October 16, 1936

1936Peter Bowles, English actor and screenwriter (died 2022)^[†]

Peter John Bowles was an English screen and stage actor, best known for playing Richard DeVere in To the Manor Born, as well as Guthrie Featherstone in Rumpole of the Bailey and Archie Glover in Only When I Laugh.

1936Andrei Chikatilo, Ukrainian-Russian serial killer (died 1994)^[†]

Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo was a Ukrainian-born Soviet serial killer nicknamed "the Butcher of Rostov", "the Rostov Ripper", and "the Red Ripper" who sexually assaulted, murdered, and mutilated at least fifty-two women and children between 1978 and 1990 in the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR, and the Uzbek SSR.

1936Mladen Koščak, Croatian footballer (died 1997)^[†]

Mladen Košćak was a Croatian and Yugoslav footballer.

1936Akira Machida, Japanese lawyer and judge, 15th Chief Justice of Japan (died 2015)^[†]

Akira Machida was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan from 2002 to 2006.

1936Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (born 1859)^[†]

Effie Adelaide Maria Henderson was a British novelist, better known under the pen names Effie Adelaide Rowlands, E. Maria Albanesi and Madame Albanesi. She was the author of more than 100 romance novels, and short-stories for magazines and newspapers.