List of Famous people who born in 1936

Doodhnath Singh was an Indian Hindi language writer, critic and poet. Born in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh, Singh studied Hindi at the University of Allahabad and served as an assistant professor there until 1994. In 2014, the government of Uttar Pradesh honoured him with their Bharat Bharti Samman.

Predrag Živković, nicknamed Tozovac (Тозовац) was one of the most famous Serbian folk singers and composers. He was also an accomplished accordion player and entertainer who appeared in movies and hosted several music TV shows. He died on 6 April 2021 because of difficulties with COVID-19.

Victor Peter Chang, AC, was an Australian cardiac surgeon and a pioneer of modern heart transplantation. After completing his medical studies at the University of Sydney and working in St Vincent's Hospital, he trained in the United Kingdom and the United States as a surgeon before returning to Australia. In St Vincent's Hospital, he helped establish the National Cardiac Transplant Unit, the country's leading centre for heart and lung transplants. Chang's team had a high success rate in performing heart transplantations and he pioneered the development of an artificial heart valve.

Reza Beyk Imanverdi was an Iranian actor and director.

Mónica Luiza Miguel was a Mexican actress, director and singer, born in Tepic, Nayarit in 1936.

Ip Ching was a Hong Kong martial artist. He was one of five Grandmasters of the Ip Man family of Wing Chun Kung Fu.

Cornelius Mahoney Sheehan was an American journalist. As a reporter for The New York Times in 1971, Sheehan obtained the classified Pentagon Papers from Daniel Ellsberg. His series of articles revealed a secret United States Department of Defense history of the Vietnam War and led to a US Supreme Court case, New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971), which invalidated the United States government's use of a restraining order to halt publication.

Zilda Cardoso was a Brazilian actress. She was best known for her many comedic roles in TV shows such as Praça da Alegria, A Praça é Nossa and Escolinha do Professor Raimundo.

Klaus Löwitsch was a German actor, best known in Germany for his starring role in the television detective series Peter Strohm.

Lea Rosh is a German television journalist, publicist, entrepreneur and political activist. Rosh was the first female journalist to manage a public broadcasting service in Germany and in the 1970s the first anchorwoman of Kennzeichen D, a major political television program. She has been a member of the SPD since 1968.