Curated category
1936 births
- James M. McPhersonJames Munro McPherson arrived in the world on the 11th of October 1936. His birthplace was Valley City, North Dakota. This small town shaped his early years…
- Buddy HollyCharles Hardin Holley was born on the 7th of September 1936 in Lubbock, Texas. He grew up during the Great Depression with three siblings who all played…
- Jim HensonJames Maury Henson was born on the 24th of September 1936, in Greenville, Mississippi. He grew up as the younger of two children to Betty Marcella and Paul…
- Johnny GentleJohn Askew was born on the 8th of December 1936 in Liverpool. He grew up in that same city before leaving school to apprentice as a carpenter.
- Ken MattinglyThomas Kenneth Mattingly II was born on the 17th of March 1936, in Chicago, Illinois. His father worked for Eastern Airlines and moved the family to Hialeah…
- Roy OrbisonRoy Kelton Orbison was born on the 23rd of April 1936, in Vernon, Texas. His father worked as an oil-field driller who struggled to find steady work after…
- Sepp BlatterJosef Blatter arrived in the world on the 10th of March 1936 within the Swiss village of Visp. He studied business and economics at the University of…
- Tony BarrowTony Barrow stood in the south Lancashire suburb of Crosby during the late 1950s. He presented jazz bands and skiffle-folk groups at local dance halls across…
- Dražan JerkovićDražan Jerković entered the world on the 6th of August 1936 in Šibenik. At that moment, his hometown belonged to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
- Wilt ChamberlainWilton Norman Chamberlain was born on the 21st of August 1936, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He grew up as the sixth of nine children to Olivia Ruth and…
- Richard V. AllenRichard Vincent Allen entered the world on the 1st of January 1936, in Collingswood, New Jersey. He was the son of Magdalen Buchman and Charles Carroll Allen.
- Leonel SánchezLeonel Guillermo Sánchez Lineros entered the world on the 25th of April 1936 in Santiago, Chile. His father worked as a professional boxer and brought…
- John KortyJohn Korty was born on the 22nd of June 1936 in Lafayette, Indiana. He began making amateur films while still a teenager.
- John MaddenJohn Earl Madden was born in Austin, Minnesota on the 10th of April 1936. His father moved the family to Daly City, California when John was young.
- Judea PearlJudea Pearl entered the world on the 4th of September 1936 in Tel Aviv. This city sat within the British Mandate for Palestine at that time.
- Stephen B. OatesStephen Baery Oates entered the world in Pampa, Texas, on the 5th of January 1936. The small town offered no immediate path to national history fame for a…
- Martin GilbertMartin Gilbert was born in London on the 25th of October 1936. His family name was originally Goldberg before his father Peter changed it to Gilbert.