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Famous people and celebrities who died in September 1966

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in September 1966. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

  • Dezső Lauber
    Sept. 5 Dezső Lauber

    Hungarian golfer, tennis player, and architect (b. 1879).

  • Margaret Sanger
    Sept. 6 Margaret Sanger

    American nurse and feminist who was imprisoned for her advocacy of birth control.

  • Hendrik Verwoerd
    Sept. 6 Hendrik Verwoerd

    A controversial South African politician who was a key architect of apartheid, serving as Prime Minister from 1958 to 1966.

  • Emil Julius Gumbel
    Sept. 10 Emil Julius Gumbel

    German mathematician and statistician (b. 1891).

  • Collett E. Woolman
    Sept. 11 Collett E. Woolman

    American businessman, co-founded delta air lines (b. 1889).

  • Karl Harmer
    Sept. 13 Karl Harmer
  • Alfred Engelsen
    Sept. 13 Alfred Engelsen
  • Clemente Canepari
    Sept. 13 Clemente Canepari
  • Gertrude Berg
    Sept. 14 Gertrude Berg

    Pioneering American radio and television actress, writer, and producer.

  • Hiram Wesley Evans
    Sept. 14 Hiram Wesley Evans

    American ku klux klan leader (b. 1881).

  • Cemal Gürsel
    Sept. 14 Cemal Gürsel

    Turkish general and politician, 4th president of turkey (b. 1895).

  • Nikolaj Konstantinovič Čerkasov
    Sept. 14 Nikolaj Konstantinovič Čerkasov
  • Václav Vích
    Sept. 14 Václav Vích
  • Fritz Wunderlich
    Sept. 17 Fritz Wunderlich

    Renowned German operatic tenor who quickly became a leading lyric tenor, making his debut in Freiburg in 1956 and joining Munich Opera in...

  • Paul Reynaud
    Sept. 21 Paul Reynaud

    French lawyer and politician, 118th prime minister of france (b. 1878).

  • Valentin Bulgakov
    Sept. 22 Valentin Bulgakov
  • Jules Furthman
    Sept. 22 Jules Furthman
  • Steven Hughes
    Sept. 23 Steven Hughes
  • Seth Lundell
    Sept. 23 Seth Lundell
  • Helen Kane
    Sept. 26 Helen Kane
  • Ettore Santi
    Sept. 26 Ettore Santi
  • Andrew Jack
    Sept. 26 Andrew Jack
  • Albert Renger-Patzsch
    Sept. 27 Albert Renger-Patzsch
  • Eric Fleming
    Sept. 28 Eric Fleming

    Eric Fleming was an American actor best known for his role as trail boss Gil Favor in the popular CBS television series 'Rawhide' that aired in the late 1950s and early 1960s. [bio]

  • Andre Breton
    Sept. 28 Andre Breton

    Leading figure in the Surrealist movement and poet.

  • Bernard Gimbel
    Sept. 29 Bernard Gimbel

    American businessman (b. 1885).