Ritchie Valens (1941-1959)
Rock Singer
1
Buddy Holly (1936-1959)
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
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)
Architect
7
George Reeves (1914-1959)
8
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
9
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Comedian
10
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
11
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
12
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
Politician
13
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
14
Gerda Lundequist (1871-1959)
Stage Actress
15
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
Painter
16
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
17
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
Songwriter
18
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
19
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
20
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
Movie Actress
21
Duncan Hines (1880-1959)
Journalist
22
William Bishop (1918-1959)
23
Sophie Theresa Pemberton (1869-1959)
24
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
25
Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959)
Race Car Driver
26
Pavel Golia (1887-1959)
Poet
27
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
28
Owen Willans Richardson (1879-1959)
Physicist
29
Lock Martin (1916-1959)
30
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
31
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
32
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
33
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
34
Victor McLaglen (1886-1959)
35
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
Baseball Player
36
Andrew J. May (1875-1959)
37
Gilda Gray (1901-1959)
38
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Composer
39
Lester Young (1909-1959)
40
Morrie Arnovich (1910-1959)
41
Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959)
Playwright
42
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
43
James Gleason (1882-1959)
44
Ed Walsh (1881-1959)
45
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909-1959)
46
Nap Lajoie (1874-1959)
47
Paul Douglas (1907-1959)
48
