Aged 36
Famous people who died at 36
75 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 36, including Jesus, Marilyn Monroe and Lord Byron.
- JesusCentral figure of Christianity · c. 4 BC–AD 33
- Marilyn MonroeAmerican actress and model · 1926–1962
- Lord ByronEnglish Romantic poet and lyricist · 1788–1824
- Bob MarleyJamaican reggae musician · 1945–1981
- Diana, Princess of WalesMember of the British royal family and Princess of Wales · 1961–1997
- Ada LovelaceEnglish mathematician · 1815–1852
- Maximilien RobespierreFrench revolutionary lawyer and politician · 1758–1794
- Vladimir MayakovskyRussian and Soviet poet · 1893–1930
- Heinrich HertzGerman physicist · 1857–1894
- Georges BizetFrench composer · 1838–1875
- Henri de Toulouse-LautrecFrench painter and illustrator · 1864–1901
- OthoSeventh Roman Emperor (69) · AD 32–69
- Ismail IFounder and first shah of Safavid Iran · 1487–1524
- Vissarion BelinskyRussian literary critic · 1811–1848
- Carl XII of SwedenThe fifth and last emperor of Sweden · 1682–1718
- Claus Schenk Graf von StauffenbergGerman aristocrat, army officer and resistance fighter · 1907–1944
- Nicolas CarnotFrench physicist · 1796–1832
- Franz MarcGerman artist · 1880–1916
- Frantz FanonFrench West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher · 1925–1961
- Jean-Antoine WatteauFrench painter · 1684–1721
- Cyrano de BergeracFrench novelist and dramatist · 1619–1655
- Gérard PhilipeFrench actor · 1922–1959
- Henry PurcellEnglish composer · 1659–1695
- Veronica Guerin ↗Irish crime reporter · 1959–1996
- Alberto Ascari ↗Italian racing driver · 1918–1955
- George Armstrong Custer ↗United States cavalry commander · 1839–1876
- Anne of Brittany ↗Duchess of Brittany and twice Queen of France · 1477–1514
- James III of Scotland ↗King of Scotland from 1460 to 1488 · 1451–1488
- François-Noël Babeuf ↗French political agitator and journalist · 1760–1797
- Velimir Khlebnikov ↗Russian writer · 1885–1922
- Ahaz ↗King of Judah · c. 763–727 BC
- Daniil Kharms ↗Russian writer · 1905–1942
- Jehoiakim ↗Eighteenth King of Judah · c. 634–598 BC
- Ed White ↗American astronaut · 1930–1967
- Judith Resnik ↗American engineer and astronaut · 1949–1986
- Ghassan Kanafani ↗Palestinian writer · 1936–1972
- Patrick Pearse ↗Irish revolutionary, shot by the British Army in 1916 · 1879–1916
- Gaetano Scirea ↗Italian footballer · 1953–1989
- Jacques Hébert ↗French journalist and politician · 1757–1794
- Ödön von Horváth ↗Austro-Hungarian writer · 1901–1938
- Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah ↗6th Fatimid caliph (r. 996–1021) and 16th Ismaili Imam · c. 985–1021
- Étienne-Louis Malus ↗French officer, engineer, physicist, and mathematician · 1775–1812
- Frederick V of the Palatinate ↗Elector Palatine (1610–23), and King of Bohemia (1619–20), the Winter King; died 1632 · 1596–1632
- John Bauer ↗Swedish painter and illustrator · 1882–1918
- IanisSigma (Sobă) ↗First child of Josef Stalin · 1907–1943
- Alejandra Pizarnik ↗Argentinian poet · 1936–1972
- Alexander of Battenberg ↗Bulgarian ruler · 1857–1893
- Andrew III of Hungary ↗King of Hungary and Croatia between 1290 and 1301 · c. 1265–1301
- Bray Wyatt ↗American professional wrestler · 1987–2023
- Louis, Dauphin of France ↗French Dauphin · 1729–1765
- Phineas Gage ↗19th century American railway worker who survived a large brain trauma · 1823–1860
- Sancho II of León and Castile ↗King of Leon and Castile · c. 1036–1072
- Simeon of Moscow ↗Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir · 1316–1353
- Al-Muqtadir ↗The eighteenth Abbasid Caliph · AD 895–932
- Georgy Gapon ↗Russian priest · 1870–1906
- Elis Regina ↗Brazilian singer of popular and jazz music · 1945–1982
- Hoshea ↗King of Israel · c. 759–723 BC
- Peter II of Aragon ↗King of Aragon from 1196 to 1213 · c. 1177–1213
- Raymonde de Laroche ↗French pilot and the first woman in the world to receive an aeroplane pilot's licence · 1882–1919
- Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark ↗Queen consort of Sweden · 1656–1693
- William II of Sicily ↗King of Sicily · c. 1153–1189
- Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi ↗Persian philosopher and founder of the school of Illuminationism · c. 1155–1191
- Gene Vincent ↗American rock musician · 1935–1971
- Öljaitü ↗The eighth Ilkhan of Mongol Ilkhanate · 1280–1316
- Sancho IV of León and Castile ↗King of Castile and León from 1284 to 1295 · 1258–1295
- Violant of Hungary ↗Princess of Hungary, Queen consort of Aragon · c. 1215–1251
- Demetrius II Nicator ↗Seleucid king from 145 to 138 BC · c. 161–125 BC
- Peter I of Aragon and Pamplona ↗King of Aragon and Pamplona · c. 1068–1104
- Sophia Charlotte of Hanover ↗Prussian royal consort · 1668–1705
- Beatrice of Portugal ↗Queen of Castile, Pretender Queen of Portugal · c. 1373–1409
- James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth ↗English nobleman and soldier · 1649–1685
- Joe Hill ↗Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World · 1879–1915
- Kagney Linn Karter ↗American pornographic actress · 1987–2024
- Phil Lynott ↗Irish rock musician · 1949–1986
- Emperor Shenzong of Song ↗6th emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty · 1048–1085
"c." means only the years are known, so the age could be a year out. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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