People who died in 1959
Frank Lloyd Wright
1867
– 1959
· Age 91
Deceased
George Marshall
1880
– 1959
· Age 78
Deceased
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
1869
– 1959
· Age 90
Deceased
Billie Holiday
1915
– 1959
· Age 44
Deceased
Raymond Chandler
1888
– 1959
· Age 70
Deceased
Owen Willans Richardson
1879
– 1959
· Age 79
Deceased
Stepan Bandera
1909
– 1959
· Age 50
Deceased
Errol Flynn
1909
– 1959
· Age 50
Deceased
Buddy Holly
1936
– 1959
· Age 22
Deceased
Boris Vian
1920
– 1959
· Age 39
Deceased
Cecil B. DeMille
1881
– 1959
· Age 77
Deceased
Gérard Philipe
1922
– 1959
· Age 36
Deceased
Adolf Windaus
1876
– 1959
· Age 82
Deceased
George Grosz
1893
– 1959
· Age 65
Deceased
Enrico de Nicola
1877
– 1959
· Age 81
Deceased
Ante Pavelić
1889
– 1959
· Age 70
Deceased
Ethel Barrymore
1879
– 1959
· Age 79
Deceased
John Foster Dulles
1888
– 1959
· Age 71
Deceased
Heitor Villa-Lobos
1887
– 1959
· Age 72
Deceased
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
1878
– 1959
· Age 80
Deceased
Mike Hawthorn
1929
– 1959
· Age 29
Deceased
Camilo Cienfuegos
1932
– 1959
· Age 27
Deceased
Ichirō Hatoyama
1883
– 1959
· Age 76
Deceased
Victor McLaglen
1886
– 1959
· Age 72
Deceased
Park Jung-yang
1872
– 1959
· Age 86
Deceased