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In the year 1936
374 Notable deaths
Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh
Persian princess and memoirist of the qajar dynasty. (1883–1936).
Born February 14th, 1883 in Tehran.
Died January 25th, 1936 at 52 years old in Tehran.
Friedrich Sixt von Armin
German general (1851–1936).
Born November 27th, 1851 in Wetzlar.
Died October 1st, 1936 at 84 years old in Magdeburg.
Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf
German officer (1860-1936).
Born December 13th, 1860 in Frankfurt (Oder).
Died September 1st, 1936 at 75 years old in Glücksburg.
Godwin von Brumowski
Austro-hungarian flying ace (1889-1936).
Born July 26th, 1889 in Wadowice.
Died June 3rd, 1936 at 46 years old in Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
Svetozar Pribićević
Croatian serb politician (1875–1936).
Born October 26th, 1875 in Hrvatska Kostajnica.
Died September 15th, 1936 at 60 years old in Prague.
Edward Weston
United states chemist.
Born May 9th, 1850 in Oswestry.
Died August 20th, 1936 at 86 years old in Montclair.
Marguerite Durand
French actress and journalist, editor (1864–1936).
Born January 24th, 1864 in 8th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1936 at 72 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Arvid Lindman
Swedish 20th century prime minister (1862-1936).
Born September 19th, 1862 in Österby. [ref]
Died December 9th, 1936 at 74 years old in Croydon Airport (aviation accident). [ref]
Alexandros Papanastasiou
Greek politician (1876-1936).
Born July 8th, 1876 in Tripoli.
Died November 17th, 1936 at 60 years old in Athens.
Robert Bárány
Austri-hungarian otologist and nobel prize laureate.
Born April 22nd, 1876 in Vienna.
Died April 8th, 1936 at 59 years old in Uppsala Cathedral Assembly. [ref]
Oscar Asche
Australian actor and director (1871–1936).
Born January 26th, 1871 in Geelong.
Died March 23rd, 1936 at 65 years old in Marlow.
Leon Wyczółkowski
Polish painter (1852–1936).
Born April 11th, 1852 in Wola Miastkowska.
Died December 27th, 1936 at 84 years old in Warsaw.
Billy Papke
American boxer (1886–1936).
Born September 17th, 1886 in Spring Valley.
Died November 26th, 1936 at 50 years old in Newport Beach (gunshot wound).
Lola Mora
Argentine sculptor (1866–1936).
Born November 17th, 1866 in San Miguel de Tucumán, El Tala.
Died June 7th, 1936 at 69 years old in Buenos Aires.
Robert Demachy
French photographer (1859-1936).
Born July 7th, 1859 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. [ref]
Died December 29th, 1936 at 77 years old in Hennequeville. [ref]
Josep Sunyol
Spanish football executive (1898-1936).
Born July 21st, 1898 in Barcelona.
Died August 6th, 1936 at 38 years old in Sierra de Guadarrama.
Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster
British politician and cricketer (1866-1936).
Born January 31st, 1866 in Kent.
Died January 15th, 1936 at 69 years old in London.
Édouard Goursat
French mathematician (1858-1936).
Born May 21st, 1858 in Lanzac. [ref]
Died November 25th, 1936 at 78 years old in Paris. [ref]
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.
Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Princess consort of waldeck-pyrmont.
Born January 6th, 1858 in Kiel.
Died July 2nd, 1936 at 78 years old in Marburg (disease).
Claudia Muzio
Italian opera soprano (1889–1936).
Born February 7th, 1889 in Pavia.
Died May 24th, 1936 at 47 years old in Rome (disease).
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck
Dutch politician (1873-1936).
Born December 1st, 1873 in Roermond.
Died April 17th, 1936 at 62 years old in Utrecht (disease).
Karl Litzmann
German general (1850-1936).
Born January 22nd, 1850 in Neuglobsow.
Died May 28th, 1936 at 86 years old in Neuglobsow.
Stefan Grabiński
Polish writer (1887-1936).
Born February 26th, 1887 in Kamianka-Buzka.
Died November 12th, 1936 at 49 years old in Lviv (tuberculosis).
Patrick Henry Bruce
American artist (1881-1936).
Born March 25th, 1881 in Campbell County. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1936 at 55 years old in New York City (drug overdose). [ref]
Deaths 176 to 200 of 374
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