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)
