List of Famous people who died in 1957

Sergius Nikolajewitsch von Bubnoff was a geologist and geotechnical engineer with Germano-Baltic ancestry who made important contributions to the rebuilding of geological research in East Germany after World War II. Starting in 1922, he was a professor at the University of Breslau. In 1929 he became a professor at the University of Greifswald and in 1950, he started his professorship at the Humboldt-University of Berlin. The Bubnoff unit, which is the unit of measure for the speed of geological processes, is named after him.

Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie was an English town planner. Abercrombie came to prominence in the 1930s and 40s for his urban planning of the cities of Plymouth, Hull, Bath, Edinburgh and Bournemouth, and later for his radical plan to rebuild the post-war City of London.

Willis "Sonny" Parker was an American blues and jazz singer, dancer, and drummer.

Harrison Edward Ford was an American stage and film actor. He was a leading Broadway theater performer and a star of the silent film era.

John William Van Druten was an English playwright and theatre director. He began his career in London, and later moved to America, becoming a U.S. citizen. He was known for his plays of witty and urbane observations of contemporary life and society.

Edvige Mussolini was the younger sister of Arnaldo and Benito Mussolini.

James Brendan Bennet "Jamie" Connolly was an American athlete and author. In 1896, he was the first modern Olympic champion.

Charles Constantin Joseph Hoffbauer was a French-born artist who became a United States citizen. He painted a wide variety of subjects, including many that depicted scenes of historical interest.