Buddy Holly (1936-1959)
Rock Singer
1
Ritchie Valens (1941-1959)
2
Carl Switzer (1927-1959)
TV Actor
3
Billie Holiday (1915-1959)
Jazz Singer
4
The Big Bopper (1930-1959)
5
George Reeves (1914-1959)
6
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
Politician
7
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
8
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)
Architect
9
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
10
Errol Flynn (1909-1959)
Movie Actor
11
Helen Broderick (1891-1959)
Movie Actress
12
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Comedian
13
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
14
Jur Hronec (1881-1959)
Mathematician
15
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
16
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
Baseball Player
17
Paul Douglas (1907-1959)
18
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
19
Nap Lajoie (1874-1959)
20
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year
James Gleason (1882-1959)
21
Preston Sturges (1898-1959)
22
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
23
Eric Blore (1887-1959)
24
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
25
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
Stage Actress
26
Victor McLaglen (1886-1959)
27
Jack Davey (1907-1959)
Radio Host
28
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909-1959)
Poet
29
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Composer
30
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
31
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
32
Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959)
Race Car Driver
33
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
34
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
35
Bert Bell (1895-1959)
Business Executive
36
Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959)
Playwright
37
Samuel Tilden Norton (1877-1959)
38
Leff Pouishnoff (1891-1959)
39
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
40
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
41
Ed Walsh (1881-1959)
42
Bob Coleman (1890-1959)
Baseball Manager
43
Gilda Gray (1901-1959)
44
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Painter
45
Owen Willans Richardson (1879-1959)
Physicist
46
Olin Howland (1886-1959)
47
William Bishop (1918-1959)
48
