List of Famous people who died in 1958

Georges Lecomte was a French novelist and playwright, who also wrote literary, historical and artistic studies.

Margaret Haig Mackworth, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda was a Welsh peeress, businesswoman, and active suffragette. She was significant in the history of women's suffrage in the United Kingdom.

Johannes Robert Becher was a German politician, novelist, and poet. He was affiliated with the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) before World War II. At one time, he was part of the literary avant-garde, writing in an expressionist style.

Henry Kuttner was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror.

Johnston McCulley was an American writer, the author of hundreds of stories, fifty novels, numerous screenplays for film and television, and the creator of the character Zorro.

Willis Rodney Whitney was an American chemist and founder of the research laboratory of the General Electric Company.

Gordon S. Griffith was an American assistant director, film producer, and one of the first child actors in the American movie industry. Griffith worked in the film industry for five decades, acting in over 60 films, and surviving the transition from silent films to talkies—films with sound. During his acting career, he worked with Charlie Chaplin, and was the first actor to portray Tarzan on film.