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In the year 1936

421 Notable deaths

Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke

Swiss linguist (1861-1936).

Born January 30th, 1861 in Dübendorf.

Died October 4th, 1936 at 75 years old in Bonn.

Felipe Pinglo Alva

Peruvian composer (1899–1936).

Born July 18th, 1899 in Lima.

Died May 13th, 1936 at 36 years old in Lima.

Jafar al-Askari

3rd and 6th prime minister of iraq (1885–1936).

Born September 15th, 1885 in Baghdad.

Died October 30th, 1936 at 51 years old in Baghdad.

Julio Ruiz de Alda Miqueleiz

Spanish aviator (1897-1936).

Born October 7th, 1897 in Estella-Lizarra.

Died August 23rd, 1936 at 38 years old in Madrid (gunshot wound).

Charles Harding Firth

British military and political historian (1857–1936).

Born March 16th, 1857 in Ecclesall.

Died February 19th, 1936 at 78 years old in Acland Hospital.

John B. O'Brien

American film director and actor (1884-1936).

Born December 13th, 1884 in Roanoke.

Died August 15th, 1936 at 51 years old in Los Angeles.

Abraham Langlet

Swedish chemist (1868-1936).

Born July 9th, 1868 in Södertälje.

Died March 30th, 1936 at 67 years old in Gothenburg.

Richard James Horatio Gottheil

American semitic scholar and zionist (1862–1936).

Born October 13th, 1862 in Manchester.

Died May 22nd, 1936 at 73 years old in New York City.

Štefan Lux

Journalist, film director (1887-1936).

Born November 4th, 1888 in Malacky.

Died July 3rd, 1936 at 47 years old in Geneva (gunshot wound).

Julien Tiersot

French musicologist, composer and pioneer in ethnomusicology (1857-1936).

Born July 5th, 1857 in Bourg-en-Bresse.

Died August 10th, 1936 at 79 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris.

William Arthur Parks

Canadian scientist (1868-1936).

Born December 11th, 1868 in Hamilton.

Died October 3rd, 1936 at 67 years old in Toronto (illness). [ref]

Yeghishe Tadevosyan

Russian armenian painter (1870-1936).

Born September 24th, 1870 in Vagharshapat.

Died January 22nd, 1936 at 65 years old in Tbilisi.

Asen Zlatarov

Bulgarian scientist.

Born February 4th, 1885 in Haskovo. [ref]

Died December 22nd, 1936 at 51 years old in Vienna.

Bartolomé Martínez

President of nicaragua (1873-1936).

Born August 24th, 1873 in Matagalpa Department.

Died January 30th, 1936 at 62 years old in Matagalpa.

Heikki Suolahti

Finnish composer (1920–1936).

Born February 2nd, 1920 in Helsinki.

Died December 27th, 1936 at 16 years old in Helsinki (leukemia, appendicitis).

Ernst Reicher

Actor, film producer (1885-1936).

Born September 19th, 1885 in Berlin.

Died May 1st, 1936 at 50 years old in Prague (hanging to death).

Amédée Borrel

French biologist (1867–1936).

Born August 1st, 1867 in Cazouls-lès-Béziers.

Died September 15th, 1936 at 69 years old in Cazouls-lès-Béziers.

Carl Westman

Swedish architect (1866-1936).

Born February 20th, 1866 in Uppsala.

Died January 23rd, 1936 at 69 years old in Stockholm.

Ivan Alexandrov

Russian engineer (1875-1936).

Born September 1st, 1875 in Moscow.

Died May 2nd, 1936 at 60 years old in Moscow.

Jovan Žujović

Serbian anthropologist (1856–1936).

Born October 18th, 1856 in Brusnica.

Died July 19th, 1936 at 79 years old in Belgrade.

Antonio José

Spanish composer (1902–1936).

Born December 12th, 1902 in Burgos.

Died October 9th, 1936 at 33 years old in Estépar.

Félia Litvinne

Russian-born, french-based dramatic soprano.

Born August 29th, 1863 in Saint Petersburg.

Died October 12th, 1936 at 73 years old in Paris (disease).

Heinrich Cunow

German politician (1862-1936).

Born April 11th, 1862 in Schwerin.

Died August 26th, 1936 at 74 years old in Berlin.

Mercedes Prat

Spanish religious (1880–1936).

Born March 6th, 1880 in Barcelona.

Died July 24th, 1936 at 56 years old in Barcelona.

Manuel Goded Llopis

Spanish army general (1882-1936).

Born October 15th, 1882 in San Juan.

Died August 12th, 1936 at 53 years old in Barcelona (gunshot wound).

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