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
George Reeves (1914-1959)
8
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
9
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
10
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Comedian
11
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
12
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
Politician
13
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
14
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
15
Gerda Lundequist (1871-1959)
Stage Actress
16
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
Painter
17
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
Songwriter
18
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
Movie Actress
19
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
20
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
21
Gilda Gray (1901-1959)
22
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Composer
23
Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959)
Race Car Driver
24
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
25
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
26
Owen Willans Richardson (1879-1959)
Physicist
27
Lock Martin (1916-1959)
28
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
29
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
30
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
31
Victor McLaglen (1886-1959)
32
Andrew J. May (1875-1959)
33
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
Baseball Player
34
Duncan Hines (1880-1959)
Journalist
35
Lester Young (1909-1959)
36
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
37
Morrie Arnovich (1910-1959)
38
Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959)
Playwright
39
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
40
James Gleason (1882-1959)
41
Ed Walsh (1881-1959)
42
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909-1959)
Poet
43
Nap Lajoie (1874-1959)
44
Paul Douglas (1907-1959)
45
Preston Sturges (1898-1959)
46
Jose Laurel (1891-1959)
World Leader
47
Baby Dodds (1898-1959)
Drummer
48
