Buddy Holly (1936-1959)
Rock Singer
1
Ritchie Valens (1941-1959)
2
Billie Holiday (1915-1959)
Jazz Singer
3
Carl Switzer (1927-1959)
TV Actor
4
George Reeves (1914-1959)
5
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
6
The Big Bopper (1930-1959)
7
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)
Architect
8
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
9
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
Movie Actor
10
Errol Flynn (1909-1959)
11
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Comedian
12
Stanley Spencer (1891-1959)
Painter
13
Jose Laurel (1891-1959)
World Leader
14
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
Politician
15
Jack Norworth (1879-1959)
Songwriter
16
Duncan Hines (1880-1959)
Journalist
17
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
18
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
19
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
20
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
21
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
22
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
23
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
24
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year
Andrew J. May (1875-1959)
25
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
26
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
27
Jack Davey (1907-1959)
Radio Host
28
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Composer
29
Lock Martin (1916-1959)
30
William Halsey Jr. (1882-1959)
31
Gerda Lundequist (1871-1959)
Stage Actress
32
Lester Young (1909-1959)
33
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
34
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
35
Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959)
Race Car Driver
36
Paul Douglas (1907-1959)
37
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
38
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
39
Victor McLaglen (1886-1959)
40
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
Baseball Player
41
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959)
42
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909-1959)
Poet
43
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
Movie Actress
44
Preston Sturges (1898-1959)
45
Owen Willans Richardson (1879-1959)
Physicist
46
William Bishop (1918-1959)
47
Olin Howland (1886-1959)
48
