List of Famous people who died in 1936

Karel Hoffmann was a Czech violinist and music pedagogue, a founding member and first violinist of the Bohemian Quartet. In 1926–1927, he was appointed the rector of the Prague Conservatory.

John Stange(r) Heiss Oscar Asche, better known as Oscar Asche, was an Australian actor, director, and writer, best known for having written, directed, and acted in the record-breaking musical Chu Chin Chow, both on stage and film, and for acting in, directing, or producing many Shakespeare plays and successful musicals.

Alan Crosland was an American stage actor and film director. He is noted for having directed the first film using spoken dialogue, The Jazz Singer (1927).

Edward Howland Robinson "Ned" Green, also known as Colonel Green, was an American businessman, the only son of the miser Hetty Green. In the late 19th century, he became a political ally in the Republican Party of William Madison McDonald, a prominent African-American politician.

Ossip Salomonovich Gabrilowitsch was an Russian-born American pianist, conductor and composer.

Ernest Murray Pollock, 1st Viscount Hanworth, KBE, PC was a British Conservative politician, lawyer and judge. He served as Master of the Rolls from 1923 to 1935.

Alexander Mitchell Palmer, was an American attorney and politician who served as the 50th United States attorney general from 1919 to 1921. He is best known for overseeing the Palmer Raids during the Red Scare of 1919–20.