" The term made an impact into English pulp science fiction starting from Jack Williamson's The Cometeers ( 1936 ) and the distinction between mechanical robots and fleshy androids was popularized by Edmond Hamilton's Captain Future ( 1940 – 1944 ).

Subsequent formalizations were framed as attempts to define " effective calculability " or " effective method "; those formalizations included the Gödel – Herbrand – Kleene recursive functions of 1930, 1934 and 1935, Alonzo Church's lambda calculus of 1936, Emil Post's " Formulation 1 " of 1936, and Alan Turing's Turing machines of 1936 – 7 and 1939.

* 1936 – Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.

* 1936 – Helen Berman, Dutch-Israeli artist

* 1936 – Charles Napier, American actor ( d. 2011 )

* 1869 – Hans Poelzig, German architect, painter, and set designer ( d. 1936 )

* 1936 – Joel Kovel, American politician, scholar, and author

* 1936 – Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad – Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympiad.

* 1936 – Julián Javier, American baseball player

* 1936 – Patrick Tse, Hong Kong director

In 1936 – 37 Bradman succeeded Woodfull as Australian captain.

* 1882 – Red Ames, American baseball player ( d. 1936 )

* 1887 – Tommy Ward, South African cricketer ( d. 1936 )

* 2005 – Jack Keller, American songwriter ( b. 1936 )

* 1936 – W. D. Hamilton, English biologist ( d. 2000 )

* 1936 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer ( d. 2008 )

* 1968 – Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver ( b. 1936 )

* 1936 – Jim Gentile, American baseball player

James Maury " Jim " Henson ( September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990 ) was an American puppeteer, best known as the creator of The Muppets.

* 2010 – Jim Marshall, American photographer ( b. 1936 )

* 1936 – Jim Sasser, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to China

* April 7 – Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver ( b. 1936 )

In one case in 1936, a large shark leapt completely into the South African fishing boat Lucky Jim, knocking a crewman into the sea.

Jim Henson ( 1936 – 1990 )— artist, puppeteer, film director and producer — created elaborate imaginary worlds filled with unique characters, objects, environments and even languages and cultures.

In 1936, Schmeling knocked out American rising star Joe Louis, placing him as the number one contender for Jim Braddock's title, but Louis got the fight and knocked Braddock out to win the championship in 1937.

* Jim Henson ( 1936 – 1990 )-Kermit the Frog, Rowlf the Dog, Dr. Teeth, Link Hogthrob, Guy Smiley, Waldorf, Ernie, and several others.

* Jim Clark ( 1936 – 1968 ), Scottish Formula one world drivers ' champion in the 1960s

James " Jim " ( or " Jimmy ") Clark, Jr OBE ( 4 March 1936 – 7 April 1968 ) was a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland, who won two World Championships, in 1963 and 1965.

The park — named for the hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett who played a key role in its establishment — was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park.

* Jim Chamberlin ( class of 1936 ) – Chief designer of the Avro Arrow, chief of engineering for NASA's Project Mercury

* Jim Henson ** ( 1936 – 1990 ) Muppets Creator (** He was cremated here and his ashes were scattered at his Santa Fe, New Mexico ranch.

Notable exhibits include the 1936 twin engined Alfa Romeo Bimotore which has a top speed of, Jim Clark's World Championship winning Lotus 25, the ' howling ' flat 12 Ferrari 312B, and Stirling Moss's Lotus, in which he defeated the Ferrari works team in the 1961 Monaco Grand Prix.

James Adelbert " Jim " McDermott ( born December 28, 1936 ) is the U. S. Representative for, serving since 1989.

* Jim Clark ( 1936 – 1968 ), Formula 1 racing driver.

* Jim Marshall ( photographer ) ( 1936 – 2010 ), music photographer

* Piccadilly Jim ( 1936 )

* Jim Kelly ( basketball coach ), DePaul University men's basketball coach, 1929 – 1936

* Jim Gibbons ( American football ) ( born 1936 ), American football player

James Stewart " Jim " Edwards, PC ( born 1936 ) is a former Canadian politician.

He moved to London, where he wrote ( or co-wrote, generally with Thompson and sometimes also with Douglas Furber ) the book for " a series of highly successful romps " starring London's leading music comedy performers such as Jack Buchanan, Leslie Henson, Bobby Howes, Evelyn Laye and Elsie Randolph, in shows including Song of the Drum ( 1931 ), Seeing Stars ( 1935 ), At the Silver Swan ( 1936 ), This'll Make You Whistle ( 1935 ), Swing Along ( 1936 ), Going Places ( 1936 ), Going Greek ( 1937 ), Hide and Seek ( 1937 ), The Fleet's Lit Up ( 1938 ), Running Riot ( 1938 ), Bobby Get Your Gun ( 1938 ) and Magyar Melody ( 1939 ).

* Jim Henson ( 1936 – 1990 ), puppeteer and creator of the Muppets, as well as the organizations below that bear his name