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In the year 1936
333 Notable deaths
Ramón María del Valle-Inclán
Spanish author (1866-1936).
Born October 28th, 1866 in Vilanova de Arousa.
Died January 5th, 1936 at 69 years old in Santiago de Compostela (bladder cancer). [ref]
Max von Stephanitz
German noble.
Born December 30th, 1864 in Dresden.
Died April 22nd, 1936 at 71 years old in Dresden.
Lorado Taft
American sculptor, writer, and educator.
Born April 29th, 1860 in Elmwood.
Died October 30th, 1936 at 76 years old in Chicago.
Walther Wever
German officer and chief of the luftwaffe general staff.
Born November 11th, 1887 in Sicienko, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Died June 3rd, 1936 at 48 years old in Dresden.
Andrija Mohorovičić
Croatian seismologist and salvador brau student.
Born January 23rd, 1857 in Volosko.
Died December 18th, 1936 at 79 years old in Zagreb.
James Churchward
British occult writer.
Born February 27th, 1851 in Okehampton.
Died January 4th, 1936 at 84 years old
Leonardo Torres Quevedo
Spanish engineer (1852-1936).
Born December 28th, 1852 in Santa Cruz. [ref]
Died December 18th, 1936 at 83 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Nikolai Ostrovsky
Russian writer (1904-1936).
Born September 29th, 1904 in Viliia. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1936 at 32 years old in Moscow (multiple sclerosis). [ref]
Gyula Gömbös
Hungarian fascist politician (1886-1936).
Born December 26th, 1886 in Murga.
Died October 6th, 1936 at 49 years old in Munich (kidney disease).
Frank Hornby
English toy inventor, businessman and politician (1863-1936).
Born May 15th, 1863 in Liverpool.
Died September 21st, 1936 at 73 years old in Liverpool.
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