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In the year 1936

1,258 Notable birthdays

John P. Ryan

American actor (1936–2007).

Born July 30th, 1936 in New York City.

Died March 20th, 2007 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (stroke). [ref]

Jan Gehl

Danish architect and urban designer.

Born September 17th, 1936 (age 89 years) in Copenhagen.

Herbert Boyer

American researcher and businessman.

Born July 10th, 1936 (age 89 years) in Derry.

Didier Ratsiraka

President of madagascar (1936-2021).

Born November 4th, 1936 in Vatomandry.

Died March 28th, 2021 at 84 years old in Antananarivo (influenza). [ref]

Jack Scott

Canadian singer (1936–2019).

Born January 24th, 1936 in Windsor.

Died December 12th, 2019 at 83 years old in Warren (heart failure). [ref]

Gail Sheehy

American journalist and writer.

Born November 27th, 1936 in Mamaroneck. [ref]

Died August 24th, 2020 at 83 years old in Southampton (pneumonia). [ref]

Tuncel Kurtiz

Turkish actor and director (1936–2013).

Born February 1st, 1936 in Kocaeli. [ref]

Died September 27th, 2013 at 77 years old in Istanbul (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Sal Buscema

American comic book artist.

Born January 26th, 1936 in Brooklyn.

Died January 24th, 2026 at 89 years old in Gainesville. [ref]

Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho

Portuguese military and political (1936-2021).

Born August 31st, 1936 in Maputo.

Died July 25th, 2021 at 84 years old in Lisbon. [ref]

Nino Castelnuovo

Italian actor (1936-2021).

Born October 28th, 1936 in Lecco.

Died September 6th, 2021 at 84 years old in Rome. [ref]

Reginald Hill

British crime writer (1936–2012).

Born April 3rd, 1936 in West Hartlepool.

Died January 12th, 2012 at 75 years old in Cumbria (brain cancer).

Alejandra Pizarnik

Argentinian poet (1936-1972).

Born April 29th, 1936 in Avellaneda.

Died September 25th, 1972 at 36 years old in Buenos Aires (drug overdose).

P. K. Banerjee

Indian footballer (1936-2020).

Born October 15th, 1936 in Jalpaiguri.

Died March 20th, 2020 at 83 years old in Kolkata. [ref]

Robert May, Baron May of Oxford

Australian scientist who has been chief scientific adviser to the uk government (1936-2020).

Born January 8th, 1936 in Sydney.

Died April 28th, 2020 at 84 years old in Oxford. [ref]

Bao Long

Crown prince of vietnam (1936-2007).

Born January 4th, 1936 in Huế.

Died July 28th, 2007 at 71 years old in Sens.

Shaul Ladany

Israeli racewalker.

Born April 2nd, 1936 (age 90 years) in Belgrade.

Carol Morris

American actress, model and beauty queen (born 1936).

Born April 8th, 1936 (age 90 years) in Omaha.

Jozef Vengloš

Slovak association football player and manager (1936–2021).

Born February 18th, 1936 in Ružomberok. [ref]

Died January 26th, 2021 at 84 years old in Bratislava. [ref]

Lien Chan

Politician and former premier of taiwan.

Born August 27th, 1936 (age 89 years) in Chang'an County.

Moussa Traoré

Malian former dictator (1936-2020).

Born September 25th, 1936 in Kayes.

Died September 15th, 2020 at 83 years old in Bamako. [ref]

James Frawley

American director and actor (1936–2019).

Born September 29th, 1936 in Houston.

Died January 22nd, 2019 at 82 years old in Indian Wells (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Lasse Braun

Italian-french pornographic film director.

Born January 11th, 1936 in Algiers.

Died February 16th, 2015 at 79 years old in Rome (diabetes).

Ikki Kajiwara

Japanese manga artist (1936–1987).

Born September 4th, 1936 in Kitakyūshū-shi.

Died January 21st, 1987 at 50 years old in Kitakyūshū-shi (pancreatitis).

Howard Greenfield

American lyricist and songwriter, who for several years in the 1960s worked out of the famous brill building..

Born March 15th, 1936 in Brooklyn.

Died March 4th, 1986 at 49 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure, death from AIDS-related complications).

Richard Rodney Bennett

British composer and pianist (1936-2012).

Born March 29th, 1936 in Broadstairs.

Died December 24th, 2012 at 76 years old in New York City. [ref]

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