List of Famous people who died in 1959

Edvard Eriksen was a Danish–Icelandic sculptor.

Elias, Duke of Parma and Piacenza was the head of the House of Bourbon-Parma and pretender to the defunct throne of Parma between 1950 and 1959. From 1907 to 1950 he served as regent for the claims of his two older disabled brothers.

Donald Sterling Palmer Howard, 3rd Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Guido Brignone was an Italian film director and actor. He was the father of actress Lilla Brignone and younger brother of actress Mercedes Brignone.

Giovanni Pastrone, also known by his artistic name Piero Fosco, was an Italian film pioneer, director, screenwriter, actor and technician.

Reuven Shiloah was the first Director of the Mossad from 1949 to 1953.

Preston Sturges was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director. In 1941, he won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for the film The Great McGinty, his first of three nominations in the category.

Edna Cecil Cunningham was an American film and stage actress, singer, and comedienne.