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
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)
Architect
6
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Comedian
7
George Reeves (1914-1959)
8
Errol Flynn (1909-1959)
Movie Actor
9
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
Stage Actress
10
James Gleason (1882-1959)
11
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
12
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
13
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
14
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959)
Politician
15
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
Songwriter
16
Gilda Gray (1901-1959)
Movie Actress
17
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
18
Olin Howland (1886-1959)
19
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
20
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
21
Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959)
Playwright
22
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
23
Mack Gordon (1904-1959)
Composer
24
Duncan Hines (1880-1959)
Journalist
25
Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959)
Race Car Driver
26
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
27
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
28
Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Sculptor
29
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
30
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
31
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
Painter
32
Owen Willans Richardson (1879-1959)
Physicist
33
Nap Lajoie (1874-1959)
Baseball Player
34
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
35
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
36
Eric Blore (1887-1959)
37
William Halsey Jr. (1882-1959)
38
Roald Larsen (1898-1959)
Speedskater
39
Edmund Goulding (1891-1959)
Screenwriter
40
Leff Pouishnoff (1891-1959)
41
Jose Laurel (1891-1959)
World Leader
42
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
43
Baby Dodds (1898-1959)
Drummer
44
Maryla Jonas (1911-1959)
45
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
46
Jack Norworth (1879-1959)
47
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
48
