| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Anna Akhmatova |
Poet |
11-Jun-1889 |
5-Mar-1966 |
Poem Without a Hero |
| Margery Allingham |
Novelist |
20-May-1904 |
30-Jun-1966 |
Albert Campion detective novels |
| Jean Arp |
Sculptor |
16-Sep-1887 |
7-Jun-1966 |
Avant-garde sculptor, Dadaist |
| Harry Beaumont |
Film Director |
10-Feb-1888 |
22-Dec-1966 |
The Broadway Melody |
| Leslie Biffle |
Government |
9-Oct-1880 |
6-Apr-1966 |
Secretary of the Senate |
| André Breton |
Author |
18-Feb-1896 |
28-Sep-1966 |
Manifeste du Surréalisme |
| Dirk Brouwer |
Astronomer |
1-Sep-1902 |
31-Jan-1966 |
Celestial mechanics |
| Lenny Bruce |
Comic |
13-Oct-1925 |
3-Aug-1966 |
Multiply obscene comic |
| Ernest Burgess |
Sociologist |
16-May-1886 |
27-Dec-1966 |
Introduction to the Science of Sociology |
| Francis X. Bushman |
Actor |
10-Jan-1883 |
23-Aug-1966 |
Ben-Hur |
| Harry F. Byrd |
Politician |
10-Jun-1887 |
20-Oct-1966 |
US Senator from Virginia, 1933-65 |
| Nikolai Cherkasov |
Actor |
27-Jul-1903 |
14-Sep-1966 |
Aleksandr Nevsky |
| Montgomery Clift |
Actor |
17-Oct-1920 |
23-Jul-1966 |
From Here to Eternity |
| Russel Crouse |
Playwright |
20-Feb-1893 |
3-Apr-1966 |
The Sound of Music |
| Peter Debye |
Chemist |
24-Mar-1884 |
2-Nov-1966 |
Studied molecular structure, dipoles |
| Sepp Dietrich |
Military |
28-May-1892 |
22-Apr-1966 |
Nazi general, guilty of war crimes |
| Walt Disney |
Business |
5-Dec-1901 |
15-Dec-1966 |
Founder of Disney empire |
| Georges Duhamel |
Novelist |
30-Jun-1884 |
13-Apr-1966 |
Civilisation |
| Hiram Wesley Evans |
Activist |
26-Sep-1881 |
Sep-1966 |
KKK Imperial Wizard, 1922-39 |
| Verna Felton |
Actor |
20-Jul-1890 |
14-Dec-1966 |
Hilda Crocker on December Bride |
| Eric Fleming |
Actor |
4-Jul-1925 |
28-Sep-1966 |
Gil Favor on Rawhide |
| Wallace Ford |
Actor |
12-Feb-1898 |
11-Jun-1966 |
A Patch of Blue |
| C. S. Forester |
Novelist |
27-Aug-1899 |
2-Apr-1966 |
The African Queen |
| William Frawley |
Actor |
26-Feb-1887 |
3-Mar-1966 |
Fred on I Love Lucy |
| Alberto Giacometti |
Sculptor |
10-Oct-1901 |
11-Jan-1966 |
Head of a Man on a Rod |
| Walter S. Gifford |
Business |
10-Jan-1885 |
7-May-1966 |
President of AT&T, 1925-48 |
| Theodore F. Green |
Politician |
2-Oct-1867 |
19-May-1966 |
Governor and Senator from Rhode Island |
| Christian Herter |
Politician |
28-Mar-1895 |
30-Dec-1966 |
US Secretary of State, 1959-61 |
| George de Hevesy |
Chemist |
1-Aug-1885 |
5-Jul-1966 |
Radioisotope researcher |
| Hedda Hopper |
Actor |
2-May-1885 |
1-Feb-1966 |
Queen of the Quickies |
| Walter Howe |
Diplomat |
10-Jun-1907 |
8-Apr-1966 |
US Ambassador to Chile, 1958-61 |
| Albert Wallace Hull |
Physicist |
19-Apr-1880 |
22-Jan-1966 |
Inventor of the magnetron tube |
| Louis A. Johnson |
Government |
10-Jan-1891 |
24-Apr-1966 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1949-50 |
| Buster Keaton |
Actor |
4-Oct-1895 |
1-Feb-1966 |
The General |
| Robert Keith |
Actor |
10-Feb-1896 |
22-Dec-1966 |
Guys and Dolls |
| Johnny Kidd |
Musician |
23-Dec-1939 |
7-Oct-1966 |
Shakin' All Over |
| S. S. Kresge |
Business |
31-Jul-1867 |
18-Oct-1966 |
Founder of K-Mart |
| Alfred Kreymborg |
Author |
10-Dec-1883 |
Aug-1966 |
Founder of The Glebe |
| David L. Lawrence |
Politician |
18-Jun-1889 |
21-Nov-1966 |
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1959-63 |
| Wilfrid Lawson |
Actor |
14-Jan-1900 |
10-Oct-1966 |
Pygmalion |
| Rex Lease |
Actor |
11-Feb-1903 |
3-Jan-1966 |
The Monster Walks |
| Herbert Marshall |
Actor |
23-May-1890 |
22-Jan-1966 |
Foreign Correspondent |
| J. Howard McGrath |
Government |
28-Nov-1903 |
2-Sep-1966 |
US Attorney General, 1949-52 |
| Chester W. Nimitz |
Military |
24-Feb-1885 |
20-Feb-1966 |
WWII Commander of US Pacific Navy |
| Flann O'Brien |
Author |
5-Oct-1911 |
1-Apr-1966 |
At Swim-Two-Birds |
| Frank O'Connor |
Author |
17-Sep-1903 |
10-Mar-1966 |
Guests of the Nation |
| Frank O'Hara |
Poet |
27-Jun-1926 |
25-Jul-1966 |
Meditations in an Emergency |
| Maxfield Parrish |
Artist |
25-Jul-1870 |
10-Mar-1966 |
American book and magazine illustrator |
| Alice Pearce |
Actor |
16-Oct-1917 |
3-Mar-1966 |
Gladys Kravitz in Bewitched |
| Bud Powell |
Pianist |
27-Sep-1924 |
31-Jul-1966 |
Seminal bop pianist and composer |
| Sayyid Qutb |
Philosopher |
9-Oct-1906 |
29-Aug-1966 |
Muslim Brotherhood philosopher |
| Robert Rossen |
Screenwriter |
16-Mar-1908 |
18-Feb-1966 |
The Hustler |
| Mari Sandoz |
Author |
11-May-1896 |
10-Mar-1966 |
Crazy Horse |
| Margaret Sanger |
Activist |
14-Sep-1879 |
6-Sep-1966 |
Birth control advocate |
| Delmore Schwartz |
Poet |
8-Dec-1913 |
11-Jul-1966 |
Summer Knowledge |
| Alfred P. Sloan |
Business |
23-May-1875 |
17-Feb-1966 |
Chairman of GM, 1937-56 |
| Cordwainer Smith |
Author |
11-Jul-1913 |
6-Aug-1966 |
The Rediscovery of Man |
| Joel Stebbins |
Astronomer |
30-Jul-1878 |
16-Mar-1966 |
Photoelectric photometry |
| Ernest O. Thompson |
Politician |
24-Mar-1892 |
28-Jun-1966 |
Mayor of Amarillo, 1929-32 |
| Elio Vittorini |
Novelist |
23-Jul-1908 |
13-Feb-1966 |
Conversations in Sicily |
| Eric Walrond |
Author |
18-Dec-1898 |
1966 |
Tropic Death |
| Evelyn Waugh |
Novelist |
28-Oct-1903 |
10-Apr-1966 |
Brideshead Revisited |
| Clifton Webb |
Actor |
11-Nov-1889 |
13-Oct-1966 |
Laura |
| Charles Whitman |
Criminal |
24-Jun-1941 |
1-Aug-1966 |
University Tower sharpshooter |
| Ed Wynn |
Actor |
9-Nov-1886 |
19-Jun-1966 |
Requiem for a Heavyweight |
| Frits Zernike |
Physicist |
16-Jul-1888 |
10-Mar-1966 |
Phase-contrast microscope |
