List of Famous people who died in 1957

Walter John "Jack" Buchanan was a tall (1.88m) Scottish theatre and film actor, singer, dancer, producer and director. He was known for three decades as the embodiment of the debonair man-about-town in the tradition of George Grossmith Jr., and was described by The Times as "the last of the knuts." He is best known in America for his role in the classic Hollywood musical The Band Wagon in 1953.

Emil Sommerstein was a Polish-Jewish lawyer, philosopher, activist and politician.

Michael Joseph Ready was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Columbus from 1944 until his death.

Prince Wilhelm of Urach, Count of Württemberg was a member of the German princely House of Württemberg and a senior automotive production engineer.

Norma Marie Talmadge was an American actress and film producer of the silent era. A major box-office draw for more than a decade, her career reached a peak in the early 1920s, when she ranked among the most popular idols of the American screen.

Johan Willem Albarda was a Dutch politician of the defunct Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later co-founder of the Labour Party (PvdA) and civil engineer.

William Cameron Menzies was an American film production designer and art director as well as a film director and producer during a career spanning five decades. He earned acclaim for his work in silent film, and later pioneered the use of color in film for dramatic effect.