1957 deaths

Chilean poet, diplomat and educator (1889–1957)

Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)

American actor (1899–1957)

Finnish composer (1865–1957)

Austro-Hungarian-American biochemist (1896–1957)

Greek writer, poet and philosopher (1883-1957)

German physicist (1874-1957)

Mexican muralist (1886–1957)

German physicist, mathematician and chemist (1891-1957)

French fashion designer (1905–1957)

American chemist and physicist (1881–1957)

American politician (1908–1957)

French playwright and filmmaker (1885-1957)

King of Norway from 1905 to 1957 (1872–1957)

Austrian-American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, sex educator and sociologist (1897–1957)

Italian conductor (1867–1957)

Regent of Hungary from 1920 to 1944 (1868-1957)

German general (1890–1957)

Romanian sculptor, photographer and painter (1876-1960)

Sicilian Prince and writer (1896-1957)

German expressionist novelist (1878–1957)

German Nobel laureate in Chemistry (1877-1957)

American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy (1892–1957)

American naval officer, explorer (1888-1957)

American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)

Austrian actor and director (1885–1957)

English crime writer, playwright, essayist and Christian writer (1893-1957)

Italian writer (1898-1957)

president of the Philippines from 1953 to 1957

British prehistorian archaeologist (1892–1957)

French Radical politician (1872–1957)

Japanese karateka (1868–1957)

American astronomer (1877–1957)

Belgian painter, architect and interior designer (1863-1957)

American stage and film actress (1877-1957)

First Lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929

Czech politician (1884–1957)

Uruguayan footballer

British writer (1909–1957)

Italian poet and novelist (1883-1957)

French cyclist (1871–1957)

Canadian-American film producer (1884–1957)

Austrian-born American composer and conductor (1897–1957)

President of Brazil from 1926 to 1930

48th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili community (1877-1957)

Italian opera singer (1890–1957)

American triple jumper (1868-1957)

Slovenian architect

German film director (1902-1957)

French writer and poet (1881-1957)

German philologist (1892-1957)

Czech painter and graphic artist (1871–1957)

Soviet Armenian poet (1875-1957)

grandson of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, head of the Bahá'í Faith from 1921 until his death in 1957

Soldier, mayor of Vienna, federal president of Austria (1873-1957)

Uruguayan footballer (1907-1957)

Chinese actress and singer (1920-1957)

Irish writer and dramatist (1878-1957)

Czech illustrator, painter, caricaturist, scenographer and writer (1887-1957)

American actress and film producer (1894–1957)