Celebrity Deaths in 1957

79 notable figures died in 1957. Listed below in order of date of death.

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  Claire Waldoff

  1884 – 1957 · Actresses, Entertainers, Singer Jan 1
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  Helene Costello

  1906 – 1957 · Actresses Jan 1
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  William Eythe

  1918 – 1957 · Actors Jan 1
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  Edward James “Batty” Abbaticchio

  1877 – 1957 · Athletes, Sports Figures Jan 6
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  Humphrey Bogart

  1899 – 1957 · Actors Jan 14
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  Arturo Toscanini

  1867 – 1957 · Celebrities, Politicians Jan 16
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  Harry Lundeberg

  1901 – 1957 · Social Reformers Jan 28
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  Frank Abbott

  1878 – 1957 · Actors Feb 2
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  Jana Rybarova

  1936 – 1957 · Actresses Feb 2
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  Marta Toren

  1925 – 1957 · Actresses Feb 2
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  Walther Bothe

  1891 – 1957 · Scientists and Inventors Feb 8
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  Miklós Horthy

  1868 – 1957 · Politicians Feb 9
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  Charlotte Shelby

  1877 – 1957 · Actresses Mar 3
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  Constantin Brancusi

  1876 – 1957 · Artists and Architects Mar 3
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  William Cameron Menzies

  1896 – 1957 · Artists and Architects, Director, Producer Mar 5
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  Josephine Hull

  1877 – 1957 · Actresses Mar 12
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  Eugenio Castellotti

  1930 – 1957 · Race Car Driver Mar 14
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  Burton Abbott

  1928 – 1957 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Mar 15
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  Belle Baker

  1893 – 1957 · Actresses Apr 4
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  Dorothy Sebastian

  1903 – 1957 · Actresses Apr 4
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  Elías Antúnez

  1907 – 1957 · Sports Figures Apr 4
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  Max Asher

  1885 – 1957 · Actors Apr 4
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  Johnny Torrio

  1882 – 1957 · Gangster Apr 16
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  Lois Austin

  1901 – 1957 · Actresses Apr 26
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  Joseph McCarthy

  1908 – 1957 · Politicians May 2
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  Dorothy Dale

  1883 – 1957 · Actresses May 5
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  Herbert Butterfield

  1895 – 1957 · Actors May 5
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  James de Rothschild

  1878 – 1957 · Business Magnates May 5
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  John Brown

  1904 – 1957 · Actors May 5
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  Robert Finkelhor

  1899 – 1957 · Artists and Architects May 5
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  Robert Lawson

  1892 – 1957 · Artists and Architects May 5
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  Ezio Pinza

  1892 – 1957 · Singer May 9
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  Prince Makonnen

  1923 – 1957 · Royalty May 13
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  Eliot Ness

  1903 – 1957 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers May 16
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  Luisa Casati

  1881 – 1957 · Socialite Jun 1
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  Charles Sumner Greene

  1867 – 1957 · Artists and Architects Jun 6
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  David Berman

  1903 – 1957 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jun 6
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  Gyokudo Kawai

  1873 – 1957 · Business Magnates Jun 6
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  Lola Greene Baldwin

  1860 – 1957 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Jun 6
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  Mary Hay Caldwell Hastings

  1901 – 1957 · Actresses Jun 6
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  Paul Gerson

  1871 – 1957 · Actors Jun 6
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  Peggy Hopkins Joyce

  1895 – 1957 · Actresses Jun 6
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  Sosthenes Behn

  1884 – 1957 · Business Magnates Jun 6
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  Ted Oliver

  1892 – 1957 · Actors Jun 30
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  Arthur Brown, Jr

  1874 – 1957 · Artists and Architects Jul 7
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  Judy Tyler

  1932 – 1957 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Sacha Guitry

  1885 – 1957 · Actors Jul 7
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  Taylor Duncan

  1877 – 1957 · Actors Jul 7
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  Grace Anna Coolidge

  1879 – 1957 · Politicians, US First Ladies Jul 8
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  Edith Abbott

  1876 – 1957 · Educators Jul 29
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  Oliver Hardy

  1892 – 1957 · Actors, Comedian Aug 7
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  Alice Stebbins Wells

  1873 – 1957 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Aug 8
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  Charles Lunsford Neville Buck

  1879 – 1957 · Authors and Writers Aug 8
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  Erville Alderson

  1882 – 1957 · Actors Aug 8
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  Walter Philip Zeller

  1890 – 1957 · Business Magnates Aug 8
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  Morris B. Sachs

  1896 – 1957 · Business Magnates Sep 9
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  Pompeo Coppini

  1870 – 1957 · Artists and Architects Sep 9
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  Jean Sibelius

  1865 – 1957 · Celebrities, Musicians and Composers Sep 20
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  Haakon VII of Norway

  1872 – 1957 · Royalty Sep 21
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  Artie Auerbach

  1903 – 1957 · Actors Oct 10
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  Christian Dior

  1905 – 1957 · Artists and Architects Oct 10
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  Erle Palmar Halliburton

  1891 – 1957 Oct 10
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  Frederick Burton

  1871 – 1957 · Actors Oct 10
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  Jack Buchanan

  1891 – 1957 · Actors, Director, Producer, Theater Actor Oct 20
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  Nikos Kazantzakis

  1883 – 1957 · Politicians Oct 26
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  Louis B Mayer

  1884 – 1957 · Business Magnates, Film Director Oct 29
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  Norm Ferguson

  1902 – 1957 · Artists and Architects Nov 4
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  Billy Bevan

  1887 – 1957 · Actors Nov 11
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  Charles Brabin

  1882 – 1957 · Authors and Writers Nov 11
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  Cora Witherspoon

  1890 – 1957 · Actresses Nov 11
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  Raymond Griffith

  1895 – 1957 · Actors Nov 11
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  Adrienne D’Ambricourt

  1878 – 1957 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Adrienne D’Ambricourt

  1878 – 1957 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Al Bridge

  1891 – 1957 · Actors Dec 12
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  Arturo Barea

  1897 – 1957 · Authors and Writers Dec 12
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  Edna Hannam Marion Naisbitt

  1906 – 1957 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Walter Stanley Campbell

  1887 – 1957 · Authors and Writers Dec 12
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  Óscar Domínguez

  1906 – 1957 · Artists and Architects Dec 12
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  Motoko Hani

  1873 – 1957