List of Famous people who died in 1966

Emil Fahrenkamp was a German architect and professor. One of the most prominent architects of the period between the first and second World Wars, he is best known for his 1931 Shell-Haus in Berlin.

Edward Henry Gordon Craig, sometimes known as Gordon Craig, was an English modernist theatre practitioner; he worked as an actor, director and scenic designer, as well as developing an influential body of theoretical writings. Craig was the son of actress Dame Ellen Terry.

Henri Fescourt was a French film director. He directed some 40 films in his career.

Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, better known by his pen-name Cordwainer Smith, was an American author known for his science fiction works. Linebarger was a US Army officer, a noted East Asia scholar, and an expert in psychological warfare. Although his career as a writer was shortened by his death at the age of 53, he is considered one of the more talented and influential science fiction authors.

Franz Carl Heimito, Ritter von Doderer; known as Heimito von Doderer was an Austrian writer. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.

Václav Vích was a Czech cinematographer, who worked on over a hundred films in a variety of different countries during his career. in the 1930s Vích was one of the top technicians in the Italian film industry. He often worked with the director Max Neufeld.

Betty Arlen was an American actress best known for her being selected as a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1925.

Francis Russell "Frank" O'Hara was an American writer, poet, and art critic. Because of his employment as a curator at the Museum of Modern Art, O'Hara became prominent in New York City's art world. O'Hara is regarded as a leading figure in the New York School—an informal group of artists, writers, and musicians who drew inspiration from jazz, surrealism, abstract expressionism, action painting, and contemporary avant-garde art movements.

Adam Falkenstein was a German Assyriologist.

Clemente Canepari was an Italian racing cyclist. He finished in fourth place in the 1909 Giro d'Italia.