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
George Reeves (1914-1959)
8
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Comedian
9
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
Songwriter
10
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
11
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
12
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
13
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
Politician
14
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
15
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
16
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
Painter
17
Lock Martin (1916-1959)
18
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
19
Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959)
Race Car Driver
20
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
21
Victor McLaglen (1886-1959)
22
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
23
Lester Young (1909-1959)
24
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
25
Duncan Hines (1880-1959)
Journalist
26
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
27
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
Stage Actress
28
Owen Willans Richardson (1879-1959)
Physicist
29
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
Movie Actress
30
Andrew J. May (1875-1959)
31
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
Baseball Player
32
Jose Laurel (1891-1959)
World Leader
33
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
34
James Allan Mollison (1905-1959)
Pilot
35
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
36
Morrie Arnovich (1910-1959)
37
James Gleason (1882-1959)
38
Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959)
Playwright
39
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
40
Paul Douglas (1907-1959)
41
Ed Walsh (1881-1959)
42
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909-1959)
Poet
43
Gilda Gray (1901-1959)
44
Nap Lajoie (1874-1959)
45
Preston Sturges (1898-1959)
46
Jack Norworth (1879-1959)
47
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Composer
48
