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
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
10
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
Politician
11
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
12
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
13
Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959)
Race Car Driver
14
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
15
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959)
16
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
17
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
18
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
19
William Bishop (1918-1959)
20
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
21
Bob Coleman (1890-1959)
Baseball Manager
22
Jose Laurel (1891-1959)
World Leader
23
Lester Young (1909-1959)
24
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
25
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
26
Paul Douglas (1907-1959)
27
Gerda Lundequist (1871-1959)
Stage Actress
28
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909-1959)
Poet
29
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
Movie Actress
30
Victor McLaglen (1886-1959)
31
Preston Sturges (1898-1959)
32
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
33
Duncan Hines (1880-1959)
Journalist
34
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
Baseball Player
35
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
Painter
36
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
37
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
38
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
Songwriter
39
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
40
Nap Lajoie (1874-1959)
41
Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959)
Playwright
42
Maryla Jonas (1911-1959)
43
William Halsey Jr. (1882-1959)
44
Gilda Gray (1901-1959)
45
Baby Dodds (1898-1959)
Drummer
46
Lock Martin (1916-1959)
47
Samuel Tilden Norton (1877-1959)
48
