Death year 1936 celebrities

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Death year 1936

Frank Hornby Facts

Frank Hornby (15 May 1863 – 21 September 1936) was an English inventor, businessman and politician. He was a visionary in toy development and manufacture, and although he had no formal engineering training, he was responsible for the invention and

Maxime Desjardins Facts

Maxime Desjardins was born on September 17, 1861 in Auxerre, Yonne, France. He was an actor, known for J’accuse! (1919), Atlantis (1930) and Le méchant homme (1921). He died on October 2, 1936 in Venice, Veneto, Italy.

Meir Dizengoff Facts

Meir Dizengoff (Hebrew: מאיר דיזנגוף‎, Russian: Меер Янкелевич Дизенгоф, 25 February 1861 – 23 September 1936) was a Zionist politician and the first mayor of Tel Aviv.

Ivan Pavlov Facts

Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (Russian: Ива́н Петро́вич Па́влов; 26 September [O.S. 14 September] 1849 – 27 February 1936) was a Russian physiologist known primarily for his work in classical conditioning. From his childhood days Pa

John B. O'Brien Facts

John B. O’Brien (December 13, 1884 – August 15, 1936) was an American actor and film director of the silent era. He appeared in 88 films between 1909 and 1936. He also directed 53 films between 1914 and 1926. He was born in Roanoke, Virginia and di

Tom York Facts

Thomas Jefferson “Tom” York (July 13, 1850 – February 17, 1936) was a professional baseball left fielder. Over the course of York’s 15-season career as a professional, which spanned the National Association and Major League Baseball, he racked up 1

Deacon McGuire Facts

James Thomas “Deacon” McGuire (November 18, 1863 – October 31, 1936) was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach whose career spanned the years 1883 to 1915. He played 26 seasons in Major League Baseball, principally as a catche

Ambrose Puttmann Facts

Ambrose Nicholas Puttmann (September 9, 1880 to June 21, 1936) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1903 to 1906, with the New York Highlanders, and the St. Louis Cardinals. He thre

Fay Webb Facts

She is buried at Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, under the name Fay N. Webb

Billy Mitchell Facts

U.S. Army officer who foresaw — and unwisely trumpeted — the need for air power to win land wars. (Unwise, because his candor cost him his career.) He advocated a separate air force, thus incurring the wrath of U.S. army and navy brass. When the na

Harry B. Smith Facts

Harry Bache Smith (December 28, 1860 – January 1, 1936) was a writer, lyricist and composer. The most prolific of all American stage writers, he is said to have written over 300 librettos and more than 6000 lyrics. Some of his best-known works were

Edith Villiers Facts

Edith Villiers or Edith Bulwer-Lytton (1841 – 17 September 1936) was a British aristocrat. Wife of Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, she led the Indian Imperial court as Vicereine of India. She was later a court-attendant of Queen Victoria.