Death year 1959 celebrities
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Selig Soskin (Hebrew: זליג סוסקין, 1873–26 February 1959) was an Israeli agronomist and an early member of the Zionist movement.
Mutara III (also known as Rudahigwa; 1912? – July 25, 1959) was the Mwami, or King of Rwanda between 1931 and 1959. As a member of the Tutsi people in Rwanda, stereotyped as tall, he stood at 6’8″ tall. His Christian name was Charles Léon Pierre,
Arthur Henry Ward (15 February 1883 – 1 June 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu.
Prem Adib (1917–1959) was an Indian film actor. He was acclaimed as one of the top actors of the early 1940s, along with Pahadi Sanyal, Ashok Kumar, P. C. Barua, Master Vinayak and others. Adib is best remembered for his role as Ram in Bharat Milap
Marcelle Géniat was born on July 10, 1881 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire as Eugénie Pauline Martin. She was an actress, known for The Unfrocked One (1954), Crime and Punishment (1935) and La joueuse d’orgue (1936). She was married to Paul Martel
Irving Camisky (October 9, 1888 – April 18, 1959) was an American movie actor, director, producer and writer.
Benjamin Christensen (28 September 1879 – 2 April 1959) was a Danish film director, screenwriter and an actor both in film and on the stage. As a director he is most well known for the 1922 film Häxan and as an actor, he is best known for his perf
Francis Connolly Shannon (July 27, 1874 – February 1, 1959), better known as Frank Shannon, was an Irish actor and writer.
Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.
George Leroy “Hooks” Wiltse (September 7, 1879 – January 21, 1959) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played twelve seasons in Major League Baseball from 1904 to 1915. He was the brother of pitcher Snake Wiltse.
Elmer Joseph Koestner (November 30, 1885 – October 27, 1959) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He played for the Cleveland Naps in 1910 and the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds in 1914.
John ‘Jock’ Simpson (25 December 1886 – 4 January 1959) was an English international footballer, who played as an outside right in the 1900s and 1910s. He was born in Pendleton, Lancashire, but he moved to Scotland as a child.