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In the year 1936
421 Notable deaths
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai
Indian businessman (1872-1936).
Born September 5th, 1872 in Ottapidaram.
Died November 18th, 1936 at 64 years old in Thoothukudi.
Fuad I of Egypt
Egyptian former king and former sultan.
Born March 26th, 1868 in Cairo.
Died April 28th, 1936 at 68 years old in Cairo.
José Antonio Primo de Rivera
Spanish politician and founder of falange española (1903–1936).
Born April 24th, 1903 in Madrid.
Died November 20th, 1936 at 33 years old in Alicante (gunshot wound).
Karl Pearson
English mathematician, biometrician, and eugenicist (1857–1936).
Born March 27th, 1857 in London.
Died April 27th, 1936 at 79 years old in Coldharbour.
Luigi Pirandello
Italian dramatist, novelist, short story writer, and poet, nobel prize for literature laureate (1867-1936).
Born June 28th, 1867 in Agrigento.
Died December 10th, 1936 at 69 years old in Rome (pneumonia).
Miguel de Unamuno
Spanish poet (1864–1936).
Born September 29th, 1864.
Died December 31st, 1936 at 72 years old in Casa del Regidor Ovalle Prieto, Salamanca.
Alfred Edward Housman
British classical scholar and poet (1859-1936).
Born March 26th, 1859 in Worcestershire, Bromsgrove.
Died April 30th, 1936 at 77 years old in Cambridge.
Julius Schreck
Nazi officer, first commander of the ss (1898-1936).
Born July 13th, 1898 in Munich.
Died May 16th, 1936 at 37 years old in Munich (meningitis).
Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
British army general (1861-1936).
Born April 23rd, 1861 in Nottinghamshire.
Died May 14th, 1936 at 75 years old in London (cerebral hemorrhage).
Basil Zaharoff
Greek-born arms dealer and industrialist (1849-1936).
Born October 6th, 1849 in Muğla. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1936 at 87 years old in Monte Carlo. [ref]
Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari
Former president of the indian national congress (1880–1936).
Born December 25th, 1880 in Mohammadabad.
Died May 10th, 1936 at 55 years old in Delhi.
Louise Bryant
American activist and journalist (1885–1936).
Born December 5th, 1885 in San Francisco.
Died January 6th, 1936 at 50 years old in Sèvres (cerebral hemorrhage).
Ottorino Respighi
Italian composer, musicologist and conductor.
Born June 9th, 1879 in Bologna.
Died April 18th, 1936 at 56 years old in Rome (heart failure).
Alexander Berkman
Russian-american anarchist and writer (1870–1936).
Born November 21st, 1870 in Vilnius.
Died June 28th, 1936 at 65 years old in Nice (gunshot wound).
Norman Chaney
American child actor (1914–1936).
Born October 18th, 1914 in Baltimore.
Died May 29th, 1936 at 21 years old in Baltimore.
David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty
Royal navy officer (1871-1936).
Born January 17th, 1871 in County Wexford.
Died March 11th, 1936 at 65 years old in London.
Hans von Seeckt
German general (1866-1936).
Born April 22nd, 1866 in Schleswig.
Died December 27th, 1936 at 70 years old in Berlin.
Lincoln Steffens
American journalist (1866-1936).
Born April 6th, 1866 in San Francisco.
Died August 9th, 1936 at 70 years old in Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Buenaventura Durruti
Spanish anarchist (1896-1936).
Died November 20th, 1936 at 40 years old in Madrid (gunshot wound).
George Dern
American politician (1872-1936).
Born September 8th, 1872 in Scribner.
Died August 27th, 1936 at 63 years old in Washington, D.C..
Yukteswar Giri
Indian yogi, occultist and guru (1855-1936).
Born May 10th, 1855 in Serampore.
Died March 9th, 1936 at 80 years old in Puri.
José Sanjurjo
Spanish military officer and 1936 coup leader (1872–1936).
Born March 18th, 1872 in Pamplona. [ref]
Died July 20th, 1936 at 64 years old in Estoril (aviation accident).
Louis Blériot
French aviator, inventor and engineer (1872–1936).
Born July 1st, 1872 in Cambrai. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1936 at 64 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Marilyn Miller
Broadway musical star (1898–1936).
Born September 1st, 1898 in Evansville.
Died April 7th, 1936 at 37 years old in New York City (surgical complications).
Alexander Glazunov
Russian composer, music teacher and conductor (1865-1936).
Born August 10th, 1865 in Saint Petersburg.
Died March 21st, 1936 at 70 years old in Paris.
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Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. Langston Hughes