Historical Figures Born in 1936 (Part 2)

Winnie Mandela (1936-2018)

Sep 26 South African anti-apartheid activist and ANC politician, born in Bizana, Pondoland, South Africa

Sep 27 Yuri Nikolayevich Stepanov, Russian cosmonaut
Sep 28 Sherwood Boehlert, American politician (Rep-R-NY, 1983-2007), born in Utica, New York (d. 2021)

Silvio Berlusconi (1936-2023)

Sep 29 Italian media tycoon and politician (Prime Minister of Italy, 1994-95, 2001-06, 2008-11), born in Milan, Italy [1]

Sep 30 Butler Derrick, American politician (Rep-D-SC, 1974-95), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 2014)
Sep 30 Jim Sasser, American politician (Senator-D-Tennessee, 1977-97), born in Memphis, Tennessee
Oct 1 C, Gordon Fullerton, American USMC Colonel, and NASA astronaut (STS-3; STS-51-F), born in Rochester, New York (d. 2013)
Oct 2 Johnnie Cochran, American attorney (O.J. Simpson defense attorney), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2005)
Oct 2 Roger Sainsbury, Anglican Bishop of Barking
Oct 4 Sally Mary Caroline Belfrage, writer

Václav Havel (1936-2011)

Oct 5 Czech politician (President of Czechoslovakia, 1990-2, Czech Republic, 1993-2003), born in Prague

Oct 6 Rob Touber [Robert J Noordervliet], cabaret director (Capers)
Oct 7 Gennadi Mikhailovich Kolesnikov, Russian cosmonaut, born in Dauriya, Russia
Oct 8 Rona Barrett, American gossip columnist (Tomorrow Show), born in NYC, New York
Oct 10 Gerhard Ertl, German surface chemist (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007), born in Stuttgart, Germany
Oct 13 Elizabeth Furse, American politician (first naturalized American born in Africa to win election to the United States Congress), born in Nairobi, Kenya
Oct 13 John Menzies, Scottish publisher and multi-millionaire
Oct 16 Akira Machida, Japanese judge
Oct 16 Andrei Chikatilo, Soviet-Russian serial killer who murdered at least 52 women and children between 1978 and 1990, born in Yabluchne, Ukraine, Soviet Union (d. 1994)
Oct 17 David Hobson, American politician (Rep-R-Ohio 1991-2009), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
Oct 17 Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese seismologist

James Bevel (1936-2008)

Oct 19 American civil rights activist (Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Direct Action), born in Itta Bena, Mississippi

Oct 19 Johnetta Betsch Cole, educator/president (Spellman College)/(Sen-D-KY)
Oct 19 Sylvia Browne, American author and self-proclaimed medium dubbed "America's most controversial psychic", born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2013)
Oct 21 James H "Simon" Gray, English playwright (Butley)

Bobby Seale (86 years old)

Oct 22 American political and civil rights activist (Black Panther Party) and author, born in Liberty, Texas

Oct 22 John Blashford-Snell, British Army officer (founded Operation Raleigh), born in Hereford, England
Oct 22 Neville E Alexander, South african (10 years in Robbeneiland Jail)
Oct 23 Philip Kaufman, American director (Right Stuff, Henry & June), born in Chicago, Illinois
Oct 24 Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch politician (VVD)
Oct 25 Sir Martin Gilbert, British historian (Winston Churchill biography), born in London, England
Oct 28 Horst Antes, German painter and sculptor, born in Heppenheim, Germany
Oct 31 Sergei Nikolayevich Gaidukov, Russian cosmonaut, born in Zhuravka, Voronezh, Russia (d. 2008)
Nov 2 Rose Elizabeth Bird, California Supreme Court Justice (1977-87), born in Tucson, Arizona (d. 1999)
Nov 4 Charles Kenneth "C K" Williams, American poet and translator (Pulitzer prize 2000), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2015)
Nov 4 Didier Ratsiraka, President of Madagascar (1975-93), born in Vatomandry, French Madagascar
Nov 5 Michael Dertouzos, Greek internet pioneer, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science (d. 2001)
Nov 5 William A. Christenberry, American photographer and artist, born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (d. 2016)
Nov 6 K. Schippers [Gerard Stigter], Dutch author (Een klok en profil), born in Amsterdam
Nov 6 Mikhail Vladimirovich Sologub, Russian cosmonaut, born in Buguruslan, Orenburg Oblast (d. 1996)
Nov 8 Claudio Bravo Camus, Chilean born painter, born in Valparaiso, Chile (d. 2011)
Nov 8 Edward George Gibson, American astronaut (Skylab 4), born in Buffalo, New York
Nov 9 Daniel Robert Graham, American politician, 38th Governor of Florida (1979-87), born in Coral Gables, Florida
Nov 16 John Moore, Australian politician (Minister of Defence 1998-2001), born in Rockhampton, Queensland
Nov 17 Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (d. 2005)
Nov 17 Leni van Rijn-Vellekoop, Dutch politician (PvdA)
Nov 19 Dick Cavett, American talk show host (Dick Cavett Show), born in Kearney, Nebraska

Yuan T. Lee (86 years old)

Nov 19 Taiwanese-American chemist (1986 Nobel Prize for Chemistry), born in Hsin-chu, Taiwan

Don DeLillo (86 years old)

Nov 20 American author (Underworld), born in New York City

Nov 21 Victor Chang, Australian physician (d. 1986)
Nov 23 Robert Barnard, British mystery writer, born in Burnham-on-Crouch, England (d. 2013)
Nov 24 Ken Kragen, American television producer (The Smothers Brothers), music artist manager (Lionel Richie; Kenny Rogers), and charity organizer (USA for Africa - "We Are The World"), born in Alameda County, California (d. 2021)
Nov 26 Margaret Boden, English philosopher (Research Professor of Cognitive Science in the Department of Informatics at the University of Sussex), born in London
Nov 28 Gary Hart, American politician (Sen-D-Co, 1975-86), born in Ottawa, Kansas
Nov 29 Gerti Tetzner, German writer, born in Thuringia
Nov 30 Abbie Hoffman, aka Free, Yippie/activist/author (Steal this Book)
Nov 30 Michael Jinks, child care pioneer
Dec 5 James Lee Burke, American writer (Dave Robicheaux series), born in Houston, Texas
Dec 6 Kenneth Copeland, American televangelist (Kenneth Copeland Ministries), born in Lubbock, Texas
Dec 7 Martha Layne Collins, American businesswoman and politician (56th Governor of Kentucky), born in Bagdad, Kentucky
Dec 8 Brad Jurjens, Estonian director (The Bank Job), born in Viljandi, Estonia
Dec 11 Hans van den Broek, Dutch politician (Minister of Foreign Affairs), born in Paris
Dec 11 Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician (Minister of Construction), born in Dalian, Kwantung Leased Territory, China
Dec 12 Samuel Weems, American lawyer (disbarred), Armenian genocide denier, and writer, born in Hazen, Arkansas (d. 2003)
Dec 13 Karim Aga Khan, Imam of Nizari-Ismaili Shia Islam, born in Geneva, Switzerland
Dec 14 Robert Alan Ridley Parker, American PhD/astronaut (STS-9, STS-35), born in NYC, New York
Dec 16 Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Dec 17 Frank Martinus Arion [F Efraim M], Antilles, writer (Double Play)

Pope Francis (86 years old)

Dec 17 Catholic Pope (2013-) 1st Jesuit pope, 1st from the Americas and 1st non-European pope since Syrian Gregory III in 741, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Dec 25 Princess Alexandra [Christabel], The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, British royal family member (cousin of Queen Elizabeth II), born in Belgravia, London, England
Dec 26 Kitty Dukakis, substance abuser/wife of Michael (Gov-Mass)
Dec 28 Jacques Mesrine, French criminal (d. 1979)
Dec 28 Lawrence Schiller, American journalist