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In the year 1936
374 Notable deaths
Charles Nicolle
French microbiologist.
Born September 21st, 1866 in Rouen.
Died February 28th, 1936 at 69 years old in Tunis. [ref]
Nahum Sokolow
Hebrew journalist, editor, essayist, and political leader (1859–1936).
Born January 10th, 1859 in Wyszogród.
Died May 17th, 1936 at 77 years old in London.
Thomas Meighan
American actor (1879-1936).
Born April 9th, 1879 in Pittsburgh.
Died July 8th, 1936 at 57 years old in Great Neck Peninsula (cancer).
Harriet Monroe
American poet and editor (1860-1936).
Born December 23rd, 1860 in Chicago.
Died September 26th, 1936 at 75 years old in Arequipa.
Blas Infante
Andalusian writer and politician.
Born July 5th, 1885 in Casa natal de Blas Infante. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1936 at 51 years old in Seville (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Ramiro Ledesma Ramos
Spanish author (1905-1936).
Born May 23rd, 1905 in Alfaraz de Sayago. [ref]
Died October 29th, 1936 at 31 years old in Aravaca (execution by shooting). [ref]
Horacio Vásquez
President of the dominican republic (1860-1936).
Born October 22nd, 1860 in Moca.
Died March 25th, 1936 at 75 years old in Moca.
Meir Dizengoff
Zionist politician (1861-1936).
Born February 25th, 1861 in Bessarabia.
Died September 23rd, 1936 at 75 years old in Tel-Aviv.
John Bowers
American stage and silent film actor (1885-1936).
Born December 25th, 1885 in Garrett.
Died November 17th, 1936 at 50 years old in Santa Monica (drowning).
Raoul Villain
French assassin.
Born September 19th, 1885 in Reims. [ref]
Died September 14th, 1936 at 50 years old in Ibiza (ballistic trauma).
Heinrich Rickert
German philosopher (1866-1936).
Born May 25th, 1863 in Gdańsk. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1936 at 73 years old in Heidelberg. [ref]
Ignacy Daszyński
Polish politician (1866-1936).
Born October 26th, 1866 in Zbarazh.
Died October 31st, 1936 at 70 years old in Bystra. [ref]
Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
Prince of schaumburg-lippe.
Born February 23rd, 1883 in Stadthagen.
Died March 26th, 1936 at 53 years old in State of Mexico.
Chang Ping-lin
Chinese linguist (1868-1936).
Born December 25th, 1868 in Yuhang District.
Died June 14th, 1936 at 67 years old in Suzhou.
Edward German
English musician and composer (1862–1936).
Born February 17th, 1862 in Whitchurch.
Died November 11th, 1936 at 74 years old in London.
Jennie Augusta Brownscombe
American painter (1850-1936).
Born December 10th, 1850 in Honesdale. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1936 at 85 years old in New York City. [ref]
Aghasi Khanjian
Soviet politician (1901–1936).
Born January 30th, 1901 in Van.
Died July 9th, 1936 at 35 years old in Tbilisi.
Valentin Voloshinov
Russian linguist.
Born June 18th, 1895 in Saint Petersburg.
Died June 13th, 1936 at 40 years old in Saint Petersburg (tuberculosis).
Archibald Garrod
British doctor (1857-1936).
Born November 25th, 1857 in London.
Died March 28th, 1936 at 78 years old in Cambridge.
Louis Thomas McFadden
American politician.
Born July 25th, 1876 in Troy Township.
Died October 1st, 1936 at 60 years old in New York City.
Fatma Aliye Topuz
Turkish feminist writer (1862-1936).
Born October 9th, 1862 in Istanbul.
Died July 13th, 1936 at 73 years old in Istanbul.
Dezső Kosztolányi
Hungarian poet, writer and translator (1885–1936).
Born March 29th, 1885 in Subotica.
Died November 3rd, 1936 at 51 years old in Budapest (pneumonia).
Ramiro de Maeztu
Spanish political theorist, journalist, and literary critic.
Born May 4th, 1874 in Vitoria-Gasteiz. [ref]
Died October 29th, 1936 at 62 years old in Aravaca (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Vladimir Chertkov
Russian editor (1854–1936).
Born November 3rd, 1854 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 9th, 1936 at 82 years old in Moscow.
Peter Norbeck
American politician (1870-1936).
Born August 27th, 1870 in Vermillion.
Died December 20th, 1936 at 66 years old in Redfield (cancer).
Deaths 126 to 150 of 374
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