List of Famous people who born in 1936

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, commonly known as Ben Ali or Ezzine, was a Tunisian politician who was the second President of Tunisia from 1987 until his fall in 2011. Ben Ali was appointed Prime Minister in October 1987. He assumed the Presidency on 7 November 1987 in a bloodless coup d'état that ousted President Habib Bourguiba by declaring him incompetent. Ben Ali was subsequently reelected with enormous majorities, each time exceeding 90% of the vote; his final re-election coming on 25 October 2009. Ben Ali was the penultimate surviving leader deposed in the Arab Spring who was survived by Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, the latter dying in February 2020.

Türker İnanoğlu is a Turkish screenwriter, film director and producer.

Walter Marvin Koenig is an American actor and screenwriter. He began acting professionally in the mid 1960s and quickly rose to prominence for his supporting role as Ensign Pavel Chekov in Star Trek: The Original Series (1967–1969). He went on to reprise this role in all seven original-cast Star Trek films. He has also acted in several other series and films including Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (1971), The Questor Tapes (1974), Babylon 5 (1993), and Crusade (1999).

Etsuko Ichihara was a Japanese actress. She appeared in over 100 films.

Irina Demick, sometimes credited as Irina Demich, was a French actress with a brief career in American films.

Mariam Nour is a Lebanese television personality who discusses food and lifestyle issues in Arab media.

Robert Gene "Red" West was an American actor, film stuntman and songwriter. He was known for being a close confidant and bodyguard for rock and roll singer Elvis Presley. Upon his firing, West wrote the controversial Elvis: What Happened?, in which he exposed the singer's dangerous drug dependence in an attempt to save him.

Edmond Gareginovich Keosayan was an Armenian Soviet film director and musician.

• 1952-54 - worked in Yerevan watch factory. 1954-56 - studied in Plekhanov Moscow Institute of Economy.
• 1956-58 - studied in Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography, worked as a compere.
• 1964 - graduated from the Directing Department of VGIK.
• Since 1964 - director at Mosfilm Studio. Occasionally worked at Armenfilm Studio.

Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz and Viscountess of La Torre, sometimes known more simply as Pilar de Borbón, was the elder daughter of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona and Princess María Mercedes of the Two Sicilies, and older sister of King Juan Carlos I.

Frieder Burda was a German art collector and Honorary Citizen of Baden-Baden.