Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Joshua W. Alexander |
Politician |
22-Jan-1852 |
27-Feb-1936 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1919-21 |
Edmund Allenby |
Military |
23-Apr-1861 |
14-May-1936 |
Defeated the Turks in WWI |
Roger Allin |
Politician |
18-Dec-1848 |
1-Jan-1936 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1895-97 |
Rasmus B. Anderson |
Scholar |
12-Jan-1846 |
2-Mar-1936 |
America Not Discovered by Columbus |
Robert Bárány |
Doctor |
22-Apr-1876 |
8-Apr-1936 |
Studied inner ear, equilibrium system |
James M. Beck |
Politician |
9-Jul-1861 |
12-Apr-1936 |
US Solicitor General, 1921-25 |
Alexander Berkman |
Anarchist |
21-Nov-1870 |
28-Jun-1936 |
A.B.C. of Anarchism |
Louis Blériot |
Aviator |
1-Jul-1872 |
2-Aug-1936 |
First to fly across English Channel |
Scott C. Bone |
Politician |
15-Feb-1860 |
27-Jan-1936 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1921-25 |
Edmund Breese |
Actor |
18-Jun-1871 |
6-Apr-1936 |
Duck Soup |
Milton Brown |
Musician |
7-Sep-1903 |
13-Apr-1936 |
Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies |
Sidney J. Catts |
Politician |
31-Jul-1863 |
9-Mar-1936 |
Governor of Florida, 1917-21 |
Roy D. Chapin, Sr. |
Government |
23-Feb-1880 |
16-Feb-1936 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1932-33 |
G. K. Chesterton |
Author |
29-May-1874 |
14-Jun-1936 |
The Man Who Was Thursday |
James J. Couzens |
Politician |
26-Aug-1872 |
22-Oct-1936 |
US Senator from Michigan, 1922-36 |
Charles Curtis |
Politician |
25-Jan-1860 |
8-Feb-1936 |
US Vice President, 1929-33 |
Grazia Deledda |
Author |
27-Sep-1871 |
15-Aug-1936 |
Novels of Sardinia |
George H. Dern |
Government |
8-Sep-1872 |
27-Aug-1936 |
Governor of Utah, 1925-33 |
Finley Peter Dunne |
Author |
10-Jul-1867 |
24-Apr-1936 |
Creator of Mr. Dooley |
Buenaventura Durruti |
Anarchist |
14-Jul-1896 |
20-Nov-1936 |
Spanish anarchist, killed in Civil War |
Albert Fish |
Criminal |
19-May-1870 |
16-Jan-1936 |
Serial killer and cannibal |
Duncan U. Fletcher |
Politician |
6-Jan-1859 |
17-Jun-1936 |
Congressman from Florida, 1909-36 |
Federico García Lorca |
Poet |
5-Jun-1898 |
18-Aug-1936 |
Lament for a Bullfighter |
King George V |
Royalty |
3-Jun-1865 |
20-Jan-1936 |
King of England, 1910-1936 |
John Gilbert |
Actor |
10-Jul-1899 |
9-Jan-1936 |
La Boheme |
Aleksandr Glazunov |
Composer |
29-Jul-1865 |
21-Mar-1936 |
Raymonda |
Maxim Gorky |
Playwright |
28-Mar-1868 |
17-Jun-1936 |
The Lower Depths |
John Scott Haldane |
Doctor |
3-May-1860 |
14-Mar-1936 |
Breathing regulated by CO2 |
Bruno Hauptmann |
Criminal |
26-Nov-1899 |
3-Apr-1936 |
Lindbergh Baby kidnapper |
John Heisman |
Football |
23-Oct-1869 |
3-Oct-1936 |
Namesake of the Heisman Trophy |
A. E. Housman |
Poet |
26-Mar-1859 |
30-Apr-1936 |
A Shropshire Lad |
Robert E. Howard |
Author |
24-Jan-1906 |
11-Jun-1936 |
Original Conan series |
Louis McHenry Howe |
Government |
14-Jan-1871 |
18-Apr-1936 |
Close advisor to FDR |
M. R. James |
Author |
1-Aug-1862 |
12-Jun-1936 |
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary |
Mary Johnston |
Novelist |
21-Nov-1870 |
9-May-1936 |
To Have and To Hold |
Rudyard Kipling |
Author |
30-Dec-1865 |
18-Jan-1936 |
The Jungle Book |
Victor H. Metcalf |
Government |
10-Oct-1853 |
20-Feb-1936 |
US Secretary of the Navy, 1906-08 |
Georg Michaelis |
Head of State |
8-Sep-1857 |
24-Jul-1936 |
German Chancellor 1917 |
Marilyn Miller |
Actor |
1-Sep-1898 |
7-Apr-1936 |
Broadway actress |
Billy Mitchell |
Military |
28-Dec-1879 |
19-Feb-1936 |
Proponent of air power |
Harriet Monroe |
Poet |
23-Dec-1860 |
26-Sep-1936 |
Founder of Poetry magazine |
Charles Nicolle |
Scientist |
21-Sep-1866 |
28-Feb-1936 |
Found that lice transmit typhus |
Peter Norbeck |
Politician |
20-Aug-1870 |
20-Dec-1936 |
US Senator from South Dakota, 1921-36 |
A. Mitchell Palmer |
Government |
4-May-1872 |
11-May-1936 |
US Attorney General, Palmer Raids |
Harvey Parnell |
Politician |
28-Feb-1880 |
16-Jan-1936 |
Governor of Arkansas, 1928-33 |
Ivan Pavlov |
Scientist |
14-Sep-1849 |
27-Feb-1936 |
Conditioned reflexes |
Luigi Pirandello |
Playwright |
28-Jun-1867 |
10-Dec-1936 |
Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore |
Ottorino Respighi |
Composer |
9-Jul-1879 |
18-Apr-1936 |
Belfagor |
John Ringling |
Business |
31-May-1866 |
2-Dec-1936 |
Ringling Brothers Circus |
Stephen Roberts |
Film Director |
23-Nov-1895 |
17-Jul-1936 |
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford |
James Harvey Robinson |
Historian |
29-Jun-1863 |
16-Feb-1936 |
The Mind in the Making |
Moritz Schlick |
Philosopher |
14-Apr-1882 |
22-Jun-1936 |
Positivist philosopher, Vienna Circle |
Lennington Small |
Politician |
16-Jun-1862 |
17-May-1936 |
Governor of Illinois, 1921-29 |
Nahum Sokolow |
Activist |
3-Feb-1859 |
17-May-1936 |
World Zionist Organization |
Oswald Spengler |
Historian |
29-May-1880 |
8-May-1936 |
The Decline of the West |
Lincoln Steffens |
Journalist |
6-Apr-1866 |
9-Aug-1936 |
Early muckraking journalist |
Anne Sullivan |
Educator |
14-Apr-1866 |
20-Oct-1936 |
The Miracle Worker |
Irving Thalberg |
Film/TV Producer |
30-May-1899 |
14-Sep-1936 |
De-facto boss of MGM Studios |
Park Trammell |
Politician |
9-Apr-1876 |
8-May-1936 |
Governor and Senator from Florida |
Miguel de Unamuno |
Philosopher |
29-Sep-1864 |
31-Dec-1936 |
El Cristo de Velázquez |
William F. Whiting |
Business |
20-Jul-1864 |
31-Aug-1936 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1928-29 |
George W. Wickersham |
Government |
19-Sep-1858 |
26-Jan-1936 |
US Attorney General, 1909-13 |
Grigory Zinoviev |
Government |
23-Sep-1883 |
25-Aug-1936 |
Old Bolshevik executed during the Great Purge |
Marion Zioncheck |
Politician |
5-Dec-1901 |
7-Aug-1936 |
Congressman, committed suicide |