In the year 1959
463 Notable deaths
Antonio López Herranz
Spanish footballer (1913-1959).
Born April 5th, 1913 in Madrid.
Died September 29th, 1959 at 46 years old in Los Angeles.
Pasha Angelina
Soviet tractor driver (1913-1959).
Born January 12th, 1913 in Starobesheve.
Died January 21st, 1959 at 46 years old in Moscow (liver cirrhosis).
Jaime García
Spanish equestrian (1910–1959).
Born October 3rd, 1910 in Madrid.
Died May 16th, 1959 at 48 years old in Valladolid.
Enrique Guaita
Italian footballer.
Born July 11th, 1910 in Lucas González.
Died May 18th, 1959 at 48 years old in Bahía Blanca.
Peter Platzer
Austrian footballer (1910-1959).
Born May 29th, 1910 in Austria–Hungary.
Died December 13th, 1959 at 49 years old
Barthélemy Boganda
1st prime minister of the central african republic autonomous territory (1910-1959).
Born April 4th, 1910 in Bobangui.
Died March 29th, 1959 at 48 years old in Bangui (aviation accident).
Reuven Shiloah
Director of mossad from 1949 to 1953.
Born December 20th, 1909 in Jerusalem.
Died May 10th, 1959 at 49 years old in Jerusalem.
Laxmi Prasad Devkota
Nepali poet (1909-1959).
Born November 12th, 1909 in Kathmandu.
Died September 14th, 1959 at 49 years old in Kathmandu (cancer).
Lal Shah Bokhari
Field hockey player (1906–1959).
Born January 13th, 1906 in Faisalabad.
Died July 22nd, 1959 at 53 years old in Colombo.
Stepan Bandera
Ukrainian nationalist leader (1909–1959).
Born January 1st, 1909 in Staryi Uhryniv.
Died October 15th, 1959 at 50 years old in Munich (poisoning).
Béla Kovács
Hungarian politician (1908–1959).
Born April 20th, 1908 in Pécs.
Died June 21st, 1959 at 51 years old in Pécs.
Allan Bohlin
Swedish actor (1907–1959).
Born November 5th, 1907 in Stockholm.
Died January 23rd, 1959 at 51 years old in Stockholm.
Edmond Debeaumarché
French resistance member.
Born December 15th, 1906 in Dijon.
Died March 28th, 1959 at 52 years old in Suresnes.
Daniil Andreyev
Russian writer, poet, mystic (1906–1959).
Born November 2nd, 1906 in Grunewald.
Died March 30th, 1959 at 52 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Susana Soca
Uruguayan poet (1906–1959).
Born July 19th, 1906 in Montevideo.
Died January 11th, 1959 at 52 years old in Rio de Janeiro (aviation accident).
Bruno Gröning
German mystic (1906–1959).
Born May 30th, 1906 in Gdańsk.
Died January 26th, 1959 at 52 years old in Paris (stomach cancer).
Wolfgang Paalen
Austrian artist (1905-1959).
Born July 22nd, 1905 in Vienna.
Died September 24th, 1959 at 54 years old in Taxco de Alarcón (gunshot wound).
Manuel Altolaguirre
Spanish poet (1905-1959).
Born June 29th, 1905 in Málaga.
Died July 26th, 1959 at 54 years old in Burgos (traffic collision).
Karl Hessenberg
German mathematician (1904–1959).
Born September 8th, 1904 in Frankfurt.
Died February 22nd, 1959 at 54 years old in Frankfurt.
Katay Don Sasorith
Nationalist, politician, author, and prime minister of laos (1904-1959).
Born July 12th, 1904 in Pāksē.
Died December 29th, 1959 at 55 years old in Vientiane.
Emil František Burian
Czech poet, journalist, singer, actor, musician, composer, playwright adviser, playwright and director communist (1904–1959).
Born June 11th, 1904 in Plzeň. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1959 at 55 years old in Prague (gastrointestinal system disease). [ref]
Renato Caccioppoli
Italian mathematician (1904–1959).
Born January 20th, 1904 in Naples.
Died May 8th, 1959 at 55 years old in Naples (gunshot wound).
Alexander Dubyago
Russian astronomer (1903–1959).
Born December 18th, 1903 in Kazan.
Died October 29th, 1959 at 55 years old in Kazan.
Einosuke Itō
Japanese writer (1903-1959).
Born November 21st, 1903 in Akita.
Died July 26th, 1959 at 55 years old
George Padmore
Trinidadian anti-colonial writer (1903-1959).
Born June 28th, 1903 in Arouca.
Died September 23rd, 1959 at 56 years old in University College Hospital.
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Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black