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In the year 1959
431 Notable deaths
Jean Behra
French racing driver (1921-1959).
Born February 16th, 1921 in Nice.
Died August 1st, 1959 at 38 years old in Berlin.
Henry Tizard
British chemist.
Born August 23rd, 1885 in Gillingham.
Died October 9th, 1959 at 74 years old in Fareham.
Jim Bottomley
American baseball player and coach.
Born April 23rd, 1900 in Oglesby.
Died December 11th, 1959 at 59 years old in St. Louis.
Elisha Scott
Irish footballer.
Born August 24th, 1894 in Belfast.
Died May 16th, 1959 at 64 years old in Belfast.
Wolfgang Paalen
Austrian artist (1905-1959).
Born July 22nd, 1905 in Vienna. [ref]
Died September 24th, 1959 at 54 years old in Taxco de Alarcón (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Owen Willans Richardson
British physicist (1879-1959).
Born April 26th, 1879 in Dewsbury.
Died February 15th, 1959 at 79 years old in Alton.
Grock
Swiss clown (1880-1959).
Born January 10th, 1880 in Loveresse.
Died July 14th, 1959 at 79 years old in Imperia.
Benjamin Christensen
Danish actor (1879-1959).
Born September 28th, 1879 in Viborg.
Died April 1st, 1959 at 79 years old in Frederiksberg.
Georges Lefebvre
French historian (1874-1959).
Born August 6th, 1874 in Lille. [ref]
Died August 28th, 1959 at 85 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]
Charlie Hall
Actor.
Born August 19th, 1899 in Birmingham.
Died December 7th, 1959 at 60 years old in Hollywood. [ref]
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Argentine politician (1878-1959).
Born November 1st, 1878 in Buenos Aires.
Died May 5th, 1959 at 80 years old in Buenos Aires (stroke).
Stenio Vincent
Sténio vincent was a president of haiti. (1874-1959).
Born February 22nd, 1874 in Port-au-Prince.
Died September 3rd, 1959 at 85 years old in Pétion-Ville.
Jim Mollison
Scottish pioneer aviator (1905–1959).
Born April 19th, 1905 in Glasgow.
Died October 30th, 1959 at 54 years old in London.
Lipót Fejér
Hungarian mathematician (1880–1959).
Born February 9th, 1880 in Pécs.
Died October 15th, 1959 at 79 years old in Budapest.
Alfonso Reyes
Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat (1889-1959).
Born May 17th, 1889 in Monterrey. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1959 at 70 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Hitoshi Ashida
Japanese politician (1887-1959).
Born November 15th, 1887 in Nakamutobe.
Died June 20th, 1959 at 71 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Baby Dodds
American musician (1898–1959).
Born December 24th, 1898 in New Orleans. [ref]
Died February 14th, 1959 at 60 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Lupino Lane
British actor (1892-1959).
Born June 16th, 1892 in London Borough of Hackney.
Died November 10th, 1959 at 67 years old in London.
Giuseppe Bottai
Italian journalist, university professor and politician (1895–1959).
Born November 3rd, 1895 in Rome.
Died January 9th, 1959 at 63 years old in Rome.
Luigi Sturzo
Italian catholic priest and politician (1871-1959).
Born November 26th, 1871 in Caltagirone.
Died August 8th, 1959 at 87 years old in Rome.
Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson
British army general.
Born December 25th, 1891 in Chennai.
Died April 29th, 1959 at 67 years old in Gibraltar (pneumonia).
Aleksandar Tsankov
Prime minister of bulgaria (1879-1959).
Born June 29th, 1879 in Oryahovo.
Died July 27th, 1959 at 80 years old in Buenos Aires, Belgrano.
Alfonso López Pumarejo
Colombian politician (1886-1959).
Born January 31st, 1886 in hour.
Died November 20th, 1959 at 73 years old in Bogotá.
Karl Mauss
German world war ii general; dentist.
Died February 9th, 1959 at 60 years old in Hamburg (myocardial infarction).
Adolf Windaus
German chemist (1876–1959).
Born December 25th, 1876 in Berlin.
Died June 9th, 1959 at 82 years old in Göttingen.
Deaths 126 to 150 of 431
Though death be poor, it ends a mortal woe. William Shakespeare