Editing 1966 (section)

===August===
{{main|Deaths in August 1966}}
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* [[August 1]] – [[Charles Whitman]], American mass murderer (b. [[1941]])
* [[August 2]] – [[Renya Mutaguchi]], Japanese general (b. [[1888]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/M/u/Mutaguchi_Renya.htm |title=Mutaguchi Renya (1888-1966) |last=Budge |first=Kent G. |date= |website=The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[August 3]] – [[Lenny Bruce]], American comedian (b. [[1925]])
* [[August 6]] – [[Cordwainer Smith]], American author (b. [[1913]])
* [[August 12]] – [[Artur Alliksaar]], Estonian poet (b. [[1923]])
* [[August 15]]
** [[Jan Kiepura]], Polish tenor and actor (b. [[1902]])
** [[Seena Owen]], American actress (b. [[1894]])
* [[August 17]] – [[Ken Miles]], British sports car racing engineer and driver (b. [[1918]])
* [[August 19]] – [[Fritz Bleyl]], German painter (b. [[1880]])
* [[August 23]] – [[Francis X. Bushman]], American actor (b. [[1883]])
* [[August 24]] 
** [[Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski]], Polish general and statesman, 33rd [[Prime Minister of Poland]] (b. [[1895]])
** [[Lao She]], Chinese author (b. [[1899]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lao-She Lao She Chinese author]</ref>
** [[Vicente Mejía Colindres]], 29th [[President of Honduras]] (b. [[1878]])
* [[August 26]] 
** [[Art Baker (actor)|Art Baker]], American actor (b. [[1898]])
** [[W. W. E. Ross]], Canadian geophysicist and poet (b. [[1894]])<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/william-wrightson-eustace-wwe-ross William Wrightson Eustace (W.W.E.) Ross]</ref>