Famous People Who Died In 1936

Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1936. This list includes people like Rudyard Kipling, Ivan Pavlov, Federico García Lorca, Anne Sullivan, Maxim Gorky and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include novelists, political leaders, poets and philosophers who died in 1936. This list includes people from United Kingdom, United States, Germany & France and many more countries.
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Rudyard Kipling
(Journalist, Poet & Novelist)
Rudyard Kipling
43
Birthdate: December 30, 1865
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Mumbai, India
Died: January 18
 2 
George V
(King of the United Kingdom (1910-36))
George V
58
Birthdate: June 3, 1865
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England
Died: January 20
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 3 
Anne Sullivan
(Educator)
Anne Sullivan
20
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 14, 1866
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Agawam, Massachusetts, United States
Died: October 20
 4 
Ivan Pavlov
(Physiologist)
Ivan Pavlov
8
Birthdate: September 26, 1849
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ryazan, Russia
Died: February 27
 5 
Federico García Lorca
(Spanish Poet, Playwright, and Theatre Director.)
Federico García Lorca
5
Birthdate: June 5, 1898
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Fuente Vaqueros, Spain
Died: August 19
 6 
Gilbert K. Chesterton
(One of the Greatest Writers of the 20th Century Best Known as the 'Prince of Paradox')
Gilbert K. Chesterton
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 29, 1874
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Died: June 14
 7 
Elsa Einstein
(Albert Einstein's Wife)
Elsa Einstein
6
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 18, 1876
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Hechingen, Germany
Died: December 20
 8 
Charles Curtis
(Former Vice President of the United States)
Charles Curtis
9
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 25, 1860
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Topeka
Died: February 8
 9 
Maxim Gorky
(Russian Writer Best Known for His Works 'The Lower Depths', 'Mother', 'Chelkash' and 'Children of the Sun')
Maxim Gorky
6
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: March 28, 1868
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Died: June 18
 10 
Robert E. Howard
(Pulp Fiction Writer)
Robert E. Howard
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 22, 1906
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Peaster
Died: June 11
 11 
Munshi Premchand
(Novelist and Author)
Munshi Premchand
77
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 31, 1880
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lamhi, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: October 8
 12 
John Heisman
(Coach)
John Heisman
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 23, 1869
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio
Died: October 3
 13 
Billy Mitchell
(Military General)
Billy Mitchell
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 29, 1879
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Nice, France
Died: February 19
 14 
John Gilbert
(Actor)
John Gilbert
2
Birthdate: July 10, 1897
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Logan, Utah, United States
Died: January 9
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 15 
Irving Thalberg
(Film producer)
Irving Thalberg
4
Birthdate: May 30, 1899
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died: September 14
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 16 
Max Schreck
(Actor)
Max Schreck
0
Birthdate: September 6, 1879
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: February 20
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 17 
Luigi Pirandello
(Italian Playwright and Novelist & Winner of 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature)
Luigi Pirandello
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 28, 1867
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Agrigento, Italy
Died: December 10
 18 
A. E. Housman
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 26, 1859
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Fockbury, England
Died: April 30
 19 
Lu Xun
(Chinese Writer, Essayist, Poet & Literary Critic)
Lu Xun
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 25, 1881
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Died: October 19
 20 
Miguel de Unamuno
1
Birthdate: September 29, 1864
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bilbao
Died: December 31
 21 
Fuad I of Egypt
(Sultan of Egypt)
Fuad I of Egypt
0
Birthdate: March 26, 1868
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt
Died: April 28
 22 
Ottorino Respighi
(Composer)
Ottorino Respighi
3
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: June 9, 1879
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bologna, Italy
Died: April 18
 23 
Buenaventura Durruti
(Anarcho-syndicalist, Anarchist, Trade unionist)
Buenaventura Durruti
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 14, 1896
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: León
Died: November 20
 24 
Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(Princess)
Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1
Birthdate: November 25, 1876
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: San Anton Palace, Attard, Malta
Died: March 2
 25 
Louis Blériot
(Aviator, Engineer, Inventor, Aerospace engineer)
Louis Blériot
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 1, 1872
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cambrai
Died: August 2
 26 
Jean Patou
(Fashion Designer)
Jean Patou
0
Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: August 19, 1880
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Normandy, France
Died: March 8
 27 
Alexander Glazunov
(Composer)
Alexander Glazunov
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 10, 1865
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: March 21
 28 
Alexander Berkman
3
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: November 21, 1870
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vilnius
Died: June 28
 29 
Eleuthérios Venizélos
(Former Prime Minister of Greece Who Served Eight-Terms Between 1910 to 1933)
Eleuthérios Venizélos
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 23, 1864
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Mournies, Greece
Died: March 18
 30 
Oswald Spengler
(German Historian & Philosopher Known for His Two-Volume Work 'The Decline of the West')
Oswald Spengler
1
Birthdate: May 29, 1880
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Blankenburg, Germany
Died: May 8
 31 
Marilyn Miller
(Actress)
Marilyn Miller
3
Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: September 1, 1898
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Evansville, Indiana, United States
Died: April 7
 32 
Grazia Deledda
(Italian Author and Winner of 1926 Nobel Prize for Literature)
Grazia Deledda
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 27, 1871
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Nuoro, Italy
Died: August 15
 33 
Basil Zaharoff
(Greek Arms Dealer and Industrialist)
Basil Zaharoff
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: October 6, 1849
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Mugla, Turkey
Died: November 27
 34 
Andrija Mohorovičić
(Meteorologist)
Andrija Mohorovičić
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 23, 1857
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Opatija
Died: December 18
 35 
Saitō Makoto
(Political leader)
Saitō Makoto
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 27, 1858
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Isawa District, Iwate, Japan
Died: February 26
 36 
Hans von Seeckt
(Politician, Officer)
Hans von Seeckt
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 22, 1866
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Schleswig
Died: December 27
 37 
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
(Scientist)
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
0
Birthdate: July 15, 1867
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Died: September 16
 38 
José Sanjurjo
(Officer, Military personnel)
José Sanjurjo
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 28, 1872
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Pamplona
Died: July 20
 39 
Howard Thurston
(One of the Most Popular Magicians of His Time)
Howard Thurston
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 20, 1869
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Died: April 13
 40 
Georgy Chicherin
(Revolutionary)
Georgy Chicherin
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 24, 1872
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died: July 7
 41 
Ahmet Tevfik Pasha
(Former Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire)
Ahmet Tevfik Pasha
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 11, 1845
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Istanbul, Turkey
Died: October 8
 42 
Dezső Kosztolányi
(Hungarian Poet)
Dezső Kosztolányi
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 29, 1885
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Subotica, Serbia
Died: November 3
 43 
A. Mitchell Palmer
(50th United States Attorney General)
A. Mitchell Palmer
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: May 4, 1872
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: White Haven, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: May 11
 44 
Takahashi Korekiyo
(Politician, Accountant, Economist)
Takahashi Korekiyo
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 27, 1854
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Edo
Died: February 26
 45 
Moritz Schlick
(Philosopher)
Moritz Schlick
0
Birthdate: April 14, 1882
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: June 22
 46 
Karl Kraus
(Austrian Writer and Journalist)
Karl Kraus
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 28, 1874
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Jicin, Czechia
Died: June 12
 47 
Leonardo Torres y Quevedo
(Spanish Mathematician and Civil Engineer Who Was a Pioneer in the Development of the Automated Calculation Machines)
Leonardo Torres y Quevedo
1
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: December 28, 1852
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Santa Cruz de Iguña, Spain
Died: December 18
 48 
Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva
(Spanish Civil Engineer, Self Taught Aeronautical Engineer, and Pilot)
Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 21, 1895
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Murcia, Spain
Died: December 9
 49 
Charles Nicolle
(Bacteriologist)
Charles Nicolle
1
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: September 21, 1866
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Rouen, France
Died: February 28
 50 
Oskar Barnack
(German Inventor and Designer of the First Precision Miniature Camera)
Oskar Barnack
0
Birthdate: November 1, 1879
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Lynow, Germany
Died: January 16