List of Famous people who died in 1966

Josef Winckler was a German writer, best known for his 1923 comic novel The Mad Bomberg, which was turned into films in 1932 and 1957. One of his other popular novels was Doctor Eisenbart (1929), based on the life of Johann Andreas Eisenbarth.

Iris Anna Runge was a German applied mathematician and physicist.

Mustafa al-Siba'i was a Syrian politician and activist. He was dean of the Faculty of Islamic Jurisprudence and the School of Law at the University of Damascus. From 1945 to 1961 he was the leader of the Islamic Socialist Front, the Syrian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Walter Thomas Layton, 1st Baron Layton, was a British economist, editor, newspaper proprietor and Liberal Party politician.

Ebba Maria Lovisa (Mia) Leche Löfgren, née Leche was a Swedish journalist, writer and peace activist, known for her strong stance against National Socialism and anti-Semitism as well as her involvement in refugee aid and humanitarian relief.

Carlo Carrà was an Italian painter and a leading figure of the Futurist movement that flourished in Italy during the beginning of the 20th century. In addition to his many paintings, he wrote a number of books concerning art. He taught for many years in the city of Milan.

Gino Severini was an Italian painter and a leading member of the Futurist movement. For much of his life he divided his time between Paris and Rome. He was associated with neo-classicism and the "return to order" in the decade after the First World War. During his career he worked in a variety of media, including mosaic and fresco. He showed his work at major exhibitions, including the Rome Quadrennial, and won art prizes from major institutions.

John P. Fulton, A.S.C. was an American special effects supervisor and cinematographer. His work included the parting of the Red Sea scene in the 1956 film The Ten Commandments.

Jonathan Hale was a Canadian-born film and television actor.

Wallace Ford was an English-born naturalized American vaudevillian, stage, film, and television actor. Usually playing wise-cracking characters, he combined a tough but friendly faced demeanor with a small but powerful, stocky physique.