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
George Reeves (1914-1959)
6
Errol Flynn (1909-1959)
Movie Actor
7
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)
Architect
8
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Comedian
9
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
10
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
11
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
Stage Actress
12
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
13
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
14
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959)
Politician
15
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
16
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
17
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
Movie Actress
18
Lester Young (1909-1959)
19
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
Songwriter
20
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
21
Mack Gordon (1904-1959)
Composer
22
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
Painter
23
Helen Broderick (1891-1959)
24
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year
Jose Laurel (1891-1959)
World Leader
25
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
26
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
27
Paul Douglas (1907-1959)
28
William Bishop (1918-1959)
29
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
30
Gerda Lundequist (1871-1959)
31
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
32
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
33
Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959)
Race Car Driver
34
Duncan Hines (1880-1959)
Journalist
35
Gilda Gray (1901-1959)
36
Nap Lajoie (1874-1959)
Baseball Player
37
Maryla Jonas (1911-1959)
38
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
39
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
40
James Allan Mollison (1905-1959)
Pilot
41
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
42
Bert Bell (1895-1959)
Business Executive
43
Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959)
Playwright
44
Roald Larsen (1898-1959)
Speedskater
45
Sophie Theresa Pemberton (1869-1959)
46
Pavel Golia (1887-1959)
Poet
47
Victor McLaglen (1886-1959)
48
