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
George Reeves (1914-1959)
7
Errol Flynn (1909-1959)
Movie Actor
8
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Comedian
9
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
10
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
11
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
12
James Gleason (1882-1959)
13
Jose Laurel (1891-1959)
World Leader
14
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
Politician
15
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
16
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
17
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959)
18
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
19
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
20
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
Painter
21
Nap Lajoie (1874-1959)
Baseball Player
22
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909-1959)
Poet
23
Jack Norworth (1879-1959)
Songwriter
24
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
25
Helen Broderick (1891-1959)
Movie Actress
26
Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959)
Playwright
27
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
28
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
29
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
30
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
Stage Actress
31
Gilda Gray (1901-1959)
32
Olin Howland (1886-1959)
33
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
34
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
35
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
36
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
37
Jim Bottomley (1900-1959)
38
Duncan Hines (1880-1959)
Journalist
39
William Bishop (1918-1959)
40
Mack Gordon (1904-1959)
Composer
41
William Halsey Jr. (1882-1959)
42
Imre Schlosser (1889-1959)
Soccer Player
43
Edmund Goulding (1891-1959)
Screenwriter
44
Leff Pouishnoff (1891-1959)
45
Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959)
Race Car Driver
46
Baby Dodds (1898-1959)
Drummer
47
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
48
