1958 deaths

pope of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958

British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)

physicist, Nobel prize winner (1900–1958)

Spanish poet (1881–1958)

French writer (1881–1958)

American nuclear physicist (1901–1958)

American physicist (1881-1958)

French scientist (1900-1958)

German chemist (1902–1958)

Hungarian politician (1896-1958)

American psychologist (1878

Indian politician and writer (1888–1958)

German writer (1884-1958)

English philosopher (1873–1958)

lawyer, politician and diplomat in the United Kingdom (1864-1958)

British actor (1891–1958)

Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, and engineer (1879–1958)

English actor (1905–1958)

English composer (1872-1958)

King of Iraq from 4 April 1939 until 1958

American actor (1914-1958)

French military officer (1872–1958)

British birth control campaigner and paleontologist (1880-1958)

German politician, novelist and poet (1891–1958)

French painter (1876-1958)

Austrian choreographer (1879-1958)

English footballer (1936-1958)

Soviet writer (1894–1958)

suffragette, co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union, editor (1880-1958)

Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

Italian artist (1871-1958)

French painter (1871-1958)

Czech poet, writer and translator (1900–1958)

actress (1895-1958)

Danish and Swedish royal

Danish businessman (1891-1958)

46th Prime Minister of Romania (1945-1952)

aircraft designer and manufacturer (1888-1958)

anarcho-syndicalist writer and activist (1873-1958)

Serbian writer (1877–1958)

American photographer (1886–1958)

French film critic and theorist (1918–1958)

Irish politician (1870-1958)

American blues composer and musician (1873–1958)

English footballer (1929–1958)

Japanese association football player and manager

President of Brazil from 1955 to 1956

Estonian athletics competitor, coach and sportsperson (1899-1958)

American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 140 patents (1876–1958)

23rd Prime Minister of Norway (1893–1958)

Iraqi politician (1888–1958)

former Prime Minister of South Africa (1893–1958)

Regent and Crown Prince of Iraq (1913–1958)

American author (1879–1958)

American science fiction author (1923-1958)

Russian noble (1890–1958)

French prime minister (1889-1958)

Russian writer (1896-1958)

Welsh footballer (1874–1958)

English footballer (1932–1958)