In the year 1936
421 Notable deaths
Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen
Austrian archduke (1856-1936).
Born June 4th, 1856 in Židlochovice. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1936 at 80 years old in Magyaróvár. [ref]
José Calvo Sotelo
Spanish author (1893-1936).
Born May 6th, 1893 in Tui. [ref]
Died July 13th, 1936 at 43 years old in Madrid (gunshot wound). [ref]
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy
Turkish poet and writer (1873–1936).
Born December 20th, 1873 in Fatih.
Died December 27th, 1936 at 63 years old in Moldova (liver cirrhosis).
Lottie Pickford
Actress (1893–1936).
Born June 9th, 1893 in Toronto.
Died December 9th, 1936 at 43 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Henry Solomon Wellcome
Anglo-american businessman.
Born August 21st, 1853 in Almond.
Died July 25th, 1936 at 82 years old in London (pneumonia).
Mikhail Tomsky
Soviet politician (1880-1936).
Born October 31st, 1880 in Kolpino.
Died August 22nd, 1936 at 55 years old in Korolyov (gunshot wound).
Henry B. Walthall
American actor (1878–1936).
Born March 16th, 1878 in Shelby County.
Died June 17th, 1936 at 58 years old in Monrovia (influenza).
Max von Stephanitz
German noble (1864–1936).
Born December 30th, 1864 in Dresden.
Died April 22nd, 1936 at 71 years old in Dresden.
Irene Fenwick
American actress (1887-1936).
Born September 5th, 1887 in Chicago.
Died December 24th, 1936 at 49 years old in Beverly Hills (anorexia nervosa).
Kikunae Ikeda
Japanese chemist (1864–1936).
Born October 8th, 1864 in Kyoto.
Died May 3rd, 1936 at 71 years old in Tokyo.
Georgy Chicherin
Marxist revolutionary and soviet politician (1872-1936).
Born November 24th, 1872 in Karaul.
Died July 7th, 1936 at 63 years old in Moscow (cerebral hemorrhage).
Marcel Grossmann
Mathematician (1878-1936).
Born April 9th, 1878 in Budapest.
Died September 7th, 1936 at 58 years old in Zurich (multiple sclerosis).
Finley Peter Dunne
American humorist (1867–1936).
Born July 10th, 1867 in Chicago. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1936 at 68 years old in New York City. [ref]
Anna Boch
Belgian painter (1848-1936).
Born February 10th, 1848 in Saint-Vaast.
Died February 25th, 1936 at 88 years old in Brussels, Ixelles.
John Scott Haldane
British physiologist (1860–1936).
Born May 3rd, 1860 in Edinburgh.
Died March 15th, 1936 at 75 years old in Oxford.
Juan de la Cierva
Spanish aeronautical engineer and pilot; inventor of the autogyro (1895-1936).
Born September 21st, 1895 in Murcia.
Died December 9th, 1936 at 41 years old in Croydon Airport (aviation accident).
Yumeno Kyūsaku
Japanese writer (1889–1936).
Born January 4th, 1889 in Fukuoka.
Died March 11th, 1936 at 47 years old in Tokyo (cerebral hemorrhage).
Sir John Woodroffe
English orientalist (1865–1936).
Born December 15th, 1865 in Kolkata.
Died January 18th, 1936 at 70 years old in Beausoleil.
Sergei Shchukin
Russian art collector (1854-1936).
Born July 6th, 1854 in Moscow.
Died January 10th, 1936 at 81 years old in Paris.
Christiaan Snouck
Dutch orientalist (1857–1936).
Born February 8th, 1857 in Oosterhout.
Died June 26th, 1936 at 79 years old in Leiden.
Floyd B. Olson
22nd governor of minnesota (1891-1936).
Born November 13th, 1891 in Minneapolis.
Died August 22nd, 1936 at 44 years old in Rochester (stomach cancer). [ref]
Henry Louis Le Châtelier
French chemist (1850–1936).
Born October 8th, 1850 in Paris.
Died September 17th, 1936 at 85 years old in Miribel-les-Échelles.
Edward Bach
British physician/homeopath/bacteriologist/spiritual writer (1886–1936).
Born September 24th, 1886 in Birmingham.
Died November 27th, 1936 at 50 years old in Didcot.
Sergey Kamenev
Russian military leader.
Born April 16th, 1881 in Kyiv.
Died August 25th, 1936 at 55 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
James Churchward
British occult writer (1851–1936).
Born February 27th, 1851 in Okehampton.
Died January 4th, 1936 at 84 years old
Deaths 76 to 100 of 421
The meaning of life is that it stops. Franz Kafka