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
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)
Architect
6
Errol Flynn (1909-1959)
Movie Actor
7
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
8
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Comedian
9
George Reeves (1914-1959)
10
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
11
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
12
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
Baseball Player
13
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
Stage Actress
14
Ed Walsh (1881-1959)
15
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
16
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
17
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
Politician
18
Jack Davey (1907-1959)
Radio Host
19
Nap Lajoie (1874-1959)
20
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
21
Bob Coleman (1890-1959)
Baseball Manager
22
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
23
Stanley Spencer (1891-1959)
Painter
24
Sophie Theresa Pemberton (1869-1959)
25
Lester Young (1909-1959)
Saxophonist
26
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
27
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
28
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
29
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
Songwriter
30
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
31
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
32
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
Movie Actress
33
Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959)
Race Car Driver
34
Victor McLaglen (1886-1959)
35
Jack Norworth (1879-1959)
36
William Halsey Jr. (1882-1959)
37
Bert Bell (1895-1959)
Business Executive
38
Leff Pouishnoff (1891-1959)
39
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
40
Paul Douglas (1907-1959)
41
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
42
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909-1959)
Poet
43
Gilda Gray (1901-1959)
44
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Composer
45
Baby Dodds (1898-1959)
Drummer
46
Maryla Jonas (1911-1959)
47
Samuel Tilden Norton (1877-1959)
48
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year