Deaths in January 1966

This is a list of deaths in January 1966:

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)

Bill Hickey, Australian rules footballer (b. 1881)

Marguerite Higgins, Hong Kong-born 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)

Carl Gerard, Danish-born American actor (b. 1885)

Anna Gréki, Algerian writer (b. 1931)

Louis Henry Hantelman, American-born Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (b. 1884)

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)

Noah Greenberg, American choral conductor (b. 1919)

January 9

Eusebio Rodolfo Cordón Cea, provisional president of El Salvador (b. 1899)

Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster, German-French-American philosopher (b. 1869)

Wilfred Hanbury, Canadian politician, member of the Canadian House of Commons (b. 1887)

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)

Maurice Hill, British geophysicist (b. 1919)

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)

Gen. Courtney Hodges, American general during World War II (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)

Morris Gray, Russian-born Canadian politician, member of the Manitoba Legislature (b. 1889)

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)

Arvid G. Hansen, Norwegian journalist and politician (b. 1894)

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)

Margaret Graham, Australian broadcaster (b. 1889)

January 26

Robert Corkey, Northern Ireland politician and Presbyterian minister (b. 1881)

Stanton Crawford, American academic, Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh (b. 1897)

William Carey Graves, American politician, member of the Texas State Senate (b. 1895)

Frederick Hawkes, English Anglican Bishop of Kingston (b. 1878)

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)

Ludwig Gies, German sculptor (b. 1887)

January 28

Benjamin Burrows, English composer (b. 1891)

Edward J. Hickox, American basketball coach (b. 1878)

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)

Sergio De Gregorio, Italian swimmer, competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics (b. 1946)

Dino Rora, Italian swimmer, competed at the 1964 Summer 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)

Nestor Hammarlund, Swedish politician (b. 1888)

Jaan Hargel, Estonian musician (b. 1912)

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)

George Goulding, English-born Canadian athlete, gold medalist at 1912 Olympics (b. 1884)

Elizabeth Patterson, American actress (b. 1875)