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
Errol Flynn (1909-1959)
Movie Actor
6
George Reeves (1914-1959)
7
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)
Architect
8
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Comedian
9
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
10
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
Politician
11
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
Stage Actress
12
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
13
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
14
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
15
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
16
Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)
Sculptor
17
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
Baseball Player
18
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
19
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
Songwriter
20
Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959)
Race Car Driver
21
Victor McLaglen (1886-1959)
22
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959)
23
James Gleason (1882-1959)
24
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
25
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
26
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
27
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
28
Gilda Gray (1901-1959)
Movie Actress
29
Olin Howland (1886-1959)
30
Duncan Hines (1880-1959)
Journalist
31
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
32
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
33
Paul Douglas (1907-1959)
34
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
35
Ed Walsh (1881-1959)
36
Jack Norworth (1879-1959)
37
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Composer
38
Nap Lajoie (1874-1959)
39
Preston Sturges (1898-1959)
40
Madame Sul-Te-Wan (1873-1959)
41
Gerda Lundequist (1871-1959)
42
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
Painter
43
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
44
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909-1959)
Poet
45
Jose Laurel (1891-1959)
World Leader
46
Baby Dodds (1898-1959)
Drummer
47
Maryla Jonas (1911-1959)
48
