1936 deaths

English writer and poet (1865–1936)

Russian and Soviet writer (1868–1936)

Spanish poet, dramatist and prose writer (1898–1936)

Italian dramatist, novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize for Literature laureate (1867-1936)

Chinese novelist and essayist (1881–1936)

Russian physiologist (1849-1936)

Italian novelist (1871-1936)

English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)

George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.

Spanish poet (1864–1936)

German historian and philosopher (1880-1936)

Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936), better known as Munshi Premchand based on his pen name Premchand (), was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature.

Austrian playwright and publicist (1874–1936)

French microbiologist (1866–1936)

Austri-Hungarian otologist and Nobel Prize laureate

Ukrainian-Russian writer (1904-1936)

Ukrainian revolutionary (1883-1936)

Greek politician, former Prime Minister of Greece (1864-1936)

Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician (1883–1936)

American author (1906–1936)

German sociologist, economist and philosopher (1855–1936)

vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933

Russian composer, music teacher and conductor (1865-1936)

Spanish anarchist (1896-1936)

French aviator, inventor and engineer (1872–1936)

English mathematician, biometrician, and eugenicist (1857–1936)

Spanish politician and founder of Falange Española (1903–1936)

German philosopher (1882-1936)

Russian-American anarchist and writer (1870–1936)

Marxist revolutionary and Soviet politician (1872-1936)

French chemist (1850–1936)

French poet (1864-1936)

Egyptian former King and former Sultan

German civil servant and chancellor (1857-1936)

Hamilton Howard "Albert" Fish was an American serial killer, rapist, child molester and cannibal who committed at least three child murders between July 1924 and June 1928. He was also known as the Gray Man, the Werewolf of Wysteria, the Brooklyn Vampire, the Moon Maniac, and the Boogey Man. Fish was a suspect in at least ten murders during his lifetime, although he only confessed to three murders that police were able to trace to a known homicide. He also confessed to stabbing at least two other people.

teacher and companion of Helen Keller

French linguist (1866–1936)

American film producer (1899-1936)

Spanish author (1866-1936)

Indian yogi, occultist and guru (1855-1936)

Turkish poet and writer (1873–1936)

German general (1866-1936)

Italian composer, musicologist and conductor

British classical scholar and poet (1859-1936)

Hungarian poet, writer and translator (1885–1936)

Croatian seismologist (1857–1936)

Prime Minister of Japan (1858-1936)

Japanese politician (1854-1936)

British Army general (1861-1936)

German sociologist (1876–1936)

Turkish writer and self-described feminist (1862–1936)

American actor and film director (1899–1936)

Greek politician, former president of the Hellenic Republic (1855–1936)

Grand Duchess of Russia (1876–1936)

Belgian painter (1848-1936)

Royal Navy officer (1871-1936)

American activist and journalist (1885–1936)

French writer and salonnière (1836–1936)

Hungarian fascist politician (1886-1936)

German philosopher (1848–1936)