List of Famous people who died in 1966

Carl Ernst "Karli" Sohn-Rethel German Modernist painter of the Düsseldorf school of painting art movement. He traveled often and was active in Düsseldorf, Munich, Rome, Positano, Paris, among other places. Sohn-Rethel was a member of the art groups, Sonderbund group and Young Rhineland.

Mario Vallotto was an Italian cyclist. He won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1960 Summer Olympics. A year earlier he won the individual pursuit at the Mediterranean Games and finished second at the world championships.

William Rudolph Stephen Feilding, 10th Earl of Denbigh, 9th Earl of Desmond, was the son of Rudolph Feilding, Viscount Feilding, and Agnes Imelda Mary Harding. He was educated at The Oratory School when still based in Edgbaston. He fought in the Second World War where he gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Coldstream Guards. He held the office of J.P. for Warwickshire. He died in 1966 at the age of 54.

Christian Ernst Günther was Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Hansson III Cabinet. This unity government was formed after the Soviet attack on Finland in November 1939, the Winter War, and was dissolved on 31 July 1945.

Chang Myon was a South Korean statesman, educator, diplomat, journalist and social activist as well as a Roman Catholic youth activist. He was the last Vice President of South Korea and the Prime Minister of the Second Republic. His styled name (ho) was Unseok. His English name was John Chang Myon.

Frits Zernike was a Dutch physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1953 for his invention of the phase-contrast microscope.