1957 deaths

Persian poet (1887–1957)

Belgian physicist (1872–1957)

Indian activist (1900–1957)

Swedish and American meteorologist (1898–1957)

British writer (1873–1957)

pioneer of women's sport (1884–1957)

Jewish-Hungarian lawyer and journalist (1906-1957)

Russian writer (1877-1957)

Ukrainian, Russian & Soviet artist, poet, singer, composer, cabaret artist and actor (1889-1957)

Japanese physician (1871-1957)

British astronomer (1862–1957)

Bavarian Royal and Military General (1875–1957)

British physicist (1886-1957)

German physician and SS officer in concentration camp Auschwitz (1898-1957)

Serbian painter (1859-1957)

31.° President of Paraguay (1928-1932)

Sportsman (1874–1957)

Anglo-Irish writer (1888-1957)

American philosopher (1876–1957)

German SS general (1897-1957)

Danish actor and film director (1880–1957)

Danish writer, explorer and anthropologist (1886-1957)

German physicist (1868-1957)

Russian artist (1875-1957)

Indian freedom struggle leader and scholar

Italian film director and producer (1892-1957)

Prussian princess (1887-1957)

American economist (1876-1957)

Russian writer and critic (1886-1957)

Russian Jewish composer and teacher (1883–1957)

French composer and musicologist (1879-1957)

Turkish statesperson (1881–1957)

German Luftwaffe flying ace (1913–1957)

Hungarian association football player (1902-1957)

equestrian (1872-1957)

Japanese botanist (1862-1957)

Hungarian poet, translator (1900–1957)

South African businessman (1880-1957)

volapükist from the Netherlands (1865-1957)

French chemist and businessman (1881–1957)

Japanese nationalist intellectual (1886–1957)

Italian opera singer (1892-1957)

Italian politician (1873–1957)

German general

Russian artist (1884-1957)

German World War II general (1891–1957)

English actress (1878–1957)

Italian racing driver (1921–1957)

British horn player

British racing driver (1916-1957)

Cuban revolutionary (1934-1957)

Dutch racing cyclist (1882–1957)

Dutch painter of German birth (1889–1957)

Finnish figure skater (1882–1957)

Chicago gangster (1893–1957)

American herpetologist (1890–1957)

Soviet physicist

Canadian geologist (1871–1957)

American formerly unidentified murder victim (1953 - 1957)

Anglo-Australian scholar (1866-1957)