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In the year 1936
333 Notable deaths
Georgy Chicherin
Marxist revolutionary and soviet politician (1872-1936).
Born November 24th, 1872 in Karaul. [ref]
Died July 7th, 1936 at 63 years old in Moscow (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Kikunae Ikeda
Japanese chemist.
Born October 8th, 1864 in Kyoto.
Died May 3rd, 1936 at 71 years old in Tokyo.
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Turkish poet, author, academic and politician (1873-1936).
Born December 20th, 1873 in Fatih.
Died December 27th, 1936 at 63 years old in Istanbul (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje
Dutch orientalist, pacifier of the aceh.
Born February 8th, 1857 in Oosterhout. [ref]
Died June 26th, 1936 at 79 years old in Leiden. [ref]
Mikhail Tomsky
Soviet politician (1880-1936).
Born October 31st, 1880 in Kolpino.
Died August 22nd, 1936 at 55 years old in Korolyov (ballistic trauma).
Juan de la Cierva
Spanish aeronautical engineer and pilot; inventor of the autogyro.
Born September 21st, 1895 in Murcia.
Died December 9th, 1936 at 41 years old in London (aviation accident).
Hiram Percy Maxim
American automotive pioneer.
Born September 2nd, 1869 in Brooklyn.
Died February 17th, 1936 at 66 years old in La Junta.
Edward Bach
British physician/homeopath/bacteriologist/spiritual writer.
Born September 24th, 1886 in Birmingham. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1936 at 50 years old in Didcot. [ref]
Sir John Woodroffe
English orientalist.
Born December 15th, 1865 in Kolkata. [ref]
Died January 18th, 1936 at 70 years old in Beausoleil.
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]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 333
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