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
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
8
George Reeves (1914-1959)
9
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
Politician
10
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959)
11
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Comedian
12
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
Stage Actress
13
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
14
Nap Lajoie (1874-1959)
Baseball Player
15
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
16
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
17
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
Painter
18
Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959)
Playwright
19
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
20
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
21
Jose Laurel (1891-1959)
World Leader
22
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
23
Paul Douglas (1907-1959)
24
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year
James Allan Mollison (1905-1959)
Pilot
25
Lock Martin (1916-1959)
26
Lester Young (1909-1959)
27
William Halsey Jr. (1882-1959)
28
Ragnar Nurkse (1907-1959)
29
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
30
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
31
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
Movie Actress
32
Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959)
Race Car Driver
33
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
Songwriter
34
Duncan Hines (1880-1959)
Journalist
35
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Composer
36
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
37
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
38
Helen Broderick (1891-1959)
39
Roald Larsen (1898-1959)
Speedskater
40
Mack Gordon (1904-1959)
41
Vincent Astor (1891-1959)
Entrepreneur
42
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
43
Jean Hugard (1872-1959)
Magician
44
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
45
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
46
Maryla Jonas (1911-1959)
47
Victor McLaglen (1886-1959)
48
