Remembered

Shishir Nag

1936 – 1960

Revolutionary, Politician, Journalist

শিশির নাগ (১৯৩৬ - ৭ জুলাই, ১৯৬০) ছিলেন বাঙালি সাংবাদিক এবং বিপ্লবী কমিউনিস্ট পার্টির সাবেক নেতা। নওগাঁ শহরের অন্যতম ট্রেড ইউনিয়ন সংগঠক, একাধিক বাংলা দৈনিক ও সা…

Abbas Uddin

— – 1959

Bangladesh-associated historical figure. Imported from the user-provided death-anniversary catalogue; biographical enrichment can be added after verification.

Abbasuddin Ahmed

1901 – 1959

Singer, Writer, Composer

Abbasuddin Ahmed (27 October 1901 – 30 December 1959) was a Bengali folk song composer and singer born in the Bengal province of British India. He was known for…

Blanaid Salkeld

1880 – 1959

Poet, Writer

Blánaid Salkeld (born Florence Madeline ffrench–Mullen; 10 August 1880 – 18 December 1959) was a Bengali–born Irish poet, playwright, actor, publisher, salonniè…

C. T. R. Wilson

1869 – 1959

Physicist, Meteorologist, University teacher, Chemist, Scholar

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (14 February 1869 – 15 November 1959) was a British meteorologist and physicist who shared the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics with Arth…

George C. Marshall

1880 – 1959

Politician, Diplomat, Army officer, American football player, Foreign minister

General of the Army George Catlett Marshall Jr. (31 December 1880 – 16 October 1959) was an American military officer and diplomat. He rose through the United S…

Stepan Bandera

1909 – 1959

Politician

Stepan Andriiovych Bandera (1 January 1909 – 15 October 1959) was a Ukrainian far-right leader of the radical militant faction of the Organization of Ukrainian…

Errol Flynn

1909 – 1959

Actor, Character actor, Screenwriter, Film actor, Film director, Director

Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian and American actor who achieved worldwide fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood.…

Billie Holiday

1915 – 1959

Actor, Songwriter, Author, Singer-songwriter, Jazz singer, Composer

Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music pa…

Boris Vian

1920 – 1959

Poet, Painter, Translator, Engineer, Librettist, Playwright

Boris Vian (French: [bɔʁis vjɑ̃]; 10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath who is primarily remembered for his novels. Those published under the pseu…

Tulsi Lahiri

1897 – 1959

Actor, Film director, Screenwriter, Writer, Composer

Tulsi Lahiri (7 April 1897 – 22 June 1959) was a Bengali actor, director and play writer. Education: Jenkins School Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.o…

Frank Lloyd Wright

1867 – 1959

Architect, Urban planner, Writer, Designer, Printseller, Print collector

Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a c…

Raymond Chandler

1888 – 1959

Screenwriter, Novelist, Writer, Poet, Crime fiction writer

Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at age 44, Chandler became a detective fi…

Owen Richardson

1879 – 1959

Physicist, University teacher, Theoretical physicist

Sir Owen Willans Richardson (26 April 1879 – 15 February 1959) was a British physicist who received the 1928 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on thermionic e…

Buddy Holly

1936 – 1959

Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, Composer, Record producer, Musician

Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known professionally by his stage name Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter, and guitar…

Ahmed Ali Enayetpuri

1898 – 1959

Writer, Politician

Ahmed Ali Enayetpuri (Bengali: আহমদ আলী এনায়েতপুরী) was a Bengali writer, journalist, and politician. Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_…

Dhiraj Bhattacharya

1905 – 1959

Film actor, Film director, Writer

Dhiraj Bhattacharya (5 November 1905 - 1959) was an actor of Bengali and Hindi cinema who began in silent films. He was also a theater personality and writer.…

Wolfgang Pauli

1900 – 1958

Theoretical physicist, University teacher, Chemist, Physicist

Wolfgang Ernst Pauli (25 April 1900 – 15 December 1958) was an Austrian theoretical physicist and a pioneer of quantum mechanics. In 1945, after having been nom…

Pope Pius XII

1876 – 1958

Latin Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

Pope Pius XII (Italian: Pio XII; born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli; 2 March 1876 – 9 October 1958) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of V…

Bibhutibhushan Datta

1888 – 1958

Writer, Mathematician, Historian of mathematics, Sannyasi

Bibhutibhushan Datta (Bengali: বিভূতিভূষণ দত্ত, romanized: Bibhūtibhūṣaṇ Datta; also Bibhuti Bhusan Datta; 28 June 1888 – 6 October 1958) was a historian of Ind…