page_title: 1959
section_title: October
hierarchical_section_title: 1959 / Deaths / October
caption_attribution_description: George C. Marshall, U.S. Secretary of State, January 21, 1947 to January 20, 1949
context_page_description: 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1959th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 959th year of the 2nd millennium, the 59th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1950s decade.
context_section_description: October 1 – Enrico De Nicola, Italian jurist, politician and journalist, 1st President of Italy (b. 1877)
  October 6 – Bernard Berenson, American art historian (b. 1865)
  October 7 – Mario Lanza, American tenor (b. 1921)
  October 9 – Shirō Ishii, Japanese microbiologist and lieutenant general of Unit 731 (b. 1892)
  October 11 – Bert Bell, 2nd commissioner of the National Football League (b. 1895)
  October 12
  Edward Keane, American actor (b. 1884)
  Arnolt Bronnen, Austrian playwright and director (b. 1895)
  October 14 – Errol Flynn, Australian actor (b. 1909)
  October 15 – Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian nationalist leader (b. 1909)
  October 16
  Minor Hall, American jazz musician (b. 1897)
  George Marshall, United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1880)
  October 18
  Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete (b. 1898)
  Edward Hanson, 28th Governor of American Samoa (b. 1889)
  October 19 – Ebrahim Hakimi, 29th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1871)
  October 20 – Werner Krauss, German actor (b. 1884)
  October 22 – Joseph Cahill, Australian politician (b. 1891)
  October 25 – Genevieve R. Cline, American jurist (b. 1879)
  October 27 – Juan José Domenchina, Spanish poet (b. 1898)
  October 28
  Lili Árkayné Sztehló, Hungarian painter (b. 1897)
  Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary (b. 1932)
caption: George Marshall
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