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
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
Politician
8
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
9
George Reeves (1914-1959)
10
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
11
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
12
Jose Laurel (1891-1959)
World Leader
13
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
14
Errol Flynn (1909-1959)
Movie Actor
15
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
16
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
17
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
18
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
19
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959)
20
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
21
Stanley Spencer (1891-1959)
Painter
22
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
Songwriter
23
Jack Norworth (1879-1959)
24
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
25
Owen Willans Richardson (1879-1959)
Physicist
26
Nap Lajoie (1874-1959)
Baseball Player
27
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909-1959)
Poet
28
Baby Dodds (1898-1959)
Drummer
29
Jack Davey (1907-1959)
Radio Host
30
Andrew J. May (1875-1959)
31
Duncan Hines (1880-1959)
Journalist
32
Tony Canzoneri (1908-1959)
33
Jim Bottomley (1900-1959)
34
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
35
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
36
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
Stage Actress
37
Maryla Jonas (1911-1959)
38
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
39
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
40
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
41
Gilda Gray (1901-1959)
Movie Actress
42
Paul Douglas (1907-1959)
43
Ed Walsh (1881-1959)
44
Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959)
Playwright
45
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Composer
46
Victor McLaglen (1886-1959)
47
Lock Martin (1916-1959)
48
