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