In the year 1959
411 Notable deaths
Grigorii Mikhailovich Fichtenholz
Russian mathematician.
Died June 26th, 1959 at 71 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Herman Wildenvey
Norwegian poet and translator.
Born July 20th, 1885 in Nedre Eiker.
Died September 27th, 1959 at 74 years old in Larvik.
Jean Lhermitte
French neurologist (1877–1959).
Born January 20th, 1877 in Mont-Saint-Père.
Died January 24th, 1959 at 82 years old in Paris.
Johan Bojer
Norwegian author.
Born March 6th, 1872 in Orkanger. [ref]
Died July 3rd, 1959 at 87 years old in Oppdal. [ref]
Khalil Mardam Bey
Syrian poet (1895-1959).
Born July 1st, 1895 in Damascus. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1959 at 64 years old in Damascus. [ref]
Lizzy Ansingh
Dutch painter (1875-1959).
Born March 13th, 1875 in Utrecht. [ref]
Died December 14th, 1959 at 84 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Martha Warren Beckwith
American folklorist and ethnographer.
Born January 19th, 1871 in Massachusetts.
Died January 28th, 1959 at 88 years old in Berkeley.
Manuel Altolaguirre
Spanish poet (1905-1959).
Born June 29th, 1905 in Málaga. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1959 at 54 years old in Burgos (traffic collision). [ref]
Jerónimo Méndez
Chilean politician, provisional president (1887-1959).
Born September 25th, 1887 in Chañaral.
Died June 14th, 1959 at 71 years old in Santiago.
Arturo Labriola
Italian revolutionary syndicalist politician and journalist (1873–1959).
Born January 22nd, 1873 in Naples.
Died June 23rd, 1959 at 86 years old in Naples.
Deaths 261 to 270 of 411
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