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
George Reeves (1914-1959)
5
The Big Bopper (1930-1959)
6
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)
Architect
7
Errol Flynn (1909-1959)
Movie Actor
8
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
Politician
9
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Comedian
10
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
11
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959)
12
Jose Laurel (1891-1959)
World Leader
13
Gerda Lundequist (1871-1959)
Stage Actress
14
William Halsey Jr. (1882-1959)
War Hero
15
Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959)
Playwright
16
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
17
George Marshall (1880-1959)
18
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
19
Victor McLaglen (1886-1959)
20
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
21
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
22
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
23
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
24
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
Painter
25
Samuel Tilden Norton (1877-1959)
26
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
27
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
28
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
29
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
30
Gilda Gray (1901-1959)
Movie Actress
31
Maryla Jonas (1911-1959)
32
Lock Martin (1916-1959)
33
Owen Willans Richardson (1879-1959)
Physicist
34
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
35
William Bishop (1918-1959)
36
Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Sculptor
37
Sophie Theresa Pemberton (1869-1959)
38
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
Baseball Player
39
Mack Gordon (1904-1959)
Composer
40
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
Songwriter
41
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
42
Nap Lajoie (1874-1959)
43
Preston Sturges (1898-1959)
44
Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959)
Race Car Driver
45
Baby Dodds (1898-1959)
Drummer
46
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
47
Paul Douglas (1907-1959)
48
