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In the year 1936
421 Notable deaths
Heikki Suolahti
Finnish composer (1920–1936).
Born February 2nd, 1920 in Helsinki.
Died December 27th, 1936 at 16 years old in Helsinki (leukemia, appendicitis).
Arne Hovde
Norwegian ski jumper (1914–1936).
Born September 28th, 1914 in Vikersund.
Died April 12th, 1936 at 21 years old [ref]
Toni Kurz
Mountain climber (1913–1936).
Born January 13th, 1913 in Berchtesgaden.
Died July 22nd, 1936 at 23 years old in Eiger.
Federico Borrell García
Spanish anarchist (1912–1936).
Born January 3rd, 1912 in Benilloba.
Died September 5th, 1936 at 24 years old in Córdoba.
Gustav Almgren
Fencer (1906–1936).
Born November 6th, 1906 in Vänersborg.
Died August 31st, 1936 at 29 years old in Gothenburg.
Kim Hyong-gwon
Korean revolutionary.
Born November 4th, 1905 in Pyongyang.
Died January 12th, 1936 at 30 years old in Seodaemun Prison.
Ramiro Ledesma Ramos
Spanish author (1905–1936).
Born May 23rd, 1905 in Alfaraz de Sayago.
Died October 29th, 1936 at 31 years old in Aravaca (execution by shooting).
Onésimo Redondo
Spanish falangist politician (1905–1936).
Born February 16th, 1905 in Quintanilla de Onésimo.
Died July 24th, 1936 at 31 years old in Labajos.
Nils Johansson
Swedish ice hockey player (1904-1936).
Born October 3rd, 1904 in Adolf Fredriks parish. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1936 at 32 years old in Brännkyrka parish. [ref]
Nikolai Ostrovsky
Ukrainian-russian writer (1904-1936).
Born September 29th, 1904 in Viliia.
Died December 22nd, 1936 at 32 years old in Moscow (multiple sclerosis).
Dragan Jovanović
Serbian footballer and coach (1903-1936).
Born September 29th, 1903 in Belgrade.
Died June 2nd, 1936 at 32 years old in Belgrade (traffic collision).
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).
Antonio José
Spanish composer (1902–1936).
Born December 12th, 1902 in Burgos.
Died October 9th, 1936 at 33 years old in Estépar.
Stephan Cohn-Vossen
Russian mathematician (1902–1936).
Born May 28th, 1902 in Wrocław.
Died June 25th, 1936 at 34 years old in Moscow (infectious disease).
Jean Mermoz
French aviator (1901–1936).
Born December 9th, 1901 in Aubenton. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1936 at 34 years old in Atlantic Ocean. [ref]
Robert Desmettre
French water polo player (1901–1936).
Born August 5th, 1901 in Neuville-en-Ferrain.
Died March 6th, 1936 at 34 years old in Tourcoing.
Francisco Ascaso
Spanish anarcho-syndicalist (1901–1936).
Born April 1st, 1901 in Almudévar.
Died September 21st, 1936 at 35 years old in Barcelona.
Aghasi Khanjian
Soviet politician (1901–1936).
Born November 30th, 1901 in Van.
Died July 9th, 1936 at 34 years old in Tbilisi.
Christine Buisman
Dutch botanist (1900-1936).
Born March 22nd, 1900 in Leeuwarden.
Died March 27th, 1936 at 36 years old in Amsterdam.
Richard Hauptmann
Carpenter, convicted murderer (1899-1936).
Born November 26th, 1899 in Kamenz.
Died April 3rd, 1936 at 36 years old in Trenton, New Jersey State Prison (electrocution).
Kamala Nehru
Indian independence activist (1899–1936).
Born August 1st, 1899 in Delhi.
Died February 28th, 1936 at 36 years old in Lausanne (tuberculosis).
Pietro Bestetti
Italian cyclist (1898-1936).
Born December 12th, 1898 in Pioltello.
Died January 3rd, 1936 at 37 years old in Milan.
Yevhen Pluzhnyk
Ukrainian poet, playwright, translator, editor, publisher (1898–1936).
Born December 26th, 1898 in Kantemirovka.
Died February 2nd, 1936 at 37 years old in Solovetsky Islands (tuberculosis).
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).
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