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In the year 1936
348 Notable deaths
Fuad I of Egypt
Egyptian king and sultan.
Born March 26th, 1868 in Cairo.
Died April 28th, 1936 at 68 years old in Cairo.
Alfred Edward Housman
British classical scholar and poet (1859-1936).
Born March 26th, 1859 in Bromsgrove District, Worcestershire. [ref]
Died April 30th, 1936 at 77 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Louise Bryant
American activist and journalist (1885–1936).
Born December 5th, 1885 in San Francisco.
Died January 6th, 1936 at 50 years old in Sèvres (cerebral hemorrhage).
Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
British army general (1861-1936).
Born April 23rd, 1861 in Nottinghamshire. [ref]
Died May 14th, 1936 at 75 years old in London (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Ottorino Respighi
Italian composer, musicologist and conductor.
Born July 9th, 1879 in Bologna. [ref]
Died April 18th, 1936 at 56 years old in Rome (heart failure). [ref]
Julius Schreck
Nazi officer, first commander of the ss (1898-1936).
Born July 13th, 1898 in Munich.
Died May 16th, 1936 at 37 years old in Munich (meningitis).
Lincoln Steffens
American journalist (1866-1936).
Born April 6th, 1866 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1936 at 70 years old in Carmel-by-the-Sea. [ref]
Alexander Berkman
Russian-american anarchist and writer.
Born November 21st, 1870 in Vilnius.
Died June 28th, 1936 at 65 years old in Nice (gunshot wound).
Norman Chaney
American child actor (1914–1936).
Born October 18th, 1914 in Baltimore.
Died May 29th, 1936 at 21 years old in Baltimore.
David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty
Royal navy officer (1871-1936).
Born January 17th, 1871 in County Wexford. [ref]
Died March 11th, 1936 at 65 years old in London.
Deaths 31 to 40 of 348
By becoming deeply aware of our mortality, we intensify our experience of every aspect of life. Robert Greene