List of Famous people who died in 1966

Lucy Burns was an American suffragist and women's rights advocate. She was a passionate activist in the United States and in the United Kingdom, joined the militant suffragettes. Burns was a close friend of Alice Paul, and together they ultimately formed the National Woman's Party.

Fernande Olivier was a French artist and model known primarily for having been the model of painter Pablo Picasso, and for her written accounts of her relationship with him. Picasso painted over 60 portraits of Olivier.

Vera Weizmann, wife of Chaim Weizmann, the first president of the State of Israel, was a medical doctor and a Zionist activist.

Emma Dunn was an English actress. After starting her acting career on stage in London, she became known for her works in numerous films and Broadway productions.

Mary Elizabeth Patterson was an American theatre, film, and television character actress who gained popular recognition late in her career playing the elderly neighbor Matilda Trumbull on the television comedy series I Love Lucy.

Claire McDowell was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 350 films between 1908 and 1945.

Enrico Musy, better known as Enrico Glori was an Italian actor.

Ragnar Josephson was a Swedish art historian and writer.

Alma Angela Cohen Cogan was an English singer of traditional pop music in the 1950s and early 1960s. Dubbed the "Girl with the Giggle in Her Voice", she was the highest paid British female entertainer of her era.

Alice Masaryková or Alice Garrigue Masaryk was a Czech teacher, sociologist and politician. She is a prominent figure within the field of applied sociology and known to many as the daughter of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and the First Lady of Czechoslovakia.