Famous People Who Died In 1957
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Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1957. This list includes people like Humphrey Bogart, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Joseph McCarthy, Diego Rivera, John von Neumann and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, novelists, journalists and artists who died in 1957. This list includes people from United States, Germany, Italy & United Kingdom and many more countries.
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Humphrey Bogart(Best Known for His Roles in the Films: ‘Casablanca’, ‘The African Queen’ and ‘The Maltese Falcon’)
Birthdate: December 25, 1899
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: January 14
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
2
Laura Ingalls Wilder(American Author Known for Her Children's Book Series ‘Little House on the Prairie’)
Birthdate: February 7, 1867
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pepin County, Wisconsin, United States
Died: February 10
3
John von Neumann(Great Mathematician Who Were Equally at Home in Pure and Applied Mathematics)
Birthdate: December 28, 1903
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: February 8
Birthdate: January 18, 1892
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Harlem, Georgia, United States
Died: August 7
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Diego Rivera(Mexican Painter Whose Large Frescoes Helped Establish the Mural Movement in Mexican and International Art )
Birthdate: December 13, 1886
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Guanajuato, Mexico
Died: November 25
Birthdate: January 21, 1905
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Granville
Died: October 23
7
Eliot Ness(American Prohibition Agent Known for His Efforts to Bring Down Al Capone)
Birthdate: April 19, 1903
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: May 16
Birthdate: August 31, 1907
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Iba, Zambales, Philippines
Died: March 17
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Jean Sibelius(Finnish Composer Known for His 'Seven Symphonies' and His Tone Poem 'Tapiola')
Birthdate: December 8, 1865
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hämeenlinna, Finland
Died: September 20
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Pedro Infante
(Actor, Singer, Film actor, Carpenter)
Birthdate: November 18, 1917
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mazatlán
Died: April 15
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Louis B. Mayer
(Canadian-American Film Producer Who Co-Founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Birthdate: July 12, 1884
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]
Died: October 29
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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Richard E. Byrd
(American Naval Officer and Explorer Known for His Expedition of the Antarctic Plateau)
Birthdate: October 25, 1888
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Winchester, Virginia, United States
Died: March 11
13
Friedrich Paulus(German Field Marshal Best Known for Commanding the 6th Army During the Battle of Stalingrad)
Birthdate: September 23, 1890
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Guxhagen, Germany
Died: February 1
Birthdate: February 19, 1876
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hobita, Romania
Died: March 16
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Nikos Kazantzakis(One of the Most Important Figures of Modern Greek Literature, Best Known for His Work 'Zorba the Greek')
Birthdate: March 2, 1883
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Heraklion, Greece
Died: October 26
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Peter Freuchen(Danish Arctic Explorer, Author, Journalist and Anthropologist Who is Known for His Role in Arctic Exploration)
Birthdate: February 20, 1886
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
Died: September 2
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
Birthdate: April 7, 1889
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Vicuña, Chile
Died: January 10
18
Wilhelm Reich(One of the Most Radical Figures in the History of Psychiatry)
Birthdate: March 24, 1897
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dobryanychi, Ukraine
Died: November 3
19
Arturo Toscanini
(Conductor)
Birthdate: March 25, 1867
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Parma, Italy
Died: January 16
Birthdate: February 29, 1904
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: June 12
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Erich von Stroheim
(Actor Known for His Role as ‘Rauffenstein’ in ‘Jean Renoir’s la Grande Illusion')
Birthdate: September 22, 1885
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: May 12
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
Birthdate: January 20, 1872
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: San Francisco
Died: February 2
23
Albert Anastasia(One of the Founders of the Modern American Mafia and Co-founder of 'Murder, Inc' Crime Group)
Birthdate: February 26, 1902
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Parghelia, Italy
Died: October 25
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
(Composer, Conductor)
Birthdate: May 29, 1897
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brünn, Moravia, Austria
Died: November 29
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Carlos Castillo Armas
(Politician)
Birthdate: November 4, 1914
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Escuintla Department, Guatemala
Died: July 26
Birthdate: January 20, 1882
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Irsina, Italy
Died: April 16
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Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia
(Grand Duchess of Russia)
Birthdate: January 29, 1882
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: March 13
Birthdate: August 15, 1896
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Prague, Czechia
Died: October 26
Birthdate: January 31, 1881
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: August 16
Birthdate: August 21, 1893
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Died: February 25
31
Eugène Schueller
(Founder of L'Oréal)
Birthdate: March 20, 1881
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: August 23
32
V. Gordon Childe(Australian Archaeologist Known for Excavating 'Skara Brae’ Neolithic Settlement)
Birthdate: April 14, 1892
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Sydney, Australia
Died: October 19
Birthdate: June 13, 1893
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Oxford, England
Died: December 17
Birthdate: August 29, 1871
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London, England
Died: March 28
Birthdate: March 31, 1870
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Jacksonburg, Ohio, U.S.
Died: July 15
Birthdate: May 25, 1884
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: October 3
37
Max Ophüls
(Film Director)
Birthdate: May 6, 1902
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Saarbrücken, Germany
Died: March 26
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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James Whale
(Director, Actor)
Birthdate: July 22, 1889
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Worcestershire, England
Died: May 29
39
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
(Italian Writer and the Last Prince of Lampedusa)
Birthdate: December 23, 1896
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Palermo, Italy
Died: July 23
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Larbi Ben M'hidi
(Algerian Nationalist Leader and a Co-Founder of the 'Front de Libération Nationale')
Birthdate: 1923 AD
Birthplace: Aïn M'lila, Algeria
Died: March 4
Birthdate: November 2, 1877
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Karachi, Pakistan
Died: July 11
Birthdate: April 15, 1874
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Freihung
Died: June 21
Birthdate: September 23, 1871
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Opočno, Czech Republic
Died: June 24
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Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria
(Archduke)
Birthdate: March 28, 1895
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Brno, Czechia
Died: September 25
45
Mamoru Shigemitsu
(Former Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (1954 - 1956))
Birthdate: July 29, 1887
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bungoono, Oita, Japan
Died: January 26
46
Gichin Funakoshi
(Karateka)
Birthdate: November 10, 1868
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Shuri, Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Died: April 26
47
Prince George of Greece and Denmark
(Second son and child of George I of Greece and Olga Konstantinovna of Russia)
Birthdate: June 24, 1869
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Mon Repos Estate, Corfu, Greece
Died: November 25
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Gene Lockhart
(Known for His Appearances on Broadway)
Birthdate: July 18, 1891
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, Canada
Died: March 31
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Sacha Guitry
(Actor, screenwriter, playwright, and director who appeared in the hits Un Beau mariage, Le Prise de Berg-op-Zoom, and La Pèlerine écossaise.)
Birthdate: February 21, 1885
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: July 24
Birthdate: February 23, 1889
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 11
