, Dutch law professor and amateur astronomer (b. 1890)
- Teodors Bergs, Latvian chess master (b. 1902)
- Raymond Evershed, 1st Baron Evershed, English judge (b. 1899)
- October 4
- Sherman Billingsley, American nightclub owner (the Stork Club) (b. 1896)
- Oscar Cox, American lawyer and judge (b. 1905)
- Pierre Dufaur de Gavardie, French flying ace of World War I (b. 1890)
- October 5 – Korbinian Aigner, known as Apfelpfarrer ("apple pastor"), German Catholic priest and pomologist (b. 1885)
- October 6
- Sir George Abbiss OBE, British Chief Constable in the London Metropolitan Police (b. 1884)
- Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders, English academic, Director of the London School of Economics (b. 1886)
- Pierre Couderc, French screenwriter and actor (b. 1896)
- Mitchell Fields, Romanian-born American sculptor (b. 1901)
- October 7
- Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer and songwriter of urban Greek music (b. 1890)
- Johnny Kidd, English singer (b. 1935)
- Smiley Lewis, African-American R&B musician (b. 1913)
- October 8
- Juan Batlle Planas, Spanish-born Argentine painter (b. 1911)
- Célestin Freinet, French educational reformer (b. 1896)
- October 9
- Fedor Astakhov, Soviet Marshal of the aviation (b. 1892)
- William Gage Brady, Jr., American banker, chairman of the National City Bank of New York (b. 1887)
- October 10
- Melville E. Abrams, American lawyer and politician from New York; member of the NY State Assembly (b. 1912)
- Abraham Binder, American composer (b. 1895)
- Kurt Bolender, German SS-man, operated the gas chambers at Sobibór(b. 1912)
- Colette Bonheur, née Colette Chailler, Canadian singer (b. 1927)
- Charlotte Cooper, English tennis champion (b. 1870)
- Robert Desoille, French psychotherapist (b. 1890)
- Vladimir Dyomin, Soviet footballer and coach (b. 1921)
- Jack Ferguson, Australian rules footballer (b. 1901)
- Wilfrid Lawson, English actor (b. 1900)
- October 12 – Venerable Sergio Bernardini, Italian layman beatified by Pope Francis (b. 1882)
- October 13 – Clifton Webb, American actor (b. 1889)
- October 14
- George Carstairs, Australian rugby player (b. 1900)
- Arthur Folwell, English-born Australian rugby player (b. 1904)
- October 15
- Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell CBE, British Labour Party politician (b. 1876)
- Jon Andrå, Norwegian Labour Party politician (b. 1888)
- Lee Blair, American jazz musician (b. 1903)
- Adam Falkenstein, German Assyriologist (b. 1906)
- October 16
- Arturo Dazzi, Italian artist (b. 1881)
- George O'Hara, American actor (b. 1899)
- October 17
- Dhammalok Mahasthavir, Nepalese Buddhist monk (b. 1890)
- Alexander Kulik, Russian cleric (b. 1911)
- October 18
- Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-born beautician and cosmetics entrepreneur (b. 1878)
- Cyril Briggs, Nevis-born American Communist Party leader (b. 1888)
- Joe Chandler, Australian rules footballer (b. 1877)
- Honor Crowley, Irish politician, TD (b. 1903)
- October 20
- Harry F. Byrd, American politician, Senator from Virginia (b. 1887)
- Sir Roy Cameron, Australian pathologist, President of the Royal College of Pathologists (b. 1899)
- Charles Catteau, French industrial designer (b. 1880)
- Walter Chadwick, English footballer (b. 1903)
- Mohamed Fawzi, Egyptian composer and singer (b. 1918)
- October 21
- Alfred Cockayne, New Zealand botanist (b. 1880)
- Lewis Cohen, Baron Cohen of Brighton, British politician (b. 1897)
- October 22 – Jack Evans, Australian rules footballer (b. 1891)
- October 23
- Eugenio Bava, Italian cinematographer (b. 1886)
- George Bell, Australian painter (b. 1878)
- Fred Fussell, American baseball player (b. 1895)
- Claire McDowell, silent screen actress (b. 1877)
- October 24
- Joe Bach, American football player (Notre Dame) and coach (Pittsburgh Steelers) (b. 1901)
- Hans Dreier, German-born American art director (b. 1885)
- Leo Friedlander, American sculptor (b. 1888)
- October 25
- Reginald Crummack, British field hockey player, competed at 1920 Summer Olympics (b. 1887)
- Floyd MacMillan Davis, American artist (b. 1896)
- Col. William O. Eareckson, American Air Force officer (b. 1900)
- October 26
- Katyayanidas Bhattacharya, Indian philosopher (b. 1917)
- Alma Cogan, English singer (b. 1932)
- Sir James Coats, 3rd Baronet, British skeleton racer, competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics (b. 1894)
- Bill Cronin, American baseball player (b. 1902)
- October 27
- Mush Crawford, American football player (b. 1898)
- Malcolm Dobie, American-born Canadian politician, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (b. 1885)
- Barry Faulkner, American artist (b. 1881)
- October 28
- Nikolai Belyaev, Soviet politician, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. 1903)
- Robert Charpentier, French Olympic cyclist (b. 1916)
- Eugène Hénaff, French trade union leader and member of the French Resistance (b. 1904)
- October 29
- Wellman Braud, American jazz musician (b. 1891)
- Thomas Brennan, Australian politician, Victorian MLC (b. 1900)
- Jocelyn Brooke, English author (b. 1908)
- Anthony Cavalcante, American politician, United States Representative for Pennsylvania (b. 1897)
- October 30
- Dick Barrett, American baseball MLB pitcher (b. 1906)
- John Butt, English cricketer (b. 1892)
- Rex Cecil, American baseball player (b. 1916)
- John Drainie, Canadian actor and television presenter (b. 1916)
- Bill Farnsworth, Australian rugby player (b. 1887)
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