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
George Reeves (1914-1959)
6
Errol Flynn (1909-1959)
Movie Actor
7
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)
Architect
8
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Saxophonist
9
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
Comedian
10
Mario Lanza (1921-1959)
Opera Singer
11
Alberto Guerrero (1886-1959)
Pianist
12
George Marshall (1880-1959)
War Hero
13
Wayne Morris (1914-1959)
14
Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959)
Race Car Driver
15
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
Novelist
16
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
17
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)
Director
18
Jose Laurel (1891-1959)
World Leader
19
Ed Walsh (1881-1959)
Baseball Player
20
Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959)
21
Max Baer (1909-1959)
Boxer
22
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
Stage Actress
23
Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Comic Book Artist
24
Sophie Theresa Pemberton (1869-1959)
Painter
25
Madame Sul-Te-Wan (1873-1959)
Movie Actress
26
Jozsef Revai (1898-1959)
Politician
27
Jack Davey (1907-1959)
Radio Host
28
Kay Kendall (1927-1959)
29
James Gleason (1882-1959)
30
Lefty Williams (1893-1959)
31
Bob Coleman (1890-1959)
Baseball Manager
32
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Composer
33
Preston Sturges (1898-1959)
34
Lock Martin (1916-1959)
35
Duncan Hines (1880-1959)
Journalist
36
Harry Yarnell (1875-1959)
37
Helen Flanders Dunbar (1902-1959)
Doctor
38
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
Songwriter
39
Albert Namatjira (1902-1959)
40
Ante Pavelić (1889-1959)
41
Sisavang Vong (1885-1959)
King
42
Lester Young (1909-1959)
43
Nap Lajoie (1874-1959)
44
Victor McLaglen (1886-1959)
45
Paul Douglas (1907-1959)
46
Gilda Gray (1901-1959)
47
Baby Dodds (1898-1959)
Drummer
48
Celebrities Born in 1959
Deaths by Year
