Famous people and celebrities who died in February 1936

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in February 1936. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• Feb. 1 Georgios Kondylis

  Greek general and politician, 128th prime minister of greece (b. 1878)

• Feb. 3 Sophie of Schonburg-Waldenburg

  William of wied prince of albania, consort (born 1885).

• Feb. 4 Wilhelm Gustloff

  German leader of the swiss nsdap party (nazi), with approximately 5000 members from the 100'000 germans who live in switzerland. on 4 february 1936, david frankfurter, a gunman in davos (switzerland), assassinated gustloff. gustloff was the name of the german cruise ship wilhelm gustloff. the nazi regime named the ship after him. in 1945, russian forces destroyed the ship with …

• Feb. 8 Charles Curtis

  American politician who served as the 31st Vice President of the United States under President Herbert Hoover.

• Feb. 9 Jacques Bainville

  French historian/essayist/journalist, dies at age 57.

• Feb. 17 Erich Schaeder

  German theologist (theozentrische), dies at 74

• Feb. 19 Billy Mitchell

  Born in france, an american military man who was the youngest ever general staff officer and, by 1920, a brigadier general. he was a skilled and heroic pilot and was a lifelong advocate for air power. he was the most well-known american aviator of world war i. in 1925, he was sentenced to prison for insubordination. in 1948, he received …

• Feb. 19 Charles Harding Firth

  British historian (born 1857).

• Feb. 20 Max Schreck

  German actor (born 1879).

• Feb. 22 Johan M Skjoldborg

  Danish writer (dynaes digte), dies at 74

• Feb. 26 Jōtarō Watanabe

  Japanese general (d. 1936)

• Feb. 26 Takahashi Korekiyo

  Japanese accountant and politician, 20th prime minister of japan (b. 1854)

• Feb. 26 Saitō Makoto

  Japanese admiral and politician, 30th prime minister of japan (b. 1858)

• Feb. 27 Ivan Petrovich Pavlov

  Nobel Prize laureate in recognition of his work on the physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on vital aspects of the subject has been transformed and enlarged

• Feb. 27 Ivan Pavlov

  MED - Russian physiologist and physician, nobel prize laureate (b. 1849)

• Feb. 27 Joshua W. Alexander

  American judge and politician, 2nd united states secretary of commerce (b. 1852)

• Feb. 28 Charles Nicolle

  MED - French biologist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1866)

• Feb. 28 Charles Jules Henri Nicolle

  Nobel Prize laureate for his work on typhus