Deaths in May 1966

This is a list of deaths in May 1966:

May 1
- Albert Arnal, Valencian pilotari (b. 1913)
- Lee Tung Foo, American actor (b. 1875)
May 2
- Bill Amery, Australian rules footballer (b. 1894)
- Bernice Fisher, American civil rights activist (b. 1916)
- Agostinho Fortes Filho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1901)
May 3
- Alan Don, English Anglican priest, Dean of Westminster during Elizabeth II's coronation (b. 1885)
- John Gaddy, American baseball player (b. 1914)
May 4
- Mick Anthony, Australian rules footballer (b. 1894)
- Timothy Bevington, English and Canadian cricketer (b. 1881)
- Wojciech Brydziński, Polish actor (b. 1877)
- Bob Elliott, American baseball player (b. 1916)
May 7
- Lucy Grant Cannon, American religious leader (b. 1880)
- Hamilton Corbett, American football player (b. 1888)
- Leonard Deadwyler, American killed by police (b. c. 1941)
- Carlos Luis Fallas, Costa Rican writer (b. 1909)
May 8
- Stefan Anderson, Swedish industrialist, journalist and watchmaker (b. 1878)
- Elisha T. Barrett, American politician from New York, member of the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate (b. 1902)
- Harry Anson Finney, American professor of accounting (b. 1886)
- Erich Pommer, German film producer (b. 1889)
May 9
- Joseph Sterling Bridwell, American oilman (b. 1885)
- Flame Delhi, American baseball player (b. 1892)
May 10 – Erich Engel, German film and theatre director (b. 1891)
May 11
- Hilary A. Bush, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (b. 1905)
- Sir Herbert Butcher, 1st Baronet, English politician, MP (b. 1901)
- John James Carrick, American-born Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons (b. 1873)
- Henry S. Caulfield, American politician, Governor of Missouri (b. 1873)
- Alfred Wintle, British army officer and eccentric (b. 1897)
May 12
- Stephen Campbell, Guyanese politician, MP (b. 1897)
- Bruce Eddis, English cricketer (b. 1883)
May 13 – Henrik Adam Due, American-born Norwegian violinist (b. 1891)
May 14
- Joseph Williams Armstrong, English footballer (b. 1892)
- Tom Connolly, American baseball player (b. 1892)
- Irv Constantine, American football player (b. 1907)
May 15
- Kathryn Forbes, American writer (b. 1908)
- Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, Salvadorian military dictator (assassinated) (b. 1882)
- Titien Sumarni, Indonesian actress (b. 1932)
May 16
- Adm. William Carr, English-born Australian admiral (b. 1883)
- Eddie Casey, American football player and coach (b. 1894)
- Gen. Merritt B. Curtis, American brigadier general and politician (b. 1892)
May 17
- Vahram Alazan, Soviet Armenian poet, writer and public activist, the First Secretary of the Writers Union of Armenia from 1933 to 1936 (b. 1903)
- Deng Tuo, Chinese writer (b. c. 1911)
May 18
- Paul Althaus, German Lutheran theologian (b. 1888)
- Punk Berryman, American football player and coach (b. 1892)
- Paul Joseph Chartier, Canadian would-be bomber of the House of Commons (b. 1921)
May 20
- Hester Adrian, Baroness Adrian, British mental health worker (b. 1899)
- Carlos Arruza, nicknamed "El Ciclón" ("the cyclone"), Mexican bullfighter (b. 1920)
May 21 – Pat O'Malley, American actor (b. 1890)
May 22
- John Byers, American architect (b. 1875)
- William Dickson, English-born Australian politician (b. 1893)
- Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b. 1900)
May 23
- Charles Brand, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (b. 1871)
- Sam Cooke, Australian rules footballer (b. 1883)
- Hubert Creekmore, American poet and author (b. 1907)
- Louis-Charles Damais, French Orientalist (b. 1911)
- Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (b. 1902)
May 24
- Henri Barbé, French Communist and collaborator with Nazi Germany (b. 1902)
- Jim Barnes, English golf champion (b. 1886)
- Pierre de Lagarde Boal, American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua and to Bolivia (b. 1895)
- Alexandru Cazaban, Romanian writer (b. 1872)
- Sir Herbert Dowbiggin, British Inspector General of Police of Ceylon (b. 1880)
- Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (b. 1885)
- Niaz Fatehpuri, Indian-born Pakistani writer (b. 1884)
- Ove Frederiksen, Danish tennis player, competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics (b. 1884)
May 25
- William Acorn, Canadian automobile dealer and politician; member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island (b. 1915)
- André Baugé, French opera and operetta singer and film actor (b. 1893)
- Vernon Sturdee, Australian general (b. 1890)
May 26
- Don Castle, American actor (b. 1917)
- Elizabeth Dilling, American anti-communist and antisemitic activist (b. 1894)
May 27 – Vic Buchanan, Australian rules footballer (b. 1899)
May 28 – Simon Ericsson, Swedish rower, competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics (b. 1886)
May 29 – James Woolf, British film producer (b. 1919)
May 30
- Wäinö Aaltonen, Finnish artist and sculptor (b. 1894)
- Vladimir Alafuzov, Soviet admiral (b. 1901)
- Oscar Walter Cisek, Romanian writer (b. 1897)
May 31 – Gen. William H. Blanchard, United States Air Force general (b. 1916)

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