1959 deaths

American architect (1867-1959)

American army officer and statesman (1880–1959)

Scottish physicist and meteorologist (1869-1959)

American jazz singer (1915–1959)

American novelist and screenwriter (1888–1959)

British physicist (1879-1959)

Ukrainian nationalist leader (1909–1959)

Australian actor (1909–1959)

American rock and roll singer (1936–1959)

French writer and musician (1920–1959)

American film director, producer and actor (1881–1959)

French actor (1922-1959)

German artist (1893–1959)

German chemist (1876–1959)

President of Italy from 1946 to 1948

American actress (1879–1959)

Croatian fascist general and military dictator (1889–1959)

United States Secretary of State (1888-1959)

Brazilian composer (1887–1959)

Argentine politician (1878-1959)

British racing driver (1929–1959)

Cuban revolutionary fighter and guerilla (1932–1959)

British-American actor (1886–1959)

Prime Minister of Japan from 1954 to 1956

Korean Joseon dynasty and Japanese-ruled Korean bureaucrat, politician, liberalism and social activists (1872-1959)

Czech composer (1890–1959)

Native-Latino American musician (1941–1959)

French Resistance member

American tenor and actor (1921-1959)

President of the Philippines from 1943 to 1945

British politician (1881-1959)

Polish Jewish lawyer (1900–1959)

British actor (1877–1959)

British economist (1877-1959)

American sociologist (1899–1959)

Japanese army medical officer and microbiologist, war criminal and director of Unit 731 (a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army)

American jazz musician

Japanese politician (1887-1959)

1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic autonomous territory (1910-1959)

4th Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from 1956-59

South African Prime Minister (1874-1959)

Polish-French harpsichordist (1879–1959)

American jazz saxophonist (1909–1959)

American playwright and writer (1888–1959)

American art critic and collector (1865-1959)

American composer (1880-1959)

Hungarian-American film director (1900-1959)

American avant-garde composer, pianist, author and inventor (1900–1959)

American actor and comedian (1906–1959)

Nepali poet (1909-1959)

United States admiral (1882–1959)

Italian footballer

Austrian illustrator, cartoonist and writer (1877-1959)

American actor (1914–1959)

American boxer (1909–1959)

United States admiral, ambassador to France, Chief of Staff (1875–1959)

Russian actress (1868–1959)

American film director and screenwriter (1898-1959)

English actress (1927-1959)

King of Laos (1885-1959)