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
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)
Architect
7
Errol Flynn (1909-1959)
Movie Actor
8
Jose Laurel (1891-1959)
World Leader
9
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
Politician
10
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
11
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
12
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Comedian
13
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
14
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
15
Gerda Lundequist (1871-1959)
Stage Actress
16
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
17
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
18
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
19
Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959)
Race Car Driver
20
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
21
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
22
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
23
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
24
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year
Gilda Gray (1901-1959)
Movie Actress
25
Helen Broderick (1891-1959)
26
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
27
Vincent Astor (1891-1959)
Entrepreneur
28
Eric Blore (1887-1959)
29
Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Sculptor
30
Preston Sturges (1898-1959)
31
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
32
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
Songwriter
33
William Halsey Jr. (1882-1959)
34
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959)
35
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
36
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
37
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
Painter
38
Baby Dodds (1898-1959)
Drummer
39
Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959)
Playwright
40
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
Baseball Player
41
Ed Walsh (1881-1959)
42
Lock Martin (1916-1959)
43
Nap Lajoie (1874-1959)
44
Andrew J. May (1875-1959)
45
Leff Pouishnoff (1891-1959)
46
Lester Young (1909-1959)
47
Paul Douglas (1907-1959)
48
