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.
Buddy HollyAmerican
Frank Lloyd WrightAmerican
Architect
Billie HolidayAmerican
Musician
Errol FlynnAustralian
Actor
Ritchie ValensAmerican
Singer, Songwriter
George ReevesAmerican
Actor
George MarshallAmerican
Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
Cecil B. DeMilleAmerican
Film Director, Producer
Carl SwitzerAmerican
Actor
Lou CostelloAmerican
Actor
Charles StarkweatherAmerican
Serial Killer
Raymond ChandlerAmerican
Novelist and Screenwriter
Edward Wood, 1st Earl of HalifaxBritish
Former Viceroy of India
John Foster DullesAmerican
Former United States Secretary of State
Ethel BarrymoreAmerican
Actress
Heitor Villa-LobosBrazilian
Latin American Composer
Harvey GlatmanAmerican
Serial Killer
Albert NamatjiraAustralian
Artist
Abraham FlexnerAmerican
Educator
Bernard BerensonAmerican
Art Historian
Charles Thomson Rees WilsonBritish
Physicist
Edith ClarkeAmerican
Electrical Engineer
Carlos Saavedra LamasArgentinian
First Latin American Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
Owen Willans RichardsonBritish
Physicist
Lizzy AnsinghDutch
Painter
The Big BopperAmerican
Singer, Musician, Disc jockey, Songwriter
Jack FrostAmerican
Composer
Stepan BanderaUkrainian
Political leader
Mario LanzaAmerican
Actor, singer
Lester YoungAmerican
Clarinetist, Saxophonist, Composer, Jazz musician,
William J. DonovanAmerican
Military Leader
Victor McLaglenBritish, American
Actor, Boxer
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Sidney BechetAmerican
Composer, Clarinetist, Saxophonist, Jazz musician
Mike HawthornBritish
Formula One driver
William D. LeahyAmerican
Officer, Diplomat
Jacob EpsteinAmerican
Sculptor, Painter
Camilo CienfuegosCuban
Armed force officer
George GroszGerman, American
Painter, Draughtsperson, Photographer, University
Arthur Cecil PigouBritish
Economist, Paramedic, University teacher
Nap LajoieAmerican
Baseball player
Stanley SpencerBritish
Painter
Max GersonGerman, American
Physician
Raphael LemkinPolish
Lawyer, Peace researcher
Maurice DuplessisCanadian
Politician, Lawyer
George AntheilAmerican
Composer
Preston SturgesAmerican
American playwright
Boris VianFrench
Polymath, Singer, Poet, Trumpeter, Lyricist,
Rudolf CaracciolaSwiss, German
Racecar driver, Motorcycle racer
José P. LaurelFilipino
Former President of the Philippines
S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeSri Lankan
Diplomat, Politician, Lawyer
Bohuslav MartinůSwiss
Composer
William Halsey, Jr.American
Andrew LoomisAmerican
illustrator, painter
José VasconcelosMexican
Writer, Philosopher, Politician, University
Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron IronsideBritish
Politician, Diarist, Writer, Military personnel
Daniel François MalanSouth African
Minister, Politician
Alfred MunningsBritish
painter
Edward C. TolmanAmerican
Psychologist
Enrico De NicolaItalian
Journalist
Leslie MorsheadAustralian
Military personnel
Alfred KubinAustrian
Writer, Painter, Etcher
Ki Hajar DewantaraIndonesian
Politician, Philosopher
Gérard PhilipeFrench
Actor
William Guy CarrCanadian
Writer, Submariner
Hitoshi AshidaJapanese
Prime Minister, politician
Baby DoddsAmerican
Drummer
Max BaerAmerican
actor, boxer
Helen Flanders DunbarAmerican
Psychiatrist, Physician
Şükrü KayaTurkish
diplomat, politician, minister of agriculture,
Adolf Otto Reinhold WindausGerman
German chemist
J.P. RichardsonSongwriter, Singer
Edgar Albert GuestAmerican
Adrian Adolph GreenbergAmerican
Ante PavelićCroatian, Yugoslav
Author
Jiří WeilWriter, Translator, Journalist