Editing 1966 in science (section)

==Births==
* February 23 – [[Didier Queloz]], [[Swiss people|Swiss]] [[astronomer]].
* April 14 – [[Polina Bayvel]], Ukrainian-born optical communications engineer.
* April 21 – [[Chris Whitty]], [[English people|English]] [[epidemiologist]], Chief Medical Officer for England.
* May 17 – [[Adrian Owen]], English [[neuroscientist]].
* June 13 – [[Grigori Perelman]], [[Russia]]n [[mathematician]].
* July 8 – [[Ralf Altmeyer]], [[German people|German]] [[virologist]].
* August 7 – [[Jimmy Wales]], [[Americans|American]] [[internet entrepreneur]].
* September 10 – [[Carolyn Bertozzi]], American winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]].<ref>{{cite press release|title=Press release: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022|date=2022-10-05|publisher=The Nobel Prize|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2022/press-release/|accessdate=2022-10-06}}</ref>
* September 30 – [[Shankar Balasubramanian]], [[India]]n-born [[British people|British]] [[biochemist]].
* October 30 – [[Irene Tracey]], English neuroscientist and academic administrator.
* Undated – [[Victor Vescovo]], American explorer.