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
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
Politician
9
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
10
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Comedian
11
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
12
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
13
Lester Young (1909-1959)
14
Gerda Lundequist (1871-1959)
Stage Actress
15
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
16
Jose Laurel (1891-1959)
World Leader
17
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
18
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
19
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
20
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
21
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
22
Victor McLaglen (1886-1959)
23
William Halsey Jr. (1882-1959)
24
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
Painter
25
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959)
26
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
27
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
28
Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959)
Playwright
29
Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959)
Race Car Driver
30
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
31
Preston Sturges (1898-1959)
32
William Bishop (1918-1959)
33
Duncan Hines (1880-1959)
Journalist
34
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
Baseball Player
35
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
36
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
37
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
Songwriter
38
Nap Lajoie (1874-1959)
39
Gilda Gray (1901-1959)
Movie Actress
40
Maryla Jonas (1911-1959)
41
Paul Douglas (1907-1959)
42
Ed Walsh (1881-1959)
43
Baby Dodds (1898-1959)
Drummer
44
Helen Broderick (1891-1959)
45
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909-1959)
Poet
46
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
47
Lock Martin (1916-1959)
48
