List of Famous people who died in 1966

Margarete Haagen was a German stage and film actress. Haagen appeared in over a hundred films during her career, generally in character roles. She specialised in playing good-natured elderly ladies. Following the Second World War, she appeared in several rubble films, such as In Those Days (1947). During the 1950s, she often appeared in heimatfilm and costume films.

Mario Alicata was an Italian Partisan, literary critic and politician.

Sergei Pavlovich Korolev was a lead Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer during the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s. He is regarded by many as the father of practical astronautics. He was involved in the development of the R-7 Rocket, Sputnik 1, and launching Laika and the first human being, Yuri Gagarin, into space.

Joseph Albert Fields was an American playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, and film producer.

Wilhelmina "Willie" Cornelia Drupsteen (1880–1966) was a Dutch illustrator. She is known for her graphic work and book illustrations.

Karl Hasselmann was a German cinematographer who worked on over a hundred films during a long career. He collaborated with Ewald André Dupont on a number of productions for Gloria Film such as Whitechapel. He worked on eleven films with Karl Grune.