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
The Big Bopper (1930-1959)
5
George Reeves (1914-1959)
6
Errol Flynn (1909-1959)
Movie Actor
7
Jose Laurel (1891-1959)
World Leader
8
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)
Architect
9
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
Politician
10
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
11
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Comedian
12
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
13
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
14
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
15
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
16
Gerda Lundequist (1871-1959)
Stage Actress
17
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
18
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
19
Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959)
Race Car Driver
20
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
21
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
22
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
23
William Halsey Jr. (1882-1959)
24
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year
Ed Walsh (1881-1959)
Baseball Player
25
Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959)
Playwright
26
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
27
Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Sculptor
28
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
29
Preston Sturges (1898-1959)
30
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
Songwriter
31
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959)
32
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
33
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
Movie Actress
34
Paul Douglas (1907-1959)
35
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
Painter
36
Baby Dodds (1898-1959)
Drummer
37
Lock Martin (1916-1959)
38
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
39
Nap Lajoie (1874-1959)
40
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
41
Lester Young (1909-1959)
42
Andrew J. May (1875-1959)
43
Leff Pouishnoff (1891-1959)
44
Maryla Jonas (1911-1959)
45
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Composer
46
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909-1959)
Poet
47
Gilda Gray (1901-1959)
48