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
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)
Architect
7
George Reeves (1914-1959)
8
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959)
Politician
9
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Comedian
10
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
11
Nap Lajoie (1874-1959)
Baseball Player
12
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
13
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
14
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
Stage Actress
15
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
Painter
16
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
17
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
18
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
19
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
20
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Composer
21
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
22
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
23
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
Movie Actress
24
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year
Lester Young (1909-1959)
25
Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959)
Playwright
26
Roald Larsen (1898-1959)
Speedskater
27
Jean Hugard (1872-1959)
Magician
28
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
Songwriter
29
Helen Broderick (1891-1959)
30
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
31
Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959)
Race Car Driver
32
Paul Douglas (1907-1959)
33
Duncan Hines (1880-1959)
Journalist
34
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
35
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
36
Mack Gordon (1904-1959)
37
Bert Bell (1895-1959)
Business Executive
38
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
39
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
40
Jose Laurel (1891-1959)
World Leader
41
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
42
Maryla Jonas (1911-1959)
43
Victor McLaglen (1886-1959)
44
Lock Martin (1916-1959)
45
Ed Walsh (1881-1959)
46
Owen Willans Richardson (1879-1959)
Physicist
47
Baby Dodds (1898-1959)
Drummer
48
