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
Errol Flynn (1909-1959)
Movie Actor
7
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Comedian
8
George Reeves (1914-1959)
9
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
Politician
10
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
11
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
12
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
13
Jose Laurel (1891-1959)
World Leader
14
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
15
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
16
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
Painter
17
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
18
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
19
Victor McLaglen (1886-1959)
20
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
Songwriter
21
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
22
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
23
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
Stage Actress
24
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
25
James Allan Mollison (1905-1959)
Pilot
26
Edmund Goulding (1891-1959)
Screenwriter
27
Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Sculptor
28
James Gleason (1882-1959)
29
George Antheil (1900-1959)
Composer
30
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
Baseball Player
31
Ed Walsh (1881-1959)
32
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
33
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
34
Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959)
Race Car Driver
35
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959)
36
Madame Sul-Te-Wan (1873-1959)
Movie Actress
37
Gerda Lundequist (1871-1959)
38
Eric Blore (1887-1959)
39
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
40
Mack Gordon (1904-1959)
41
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
42
Paul Douglas (1907-1959)
43
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909-1959)
Poet
44
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
45
Gilda Gray (1901-1959)
46
Jack Norworth (1879-1959)
47
Nap Lajoie (1874-1959)
48
