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
Errol Flynn (1909-1959)
Movie Actor
6
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)
Architect
7
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Comedian
8
George Reeves (1914-1959)
9
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
10
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
Politician
11
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
12
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
13
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
Stage Actress
14
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
Baseball Player
15
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
16
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
17
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
18
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
Movie Actress
19
Victor McLaglen (1886-1959)
20
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
21
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
22
Jack Norworth (1879-1959)
Songwriter
23
Duncan Hines (1880-1959)
Journalist
24
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year
James Gleason (1882-1959)
25
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
26
Paul Douglas (1907-1959)
27
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959)
28
Gerda Lundequist (1871-1959)
29
Olin Howland (1886-1959)
30
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
31
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
32
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
33
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909-1959)
Poet
34
Ed Walsh (1881-1959)
35
Gilda Gray (1901-1959)
36
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Composer
37
Nap Lajoie (1874-1959)
38
Preston Sturges (1898-1959)
39
Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959)
Race Car Driver
40
Lock Martin (1916-1959)
41
Helen Broderick (1891-1959)
42
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
43
Madame Sul-Te-Wan (1873-1959)
44
Jean Hugard (1872-1959)
Magician
45
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
Painter
46
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
47
Jose Laurel (1891-1959)
World Leader
48
