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Ray Sprigle
1886–1957
journalist
Official cause
traffic collision
Jean Cristofol
1901–1957
politician
Official cause
lung cancer
Rudolf Diels
1900–1957
civil servant, administrative lawyer, Gestapo employee
Official cause
gunshot wound
Vivian Rich
1893–1957
actor, film actor
Official cause
traffic collision
Aro
Unknown–1957
unemployed
Official cause
hanging to death
Andrzej Bursa
1932–1957
poet, journalist, writer
Official cause
disease
Kurt Pettersén
1916–1957
amateur wrestler
Official cause
cancer
Kathleen Best
1910–1957
military personnel
Official cause
cancer
Nuri Demirağ
1886–1957
politician, businessperson
Official cause
diabetes
Gerald Burton Winrod
1900–1957
journalist, peace activist, evangelist
Official cause
pneumonia
George W. Merck
1894–1957
chemist, businessperson
Official cause
cerebral hemorrhage
Clarence Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare
1885–1957
tennis player, cricketer, politician
Official cause
drowning
Lőrinc Szabó
1900–1957
poet, writer, translator
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Pietro Grosso
1923–1957
association football player
Official cause
traffic collision
Jacques Fesch
1930–1957
diarist
Official cause
decapitation by guillotine
Kurt Vonnegut, Sr.
1884–1957
architect
Official cause
lung cancer
Raymond E. S. Williamson
1894–1957
military personnel
Official cause
cancer
Leo Longanesi
1905–1957
journalist, painter, film director
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Lloyd G. Davies
1914–1957
politician
Official cause
pneumonia
Artie Auerbach
1903–1957
photographer, actor, radio personality
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Carl Clauberg
1898–1957
military physician, torturer, university teacher
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Konrad Tom
1887–1957
actor, film director, songwriter
Official cause
cancer
Oliver Hardy
1892–1957
actor, comedian, film actor
Official cause
intracranial thrombosis
Joe Hill Louis
1921–1957
musician, singer
Official cause
tetanus