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
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
Politician
9
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Comedian
10
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
11
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
12
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
13
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
Stage Actress
14
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
15
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
Movie Actress
16
James Gleason (1882-1959)
17
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
18
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
19
Jack Norworth (1879-1959)
Songwriter
20
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
21
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
22
Helen Broderick (1891-1959)
23
Paul Douglas (1907-1959)
24
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
25
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
26
Jean Hugard (1872-1959)
Magician
27
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909-1959)
Poet
28
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
Baseball Player
29
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
30
Jose Laurel (1891-1959)
World Leader
31
Bert Bell (1895-1959)
Business Executive
32
Ed Walsh (1881-1959)
33
Duncan Hines (1880-1959)
Journalist
34
Gilda Gray (1901-1959)
35
Olin Howland (1886-1959)
36
Sophie Theresa Pemberton (1869-1959)
Painter
37
Marshall Teague (1921-1959)
Race Car Driver
38
Victor McLaglen (1886-1959)
39
Andrew J. May (1875-1959)
40
Vincent Astor (1891-1959)
Entrepreneur
41
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
42
Samuel Tilden Norton (1877-1959)
43
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
44
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
45
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
46
Baby Dodds (1898-1959)
Drummer
47
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Composer
48
