Famous People Who Died In 1959
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1959. This list includes people like Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Errol Flynn, Frank Lloyd Wright, Billie Holiday and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include artists, political leaders, military leaders and lawyers who died in 1959. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & Australia and many more countries.
The Big Bopper(Singer, Musician, Disc jockey, Songwriter)
24 October 1930
American
Victor McLaglen(Actor, Boxer)
10 December 1886
British,American
Mario Lanza(Actor, singer)
31 January 1921
American
Stepan Bandera(Political leader)
01 January 1909
Ukrainian
Lester Young(Clarinetist, Saxophonist, Composer, Jazz musician, Musician)
27 August 1909
American
Sidney Bechet(Composer, Clarinetist, Saxophonist, Jazz musician)
14 May 1897
American
Camilo Cienfuegos(Armed force officer)
06 February 1932
Cuban
Mike Hawthorn(Formula One driver)
10 April 1929
British
Raphael Lemkin(Lawyer, Peace researcher)
24 June 1900
Polish
William D. Leahy(Officer, Diplomat)
06 May 1875
American
Max Gerson(Physician)
18 October 1881
German,American
George Grosz(Painter, Draughtsperson, Photographer, University teacher, Writer)
26 July 1893
German,American
Boris Vian(Polymath, Singer, Poet, Trumpeter, Lyricist, Painter, Translator, Engineer, Librettist, Playwright, Journalist, Writer, Songwriter, Musician, Composer, Screenwriter, Jazz musician, Literary critic, Music journalist)
10 March 1920
French
Stanley Spencer(Painter)
30 June 1891
British
Maurice Duplessis(Politician, Lawyer)
20 April 1890
Canadian
George Antheil(Composer)
08 July 1900
American
Preston Sturges(American playwright)
29 August 1898
American
José Vasconcelos(Writer, Philosopher, Politician, University teacher, Lawyer)
28 February 1882
Mexican
Bohuslav Martinů(Composer)
08 December 1890
Swiss
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike(Diplomat, Politician, Lawyer)
08 January 1899
Sri Lankan
Jacob Epstein(Sculptor, Painter)
10 November 1880
American
William Halsey, Jr.30 October 1882
American
Edward C. Tolman(Psychologist)
14 April 1886
American
Arthur Cecil Pigou(Economist, Paramedic, University teacher)
18 November 1877
British
Andrew Loomis(illustrator, painter)
1892 AD
American
Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside(Politician, Diarist, Writer, Military personnel)
06 May 1880
British
Rudolf Caracciola(Racecar driver, Motorcycle racer)
30 January 1901
Swiss,German
Daniel François Malan(Minister, Politician)
22 May 1874
South African
Alfred Munnings(painter)
08 October 1878
British
Enrico De Nicola(Journalist)
09 November 1877
Italian
Leslie Morshead(Military personnel)
18 September 1889
Australian
Ki Hajar Dewantara(Politician, Philosopher)
02 May 1889
Indonesian
Alfred Kubin(Writer, Painter, Etcher)
10 April 1877
Austrian
William Guy Carr(Writer, Submariner)
02 June 1895
Canadian
Gérard Philipe(Actor)
04 December 1922
French
Max Baer(actor, boxer)
11 February 1909
American
Baby Dodds(Drummer)
24 December 1898
American
Hitoshi Ashida(Prime Minister, politician)
15 November 1887
Japanese
Helen Flanders Dunbar(Psychiatrist, Physician)
14 May 1902
American
Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus(German chemist)
25 December 1876
German
J.P. Richardson(Songwriter, Singer)
1930 AD
Edgar Albert Guest20 August 1881
American
Adrian Adolph Greenberg03 March 1903
American
Ante Pavelić(Author)
14 July 1889
Croatian,Yugoslav
Jiří Weil(Writer, Translator, Journalist)
06 August 1900
Şükrü Kaya(diplomat, politician, minister of agriculture, translator)
09 March 1883
Turkish