Death year 1959 celebrities
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John August Anderson (August 7, 1876 – December 2, 1959) was an American astronomer. He was born in Rollag, a small community in Clay County, Minnesota to the south of Hawley.
John Henry Ganzel (April 7, 1874 – January 14, 1959) was an American first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. Ganzel batted and threw right-handed. He played with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1898), Chicago Cubs (1900), New York Giants (1902)
Russell McCaskill Simpson (June 17, 1880 – December 12, 1959) was an American character actor.
Kitaōji Rosanjin (北大路 魯山人, March 23, 1883 – December 21, 1959) was the pseudonym for a noted artist and epicure during the early to mid-Shōwa period of Japan. His real name was Fusajirō Kitaōji, but he is best known by his artistic
Clarence William “Tilly” Walker (September 4, 1887 – September 21, 1959) was an American professional baseball player. After growing up in Limestone, Tennessee, and attending college locally at Washington College, he entered Major League Baseball (
Otto Wilhelm Rudolf Caracciola (30 January 1901 – 28 September 1959), more commonly Rudolf Caracciola was a racing driver from Remagen, Germany. He won the European Drivers’ Championship, the pre-1950 equivalent of the modern Formula One World Cham
Hunter Benjamin Hill (June 21, 1879 – February 21, 1959) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators.
George Archainbaud (May 7, 1890 – February 20, 1959) was a French-born American film and television director.
Alexander Hamilton Wallis (March 28, 1872 – July 25, 1959) was an American college football player. He played tackle for the Yale Bulldogs football team of Yale University from 1890 to 1892, and was selected as an All-American in 1892.
Thomas Wynford Rees CB, CIE, DSO & Bar, MC, DL (12 January 1898 – 15 October 1959) was an officer in the British Indian Army during World War I, the interwar years, World War II, and post-war.
Guido Brignone (6 December 1886 – 6 March 1959) was an Italian film director. He was the father of actress Lilla Brignone.