In the year 1959
411 Notable deaths
Alfred Lind
Danish film director.
Born March 27th, 1879 in Helsingør.
Died April 29th, 1959 at 80 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Park Jung-yang
Korean joseon dynasty and japanese-ruled korean bureaucrat, politician, liberalism and social activists (1872-1959).
Died April 23rd, 1959 at 86 years old in Daegu (disease).
Julius Beresford
British rower (1868-1959).
Born June 29th, 1868 in London.
Died September 29th, 1959 at 91 years old in Henley-on-Thames.
Jaroslav Skobla
Czech weightlifter (1899-1959).
Born April 16th, 1899 in Prague. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1959 at 60 years old in Teplice nad Bečvou. [ref]
William Hammond Wright
American astronomer (1871-1959).
Born November 4th, 1871 in San Francisco.
Died May 16th, 1959 at 87 years old in San Jose.
Edmond Debeaumarché
French resistance member.
Born December 15th, 1906 in Dijon.
Died March 28th, 1959 at 52 years old in Suresnes.
Crisanto Luque Sánchez
Catholic cardinal (1889–1959).
Born February 1st, 1889 in Tunja.
Died May 7th, 1959 at 70 years old in Bogotá (pulmonary hemorrhage).
Paul Günther
German diver (1882–1945).
Born October 24th, 1882 in Hanover.
Died February 13th, 1959 at 76 years old in Duisburg. [ref]
Jops Reeman
Dutch footballer (1886-1959).
Born August 9th, 1886 in Amerongen.
Died March 16th, 1959 at 72 years old in Zeist.
Louis Alibert
French linguist (1884-1959).
Born October 12th, 1884 in Bram.
Died April 16th, 1959 at 74 years old in Montpellier.
Deaths 341 to 350 of 411
There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel