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
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Comedian
6
Errol Flynn (1909-1959)
Movie Actor
7
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)
Architect
8
George Reeves (1914-1959)
9
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
10
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
11
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
12
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
Politician
13
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
Stage Actress
14
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
15
James Gleason (1882-1959)
16
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
17
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
18
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
Baseball Player
19
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
20
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
Songwriter
21
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Composer
22
Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Sculptor
23
Gerda Lundequist (1871-1959)
24
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
Painter
25
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
26
Victor McLaglen (1886-1959)
27
Eric Blore (1887-1959)
28
Gilda Gray (1901-1959)
Movie Actress
29
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
30
George Antheil (1900-1959)
31
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
32
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959)
33
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
34
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
35
Paul Douglas (1907-1959)
36
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
37
Ed Walsh (1881-1959)
38
Jack Norworth (1879-1959)
39
Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959)
Race Car Driver
40
Duncan Hines (1880-1959)
Journalist
41
Nap Lajoie (1874-1959)
42
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
43
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909-1959)
Poet
44
Jose Laurel (1891-1959)
World Leader
45
Baby Dodds (1898-1959)
Drummer
46
Olin Howland (1886-1959)
47
Preston Sturges (1898-1959)
48
