In the year 1959
411 Notable deaths
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.
Li Jishen
Chinese politician (1885-1959).
Born November 5th, 1885 in Cangwu County.
Died October 9th, 1959 at 73 years old in Beijing (stomach cancer).
Erhard Schmidt
German mathematician (1876–1959).
Born January 14th, 1876 in Tartu. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1959 at 83 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Deaths 141 to 150 of 411
Our minds are too small to comprehend something as huge as death. Let it go. Maxime Lagacé