| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Adrian |
Fashion Designer |
3-Mar-1903 |
13-Sep-1959 |
Head of wardrobe for Cecil B. DeMille |
| Maxwell Anderson |
Playwright |
15-Dec-1888 |
28-Feb-1959 |
What Price Glory? |
| George Antheil |
Composer |
8-Jul-1900 |
12-Feb-1959 |
Le Ballet mécanique |
| George Archainbaud |
Film Director |
7-May-1890 |
20-Feb-1959 |
Thirteen Women |
| Max Baer |
Boxing |
11-Feb-1909 |
21-Nov-1959 |
Beat Max Schmeling in 1933 |
| Ethel Barrymore |
Actor |
15-Aug-1879 |
18-Jun-1959 |
None But the Lonely Heart |
| Sidney Bechet |
Jazz Musician |
14-May-1897 |
14-May-1959 |
Jazz saxophonist |
| Bert Bell |
Football |
25-Feb-1895 |
11-Oct-1959 |
NFL Commissioner, 1946-59 |
| William Bishop |
Actor |
16-Jul-1918 |
3-Oct-1959 |
The Killer That Stalked New York |
| Ernest Bloch |
Composer |
24-Jul-1880 |
15-Jul-1959 |
Schelomo |
| Eric Blore |
Actor |
23-Dec-1887 |
2-Mar-1959 |
Sullivan's Travels |
| The Big Bopper |
Musician |
24-Oct-1930 |
3-Feb-1959 |
Chantilly Lace |
| Jim Bottomley |
Baseball |
23-Apr-1900 |
11-Dec-1959 |
St. Louis Cardinal, Hall-of-Famer |
| Helen Broderick |
Actor |
11-Aug-1891 |
25-Sep-1959 |
Top Hat |
| Raymond Chandler |
Author |
23-Jul-1888 |
26-Mar-1959 |
Invented hard-boiled detective novel |
| George Douglas Howard Cole |
Economist |
25-Sep-1889 |
14-Jan-1959 |
British Labour theorist |
| Lou Costello |
Actor |
6-Mar-1906 |
3-Mar-1959 |
Half of Abbott and Costello |
| Irving Cummings |
Film Director |
9-Oct-1888 |
18-Apr-1959 |
In Old Arizona |
| Cecil B. DeMille |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1881 |
21-Jan-1959 |
Pioneering film director |
| Wild Bill Donovan |
Government |
1-Jan-1883 |
8-Feb-1959 |
Founded the OSS |
| Paul Douglas |
Actor |
11-Apr-1907 |
11-Sep-1959 |
Angels in the Outfield |
| John Foster Dulles |
Government |
25-Feb-1888 |
24-May-1959 |
Eisenhower's Secretary of State |
| Maurice Duplessis |
Politician |
20-Apr-1890 |
7-Sep-1959 |
Premier of Quebec, 1936-39 & 1944-59 |
| Jacob Epstein |
Sculptor |
10-Nov-1880 |
21-Aug-1959 |
Strand Statues |
| Abraham Flexner |
Educator |
13-Nov-1866 |
21-Sep-1959 |
The American College |
| Errol Flynn |
Actor |
20-Jun-1909 |
14-Oct-1959 |
Robin Hood |
| James Gleason |
Actor |
23-May-1882 |
12-Apr-1959 |
Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
| Mack Gordon |
Composer |
21-Jun-1904 |
28-Feb-1959 |
Chattanooga Choo Choo |
| Edmund Goulding |
Film Director |
20-Mar-1891 |
24-Dec-1959 |
Grand Hotel |
| Gilda Gray |
Dancer |
24-Oct-1901 |
22-Dec-1959 |
The Shimmy Queen |
| George Grosz |
Artist |
26-Jul-1893 |
6-Jul-1959 |
German social caricaturist |
| Edgar Guest |
Poet |
20-Aug-1881 |
5-Aug-1959 |
A Heap o' Livin' |
| Joseph F. Guffey |
Politician |
29-Dec-1870 |
6-Mar-1959 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1935-47 |
| Edmund Gwenn |
Actor |
26-Sep-1875 |
6-Sep-1959 |
Miracle on 34th Street |
| William F. Halsey |
Military |
30-Oct-1882 |
20-Aug-1959 |
WWII Commander of the South Pacific |
| Charles Halton |
Actor |
16-Mar-1876 |
16-Apr-1959 |
Bespectacled character actor |
| Ross Granville Harrison |
Zoologist |
13-Jan-1870 |
30-Sep-1959 |
Embryology and tissue culture techniques |
| E. Newton Harvey |
Zoologist |
25-Nov-1887 |
21-Jul-1959 |
Light-emitting organisms |
| Duncan Hines |
Business |
26-Mar-1880 |
15-Mar-1959 |
Roadside gourmet |
| Samuel Hoare |
Politician |
24-Feb-1880 |
7-May-1959 |
UK Home Secretary, 1937-39 |
| Billie Holiday |
Singer |
7-Apr-1915 |
17-Jul-1959 |
Lady Sings the Blues |
| Buddy Holly |
Musician |
7-Sep-1936 |
3-Feb-1959 |
Buddy Holly and The Crickets |
| Rufus C. Holman |
Politician |
14-Oct-1877 |
27-Nov-1959 |
US Senator from Oregon, 1939-45 |
| Taylor Holmes |
Actor |
16-May-1878 |
30-Sep-1959 |
Nightmare Alley |
| Kay Kendall |
Actor |
21-May-1926 |
6-Sep-1959 |
Les Girls |
| Richard Kirman, Sr. |
Politician |
14-Jan-1877 |
19-Jan-1959 |
Governor of Nevada, 1935-39 |
| Werner Krauss |
Actor |
23-Jun-1884 |
20-Oct-1959 |
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
| Nap Lajoie |
Baseball |
5-Sep-1874 |
7-Feb-1959 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
| Carlos Saavedra Lamas |
Diplomat |
1-Nov-1878 |
5-May-1959 |
Diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Wanda Landowska |
Musician |
5-Jul-1879 |
16-Aug-1959 |
Harpsichord virtuoso |
| Lupino Lane |
Actor |
16-Jun-1892 |
10-Nov-1959 |
The Love Parade |
| William Langer |
Politician |
30-Sep-1886 |
8-Nov-1959 |
Governor and Senator from North Dakota |
| Mario Lanza |
Singer |
31-Jan-1921 |
7-Oct-1959 |
Voice of the Century |
| José P. Laurel |
Head of State |
9-Mar-1891 |
6-Nov-1959 |
3rd President of the Philippines |
| Tim Mara |
Football |
29-Jul-1887 |
16-Feb-1959 |
Founder, Owner of NY Giants, 1925-59 |
| George C. Marshall |
Military |
31-Dec-1880 |
16-Oct-1959 |
US Army Chief of Staff, 1939-45 |
| Douglas McKay |
Politician |
24-Jun-1893 |
22-Jul-1959 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1953-56 |
| Victor McLaglen |
Actor |
11-Dec-1883 |
7-Nov-1959 |
The Informer |
| Adam McMullen |
Politician |
12-Jun-1872 |
2-Mar-1959 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1925-29 |
| Eugene Meyer |
Publisher |
31-Oct-1875 |
17-Jul-1959 |
Washington Post publisher, 1933-47 |
| Wayne Morris |
Actor |
17-Feb-1914 |
14-Sep-1959 |
Paths of Glory |
| Una O'Connor |
Actor |
23-Oct-1880 |
4-Feb-1959 |
Googly-eyed character actress |
| Luis Palés Matos |
Poet |
20-Mar-1898 |
23-Feb-1959 |
Tuntún de pasa y griferia |
| David Pinski |
Playwright |
5-Apr-1872 |
11-Aug-1959 |
Yiddish playwright, Der Oitzer |
| John C. Porter |
Politician |
4-Apr-1872 |
27-May-1959 |
Mayor of Los Angeles, 1929-33 |
| George Reeves |
Actor |
5-Jan-1914 |
16-Jun-1959 |
Television's first Superman |
| Alfonso Reyes |
Author |
17-May-1889 |
27-Dec-1959 |
Visión de Anáhuac |
| Owen Willans Richardson |
Physicist |
26-Apr-1879 |
15-Feb-1959 |
Electron emissions of metals |
| Sid Richardson |
Business |
25-Apr-1891 |
30-Sep-1959 |
Oilman, Bass family benefactor |
| Russell Simpson |
Actor |
17-Jun-1880 |
12-Dec-1959 |
The Grapes of Wrath |
| Charles Starkweather |
Criminal |
24-Nov-1938 |
25-Jun-1959 |
Spree killer |
| Preston Sturges |
Screenwriter |
29-Aug-1898 |
6-Aug-1959 |
Sullivan's Travels |
| Carl Switzer |
Actor |
7-Aug-1927 |
21-Jan-1959 |
Alfalfa in Our Gang |
| Myron C. Taylor |
Business |
18-Jan-1874 |
6-May-1959 |
CEO of US Steel, 1932-38 |
| Ritchie Valens |
Musician |
13-May-1941 |
3-Feb-1959 |
La Bamba |
| Boris Vian |
Novelist |
10-Mar-1920 |
23-Jun-1959 |
L'Écume des jours |
| Charles Vidor |
Film Director |
27-Jul-1900 |
4-Jun-1959 |
A Farewell to Arms |
| Heitor Villa-Lobos |
Composer |
5-Mar-1887 |
17-Nov-1959 |
Bachianas Brasileiras |
| C. T. R. Wilson |
Physicist |
14-Feb-1869 |
15-Nov-1959 |
Cloud chamber |
| Adolf Windaus |
Chemist |
25-Dec-1876 |
9-Jun-1959 |
Investigated cholesterol, Vitamin D |
| Grant Withers |
Actor |
17-Jan-1904 |
27-Mar-1959 |
American character actor |
| Frank Lloyd Wright |
Architect |
8-Jun-1867 |
9-Apr-1959 |
Fallingwater |
| Lester Young |
Jazz Musician |
27-Aug-1909 |
15-Mar-1959 |
Jazz tenor saxophoneist |