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