In the year 1936
421 Notable deaths
Pedro Muñoz Seca
Spanish writer (1879–1936).
Born February 20th, 1879 in El Puerto de Santa María.
Died November 28th, 1936 at 57 years old in Paracuellos de Jarama.
William Hall-Jones
New zealand politician (1851-1936).
Born January 16th, 1851 in Folkestone.
Died June 19th, 1936 at 85 years old in Wellington.
Chandler Egan
Amateur golfer, golf course architect (1884–1936).
Born August 21st, 1884 in Chicago.
Died April 5th, 1936 at 51 years old in Everett (pneumonia).
Theodore Earl Butler
American painter (1861-1936).
Born October 12th, 1861 in Columbus.
Died May 2nd, 1936 at 74 years old in Giverny.
Victor H. Metcalf
American politician (1853-1936).
Born October 10th, 1853 in Utica.
Died February 20th, 1936 at 82 years old in Oakland.
Edmund Breese
American actor (1871–1936).
Born June 18th, 1871 in Brooklyn.
Died April 6th, 1936 at 64 years old in New York City (peritonitis).
Juliette Adam
French writer and salonnière (1836–1936).
Born October 4th, 1836 in Verberie.
Died August 23rd, 1936 at 99 years old in Callian.
J. Slauerhoff
Dutch poet, writer and doctor (1898-1936).
Born September 14th, 1898 in Leeuwarden.
Died October 5th, 1936 at 38 years old in Hilversum (malaria).
Richard Dixon Oldham
British geologist (1858–1936).
Born July 31st, 1858 in Dublin.
Died July 15th, 1936 at 77 years old in Llandrindod Wells.
Francisco Ascaso
Spanish anarcho-syndicalist (1901–1936).
Born April 1st, 1901 in Almudévar.
Died September 21st, 1936 at 35 years old in Barcelona.
Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi
Iraqi poet and philosopher (1863–1936).
Born June 18th, 1863 in Baghdad. [ref]
Died February 24th, 1936 at 72 years old in Baghdad. [ref]
Fritz Hommel
German orientalist (1854–1936).
Born July 31st, 1854 in Ansbach.
Died April 17th, 1936 at 81 years old in Munich.
Frank Eugene
American-german photographer, painter and graphic artist (1865–1936).
Born September 19th, 1865 in Manhattan.
Died December 16th, 1936 at 71 years old in Munich.
Stanley Rossiter Benedict
American chemist (1884–1936).
Born March 17th, 1884 in Cincinnati.
Died December 21st, 1936 at 52 years old in United States.
Carmen Phillips
American actress (1888–1966).
Born January 9th, 1895 in San Francisco.
Died December 9th, 1936 at 41 years old
Julius Arthur Nieuwland
American botanist (1878-1936).
Born February 14th, 1878 in Hansbeke.
Died June 11th, 1936 at 58 years old in Washington, D.C..
Louis Glass
Danish pianist and composer (1864–1936).
Born March 23rd, 1864 in Copenhagen.
Died January 22nd, 1936 at 71 years old in Copenhagen.
Louis Thomas McFadden
American politician (1876–1936).
Born July 25th, 1876 in Troy Township.
Died October 1st, 1936 at 60 years old in New York City.
Niels Neergaard
Danish politician (1854-1936).
Born June 27th, 1854 in Ugilt.
Died September 2nd, 1936 at 82 years old in Copenhagen.
Fulgence Bienvenüe
French civil engineer (1852–1936).
Born January 27th, 1852 in Uzel.
Died August 3rd, 1936 at 84 years old in Paris.
Victor Franke
Military officer from germany (1865–1936).
Born July 21st, 1865 in Zlaté Hory.
Died August 7th, 1936 at 71 years old in Hamburg.
Gustave Kahn
French symbolist poet and art critic (1859–1936).
Born December 21st, 1859 in Metz.
Died September 6th, 1936 at 76 years old in Paris.
Conchita Supervía
Singer (1895–1936).
Born December 9th, 1895 in Barcelona.
Died March 30th, 1936 at 40 years old in London (puerperal disorders).
Karel Traxler
Czech chess player (1866–1936).
Born January 17th, 1866 in Vlachovo Březí.
Died May 15th, 1936 at 70 years old in Volyně.
Deaths 226 to 250 of 421
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon