Buddy Holly (1936-1959)
Rock Singer
1
Ritchie Valens (1941-1959)
2
Billie Holiday (1915-1959)
Jazz Singer
3
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
Baseball Player
4
Carl Switzer (1927-1959)
TV Actor
5
The Big Bopper (1930-1959)
6
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)
Architect
7
George Reeves (1914-1959)
8
Bob Coleman (1890-1959)
Baseball Manager
9
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
10
Errol Flynn (1909-1959)
Movie Actor
11
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
12
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Comedian
13
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
14
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
Politician
15
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
16
Gilda Gray (1901-1959)
Movie Actress
17
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
18
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
Stage Actress
19
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
20
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
21
Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959)
Playwright
22
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
23
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
Songwriter
24
Nap Lajoie (1874-1959)
25
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909-1959)
Poet
26
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
27
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
28
Harry Yarnell (1875-1959)
29
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
Painter
30
Lock Martin (1916-1959)
31
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
32
James Allan Mollison (1905-1959)
Pilot
33
Owen Willans Richardson (1879-1959)
Physicist
34
Andrew J. May (1875-1959)
35
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
36
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
37
George Antheil (1900-1959)
Composer
38
Paul Douglas (1907-1959)
39
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
40
Victor McLaglen (1886-1959)
41
Jose Laurel (1891-1959)
World Leader
42
Ed Walsh (1881-1959)
43
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959)
44
Duncan Hines (1880-1959)
Journalist
45
James Gleason (1882-1959)
46
Lester Young (1909-1959)
47
Jack Norworth (1879-1959)
48
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