Aged 66
Famous people who died at 66
211 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 66, including Marie Curie, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Ernest Rutherford. Here are the 100 best known.
- Marie CuriePolish-born French physicist and chemist · 1867–1934
- Jean-Jacques RousseauGenevan philosopher, writer, and composer · 1712–1778
- Ernest RutherfordNew Zealand physicist · 1871–1937
- Indira GandhiPrime Minister of India · 1917–1984
- RumiIranian poet · 1207–1273
- John Stuart MillBritish philosopher and political economist · 1806–1873
- John SteinbeckAmerican writer · 1902–1968
- Andrew JohnsonPresident of the United States from 1865 to 1869 · 1808–1875
- Joseph ConradPolish-British writer · 1857–1924
- Robert KochGerman physician, bacteriologist · 1843–1910
- Christiaan HuygensDutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer · 1629–1695
- Anatoliy SolovyanenkoUkrainian singer · 1932–1999
- Moshe ben MaimonMedieval Jewish philosopher from Spain · 1138–1204
- PlautusRoman comic playwright · c. 250–184 BC
- Terry PratchettEnglish fantasy author · 1948–2015
- W. H. AudenBritish-American poet · 1907–1973
- Giuseppe MazziniItalian nationalist activist, politician, journalist and philosopher · 1805–1872
- Dale CarnegieAmerican writer and lecturer · 1888–1955
- François de La RochefoucauldFrench author of maxims and memoirs · 1613–1680
- Prosper MériméeFrench writer, archaeologist and historian · 1803–1870
- Jesse OwensAmerican track and field athlete · 1913–1980
- Salvatore QuasimodoItalian writer · 1901–1968
- Emil FischerGerman chemist · 1852–1919
- Jeffrey EpsteinAmerican sex offender and financier · 1953–2019
- Mobutu Sese SekoCongolese politician and military officer, the first and only president of Zaire from 1971 to 1997 · 1930–1997
- Saparmyrat NyýazowPresident of Turkmenistan from 1990 to 2006 · 1940–2006
- HeracliusByzantine emperor from 610 to 641 · c. AD 575–641
- Langston HughesAmerican writer and social activist · 1901–1967
- Erik Axel KarlfeldtSwedish poet · 1864–1931
- Leo IIIPope of the Catholic Church from 795 to 816 · c. AD 750–816
- Pius IVPope of the Catholic Church from 1559 to 1565 · 1499–1565
- Garry ShandlingAmerican comedian · 1949–2016
- John III SobieskiKing of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania · 1629–1696
- Michael CrichtonAmerican author, screenwriter, film director · 1942–2008
- Reza ShahShah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the Pahlavi Dynasty · 1878–1944
- Oskar SchindlerGerman industrialist and Holocaust rescuer · 1908–1974
- William HogarthEnglish painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist · 1697–1764
- Pedro II of Brazil2nd and final Emperor of Brazil · 1825–1891
- Christine de PizanFrench poet and author · c. 1364–1430
- Rudolf ClausiusGerman mathematical physicist and professor · 1822–1888
- Tom ClancyAmerican author · 1947–2013
- Walther BotheGerman physicist, mathematician and chemist · 1891–1957
- Moshe DayanIsraeli military leader and politician · 1915–1981
- PertinaxEmperor of Ancient Rome · AD 126–193
- Alfred de VignyFrench poet, playwright, and novelist · 1797–1863
- Martin RyleEnglish radio astronomer · 1918–1984
- Gregory XPope from 1271 to 1276 · c. 1210–1276
- Jacques MonodFrench biologist and biochemist, Nobel laureate · 1910–1976
- Hubert HumphreyVice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969 · 1911–1978
- Saint AnneMother of Virgin Mary in Christian and Islamic traditions; unnamed in the New Testament or Quran · c. 55 BC–AD 12
- Joseph SchumpeterAustrian political economist · 1883–1950
- Momoko KōchiJapanese actress · 1932–1998
- Dashiell HammettAmerican writer · 1894–1961
- Henri RousseauFrench painter · 1844–1910
- Samuel ButlerEnglish novelist and critic · 1835–1902
- Urbain Le VerrierFrench astronomer · 1811–1877
- Walter RaleighEnglish statesman, soldier and writer · 1552–1618
- August KekuléGerman organic chemist · 1829–1896
- Mark RothkoAmerican painter of Latvian-Jewish descent · 1903–1970
- Ken KeseyAmerican novelist · 1935–2001
- Leo III the SyrianEmperor of Byzantine Empire · c. AD 675–741
- Ayub KhanPresident of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969 · 1907–1974
- Friedrich PaulusGerman general · 1890–1957
- Ahmad YasinPalestinian political and religious leader · 1937–2004
- Leó SzilárdHungarian-American Jewish physicist and inventor · 1898–1964
- Paco de Lucía ↗Spanish flamenco, classical, jazz guitarist & musician · 1947–2014
- Prince Henry the Navigator ↗Portuguese prince and governor · 1394–1460
- Chang Myon ↗South Korean politician · 1899–1966
- Multatuli ↗Dutch author · 1820–1887
- Romain Gary ↗French writer and diplomat · 1914–1980
- Zeno ↗Byzantine Emperor · c. AD 425–491
- Richard Kuhn ↗Austrian-German biochemist · 1900–1967
- Thomas Cranmer ↗Leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury · 1489–1556
- George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston ↗Viceroy of India and British Foreign Secretary · 1859–1925
- Joe Louis ↗American boxer · 1914–1981
- Stanisław August Poniatowski ↗King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania · 1732–1798
- Wendell Meredith Stanley ↗American biochemist and virologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry · 1904–1971
- Max Beckmann ↗German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and writer · 1884–1950
- Italo Svevo ↗Italian writer · 1861–1928
- Arthur de Gobineau ↗French diplomat and writer known for racial theories · 1816–1882
- Domenico Modugno ↗Italian singer, actor and politician · 1928–1994
- François Boucher ↗French painter · 1703–1770
- Antoine François Prévost ↗French novelist · 1697–1763
- Marcello Malpighi ↗Italian physician · 1628–1694
- Sergei Parajanov ↗Soviet Armenian and Georgian film director · 1924–1990
- Denis Papin ↗French physicist, mathematician and inventor · 1647–1713
- Laura Bassi ↗Italian physicist · 1711–1778
- Komitas ↗Ottoman Armenian priest, musicologist, composer and vardapet · 1869–1935
- Paul Hermann Müller ↗Swiss chemist · 1899–1965
- Angelica Kauffmann ↗Swiss artist · 1741–1807
- Augustus III of Poland ↗King of Poland, Elector of Saxony · 1696–1763
- Guido Reni ↗Bolognese painter · 1575–1642
- Charles W. Fairbanks ↗American politician; Vice President of the United States from 1905 to 1909 · 1852–1918
- Tallulah Bankhead ↗American actress · 1902–1968
- Tom Petty ↗American musician · 1950–2017
- Ahab ↗King of Israel, the son and successor of Omri, and the husband of Jezebel (1 Kings 16) · c. 918–852 BC
- Carl Czerny ↗Austrian composer and pianist · 1791–1857
- David Oistrakh ↗Soviet violinist · 1908–1974
- Henry the Lion ↗Welf dynasty, Duke of Saxony, as Henry III, and Duke of Bavaria, as Henry XII · c. 1129–1195
- Kanishka ↗The fourth and greatest Kushan emperor · c. AD 78–144
"c." means only the years are known, so the age could be a year out. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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