1966: The Year in People

What happened in 1966

1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1966th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 966th year of the 2nd millennium, the 66th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1960s decade.

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Died in 1966

• Buster Keaton1895–1966 · American actor and filmmaker
• Chester W. Nimitz1885–1966 · American naval officer
• Hedda Hopper1885–1966 · American gossip columnist and actress
• André Breton1896–1966 · French co-founder of Surrealism
• C. S. Forester1899–1966 · British novelist
• Clifton Webb1889–1966 · American actor, singer, dancer
• Alberto Giacometti1901–1966 · Swiss sculptor and painter
• Giuseppe Farina1906–1966 · Italian racing driver
• Anna Akhmatova1889–1966 · Russian and Soviet poet
• Bud Powell1924–1966 · American jazz pianist and composer
• Dora Richter1892–1966 · German trans woman
• Arthur Percival1887–1966 · British Army officer