Deaths in March 1966

This is a list of deaths in March 1966:

• March 1
  • Hugh Baillie, American journalist, head of UP (b. 1890)
  • George William Chafer, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1894)
  • Károly Csapkay, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1894)
  • Arthur Henry Davey, New Zealand master mariner (b. 1878)
  • Rick Decker, American race car driver (b. 1903)
  • Karel Dostal, Czech actor (b. 1884)
  • Adm. Sir John Eccles, English Royal Navy admiral (b. 1898)
  • Fritz Houtermans, German physicist (b. 1903)
  • William R. Munroe, American admiral (b. 1886)
  • Donald Stewart, American-born English actor (b. 1910)
• March 2 – Vincent Fanelli, American musician (b. 1881)
• March 3
  • Alfonso Castaldo, Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop of Naples (b. 1890)
  • Peter S. Connor, American marine, received the Medal of Honor (b. 1932)
  • Bernard Charles Cotton, English-born Australian malacologist (b. 1905)
  • Joseph Fields, American playwright (b. 1895)
  • Jack Fier, American film producer (b. 1896)
  • William Frawley, American actor (I Love Lucy) (b. 1887)
  • Maxfield Parrish, American artist (b. 1870)
  • Alice Pearce, American actress (b. 1917)
• March 4
  • Stanley Anderson, English artist (b. 1884)
  • Joseph Fields, American playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, and film producer (b. 1895)
  • Bernhard Grant, British philatelist (b. 1887)
• March 5
  • Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (b. 1889)
  • Robert John Hibbs, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1943)
• March 6
  • Louis-Mathias Auger, Canadian teacher and Liberal Party politician, member of the Canadian House of Commons (b. 1902)
  • Charles F. Buddy, American Roman Catholic Bishop of San Diego (b. 1887)
  • Giorgio Bulgari, Italian businessman (Bulgari) (b. 1890)
  • Christian Günther, Swedish diplomat and politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs during World War II (b. 1886)
  • Víctor Manuel Gutiérrez, Guatemalan labor leader (b. 1922)
  • Richard Hageman, Dutch-born American pianist and composer (b. 1881)
  • Gen. Leland Hobbs, American general during World War II (b. 1892)
  • Michitaro Totsuka, Japanese admiral (b. 1890)
• March 7
  • William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor, English businessman and Conservative Party politician (b. 1907)
  • Donald B. Beary, American admiral (b. 1888)
  • Bill Cahill, Australian rules footballer (b. 1911)
  • George Camsell, English footballer (b. 1902)
  • Sir Nigel Colman, 1st Baronet, British politician, MP (b. 1886)
  • Hilding Ekman, Swedish runner, competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics (b. 1893)
  • Georg Faber, German mathematician (b. 1877)
• March 8
  • Sir John Blake-Reed, British judge (b. 1882)
  • Roger L. Dell, American jurist, Chief Justice of Minnesota (b. 1897)
  • Roderick Falconer, English cricketer (b. 1886)
  • Abdel Hadi Al Gazzar, Egyptian painter (b. 1925)
  • Adán Gordón, Panamanian swimmer at the 1928 Olympics (b. 1906)
• March 9
  • John F. Baldwin, Jr., American politician, U.S. Representative from California (b. 1915)
  • René Barbier, French fencer, silver medalist at the 1928 Summer Olympics (b. 1891)
  • Pablo Birger, Argentine racing driver (b. 1924)
  • George Cornell, English criminal (b. c. 1928)
  • Gen. Sir Lewis Halliday, English Royal Marines general, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1870)
• March 10
  • Walter Heywood Bryan, Australian geologist (b. 1891)
  • Émile Coulonvaux, Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1892)
  • Sophie Harris, English theatre and opera costume and scenic designer (b. 1900)
  • Hubertus Hitschhold, German Luftwaffe pilot during World War II (b. 1912)
  • Frank O'Connor, Irish writer (b. 1903)
  • Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• March 11
  • James Barnhill, American football official (b. 1921)
  • James E. Fitzsimmons, American racehorse trainer (b. 1874)
  • Ivan Greenberg, English journalist (b. 1896)
  • Frank Hodgins, Australian rules footballer (b. 1888)
  • W. M. Holland, American politician, mayor of Dallas (b. 1875)
• March 12
  • Victor Brauner, Romanian artist (b. 1903)
  • George Caldwell, American builder (b. 1892)
  • Sir Sydney Camm, English aeronautical engineer (b. 1893)
  • Néstor Guillén, Bolivian politician, President of Bolivia (b. 1890)
• March 13
  • Guido Bruck, Austrian numismatist (b. 1920)
  • Max Clara, Italian-born German anatomist (b. 1899)
  • Johnny Duncan, Scottish footballer (b. 1896)
  • Henry R. Harmer, British philatelist (b. 1870)
• March 15
  • Osendé Afana, Cameroonian guerrilla (b. 1930)
  • Ruth Dalton, British politician, MP (b. 1890)
  • Yenovk Der Hagopian, Turkish-born American artist (b. 1900)
  • James Donahue, American pentathlete, silver medalist at 1912 Summer Olympics (b. 1885)
  • Norman Augustus Finch, English sergeant in the Royal Marines, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1890)
  • Chappie Geygan, American baseball player (b. 1903)
• March 16
  • Joseph-Odilon Duval, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (b. 1895)
  • Gavriil Gorelov, Russian painter (b. 1880)
• March 17 – Don Eagle, Canadian wrestler (b. 1925)
• March 18
  • Frank Bennett, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox) (b. 1904)
  • John Gaha, Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives (b. 1894)
  • Arthur T. Hannett, American politician, Governor of New Mexico (b. 1884)
  • Osvald Helmuth, Danish actor (b. 1894)
  • Robert F. Hill, Canadian film director (b. 1886)
• March 19 – Erik Aaes, Danish set designer and art director (b. 1899)
• March 20
  • Laurence Abrams, English professional footballer (b. 1889)
  • Demetrios Galanis, Greek artist (b. 1879)
  • Anne Hocking, British writer (b. 1890)
  • Johnny Morrison, professional baseball player (b. 1895)
• March 21
  • Norman Coates, British army officer and politician, MP (b. 1890)
  • Tom Fern, English footballer (b. 1886)
  • Frank Finnan, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (B. 1897)
  • Ronald Acott Hall, British diplomat and politician (b. 1892)
  • Sam Honaker, American football player (b. 1887)
• March 22
  • Bruno Bieler, German general during World War II (b. 1888)
  • Horrie Brain, Australian rules footballer (b. 1885)
  • Henry Bray, Australian rules footballer (b. 1891)
  • Gen. Sir Dallas Brooks, British military commander, Governor of Victoria, Australia (b. 1896)
  • Everett Glass, American actor (b. 1891)
  • John Harlin, American mountaineer (b. 1935)
• March 23
  • Peggy Allenby, American silent film, television, and radio actress (b. 1901)
  • August Bach, East German politician (b. 1897)
  • Bertil Bothén, Swedish sailor, competitor at the 1912 Summer Olympics (b. 1892)
• March 24
  • Carl Becker, German Wehrmacht general during World War II (b. 1895)
  • Joseph Leonard Burley, Australian rules football executive (b. 1878)
  • Albert Evans, English footballer and manager (b. 1874)
  • Frederic Foley, American urologist (b. 1891)
  • Virginia Hill, American organized crime figure (b. 1916)
• March 25
  • G.R. Blanco White, English judge (b. 1883)
  • Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo, Maharajah of Bastar state (b. 1929)
  • Venelin Ganev, Bulgarian politician and regent for tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria (b. 1880)
  • Serafima Hopner, Soviet politician (b. 1880)
• March 26
  • Wilhelm Engel Bredal, Norwegian politician, Member of Parliament (b. 1907)
  • Morris Doob, American sports shooter, competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics (b. 1907)
  • Robert Gibson, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (b. 1932)
  • Victor Hochepied, French swimmer, competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics (b. 1883)
• March 27
  • Sir Archer Baldwin, British Conservative Party Member of Parliament (b. 1883)
  • Pannalal Bhattacharya, Bengali singer
  • Jan Čarek, Czech writer (b. 1898)
  • Hermann Garrn, German footballer (b. 1888)
  • Hermann Harrendorf, German general during World War II (b. 1896)
  • Helen Menken, American actress (b. 1901)
• March 28
  • Roy Bell, New Zealand-Australian ornithologist (b. 1882)
  • William W. Church, American football coach (b. 1874)
  • Toni Edgar-Bruce, British actress (b. 1892)
  • Buntarō Futagawa, Japanese film director (b. 1899)
• March 29
  • Alfred Edwin Brain Jr., English-born American musician (b. 1885)
  • Knut Gard, Norwegian resistance leader (b. 1905)
  • Jazz Gillum, American harmonica player (b. 1902 or 1904)
  • Stylianos Gonatas, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece 1922-1924 (b. 1876)
  • Dessaline Harris, Liberian jurist, member of the Supreme Court of Liberia (b. 1895)
• March 30
  • Frederick Gordon Bradley, Canadian and Newfoundland politician, member of the Canadian House of Commons and Canadian Senate, Secretary of State for Canada (b. 1886)
  • Jelly d'Arányi, Hungarian violinist (b. 1893)
  • Erwin Piscator, German theater director (b. 1893)
• March 31
  • Grady Adkins, nicknamed "Butcher Boy", American professional baseball player (Chicago White Sox) (b. 1897)
  • Fortunato Calcagno, Italian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (b. 1900)
  • William David Doherty, English rugby player and hospital administrator (b. 1893)
  • Arthur Robert Hogg, Australian physicist and astronomer (b. 1903)