List of Famous people who born in 1936

Zhang Junsheng was a Chinese optical engineer, politician, and academic administrator. He spent 25 years as an engineering professor at Zhejiang University and won two national science and technology awards, before entering politics and being sent to Hong Kong in 1985 to prepare for the British colony's return to China. During his tenure as Beijing's chief spokesman in Hong Kong, he fiercely clashed with Chris Patten, the last British governor in Hong Kong, over the latter's effort to implement political reforms over Beijing's objection. Their public dispute dominated news headlines in Hong Kong. After the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong on 1 July 1997, Zhang returned to Zhejiang University to serve as its Party Secretary. He oversaw the school's merger with three other universities and used his Hong Kong connections to raise funds for the university.

Ingeborg Lüscher is a German/Swiss artist, working with painting, sculpture, photography, installation and video. Her work has been exhibited in many institutional venues around the world, including the Musée d‘art moderne de la ville de Paris, the Centre d‘Art Contemporain in Geneva, the Kunstmuseum Luzern and the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin.

August Walla (1936–2001) was an Austrian outsider artist.

Roger Staub was an alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Switzerland.

Larry Hovis was an American singer and actor best known for the 1960s television sitcom Hogan's Heroes.

Rocco Scott LaFaro was an American jazz double bassist known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio. Despite his short career, he was ranked #16 on Bass Player magazine's top 100 bass players of all time.