Editing 1957 (section)

==Deaths==
{{BDToC|Deaths}}
{{Further|Category:1957 deaths}}

===January===
[[File:Humphrey Bogart 1940.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Humphrey Bogart]]]]
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* [[January 4]] – [[Theodor Körner (Austrian president)|Theodor Körner]], Austrian statesman, 5th [[President of Austria]] (b. [[1873]])
* [[January 10]] – [[Gabriela Mistral]], Chilean writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1889]])<ref>{{cite book|first=Marie-Lise|last=Gazarian-Gautier|chapter=The Walking Geography of Gabriela Mistral|editor-first=Marjorie|editor-last=Agosín|title=Gabriela Mistral: The Audacious Traveler|location=Athens|publisher=Ohio University Press|year=2003|page=270|isbn=978-0-89680-230-8}}</ref>
* [[January 14]] – [[Humphrey Bogart]], American actor (b. [[1899]])
* [[January 16]] 
** [[Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone]], English army officer and colonial administrator (b. [[1874]])
** [[Arturo Toscanini]], Italian conductor (b. [[1867]])
* [[January 20]] – [[James Brendan Connolly]], American Olympic athlete (b. [[1868]])
* [[January 26]]
** [[Helene Costello]], American actress (b. [[1906]])
** [[William Eythe]], American actor (b. [[1918]])
** [[José Linhares]], Brazilian lawyer, 15th [[President of Brazil]] (b. [[1886]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/01/27/archives/jose-linhares-71-of-brazil-is-dead-retired-chief-justice-was.html|title=Jose Linhares, 71, of Brazil is dead; Retired Chief Justice Was President for 3 Months After Revolt by Dutra|date=January 27, 1957|website=New York Times|access-date=September 30, 2021}}</ref>
**[[Mamoru Shigemitsu]], Japanese diplomat and politician (b. [[1887]])<ref>{{cite news |date=January 26, 1957|title=Mamoru Shigemitsu, 69, Dead; Surrendered for Japan to Allies; Former Foreign Minister Was Imprisoned for War Crime --Led Nation Into U.N. Made Peace Overtures Entered Foreign Ministry Tried With Tojo |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/01/26/archives/mamoru-shigemitsu-69-dead-surrendered-for-japan-to-allies-former.html|work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=August 15, 2020}}</ref>

=== February ===
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[[File:JohnvonNeumann-LosAlamos.gif|thumb|100px|[[John von Neumann]]]]
[[File:Horthy Miklós kormányzó.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Miklós Horthy]]]]
* [[February 1]] – [[Friedrich Paulus]], German field marshal (b. [[1890]])
* [[February 2]] – [[Julia Morgan]], American architect (b. [[1872]])<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julia-Morgan| title = Julia Morgan| date = January 16, 2024}}</ref>
* [[February 4]] – [[Miguel Covarrubias]], Mexican painter (b. [[1904]])
* [[February 8]]
** [[Walther Bothe]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1891]])
** [[John von Neumann]], Hungarian-born mathematician (b. [[1903]])
* [[February 9]] – [[Miklós Horthy]], Austro-Hungarian admiral and regent of the Kingdom of Hungary (b. [[1868]])
* [[February 10]] – [[Laura Ingalls Wilder]], American author (b. [[1867]])<ref>{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |title=Laura I. Wilder, Author, Dies at 90. Writer of the 'Little House' Series for Children Was an Ex-Newspaper Editor. Wrote First Book at 65 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/02/12/archives/laura-i-wilder-author-dies-at-90-writer-of-the-little-house-series.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 12, 1957 |access-date=October 24, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[February 16]] 
** [[Josef Hofmann]], Polish-born pianist and composer (b. [[1876]])
** [[John Sealy Townsend|Sir John Townsend]], Irish mathematical physicist (b. [[1868]])<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Sealy-Townsend| title = Sir John Sealy Townsend Irish physicist| date = February 12, 2024}}</ref>
* [[February 18]]
** [[Dedan Kimathi]], Kenyan rebel leader, executed (b. [[1920]])
** [[Henry Norris Russell]], American astronomer (b. [[1877]])
* [[February 19]] – [[Märta Torén]], Swedish actress (b. [[1925]])
* [[February 20]] – [[Sadri Maksudi Arsal]], Turkish politician and academic (b. [[1878]])
* [[February 25]] – [[Bugs Moran]], American gangster (b. [[1893]])

=== March ===
[[File:Ramon-Magsaysay-01.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ramon Magsaysay]]]]
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[[File:Gheorghe T%C4%83t%C4%83rescu.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Gheorghe Tătărescu]]]]
* [[March 4]] – [[Larbi Ben M'hidi]], Algerian revolutionary leader (executed in [[Paul Aussaresses]] custody) (b. 1923)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-29 |title=Ben M'hidi - One Of The Greatest Heroes Of Algeria {{!}} I Love Africa |url=https://iloveafrica.com/ben-mhidi-one-of-the-greatest-heroes-of-algeria/ |access-date=2023-09-03 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[March 5]] – [[William Cameron Menzies]], American film production designer (b. [[1896]])
* [[March 6]] – [[Alexander Godley|Sir Alexander Godley]], British general (b. [[1867]])
* [[March 7]] – [[Wyndham Lewis]], English painter (b. [[1882]])
* [[March 8]] 
** [[János Esterházy]], Hungarian politician in Czechoslovakia (b. [[1901]])
** [[Othmar Schoeck]], Swiss composer (b. [[1886]])<ref>[https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/c.asp?c=C3974 Othmar Schoeck born: 1 September 1886 died: 8 March 1957]</ref>
* [[March 11]] – [[Richard E. Byrd]], American explorer (b. [[1888]])<ref>{{Cite news |title=Admiral Byrd Dies at 68. Made 5 Polar Expeditions. Admiral Flew Over Both Poles and Helped Establish Antarctic as a Continent |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/03/12/archives/admiral-byrd-dies-at-68-made-5-polar-expeditions-admiral-flew-over.html?sq=Richard+Evelyn+Byrd&scp=7&st=p|work=[[The New York Times]] |date= October 9, 1988|access-date=May 23, 2008}}</ref>
* [[March 12]] – [[Josephine Hull]], American actress (b. [[1877]])
* [[March 14]] – [[Eugenio Castellotti]], Italian racing driver (car crash) (b. [[1930]])
* [[March 16]] – [[Constantin Brâncuși]], Romanian sculptor (b. [[1876]])
* [[March 17]] – [[Ramon Magsaysay]], 7th [[President of the Philippines]] (b. [[1907]])
* [[March 26]]
** [[Édouard Herriot]], French politician, 66th [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. [[1872]])
** [[Max Ophüls]], German film director and writer (b. [[1902]])
* [[March 28]] 
**[[Gheorghe Tătărescu]], Romanian politician, 36th [[Prime Minister of Romania]] (b. [[1886]])
**[[Jack B. Yeats]], Irish artist (b. [[1871]])<ref>https://www.newspapers.com/image/259667654/?match=1&terms=jack%20yeats</ref>
* [[March 29]] – [[Joyce Cary]], Irish author (b. [[1888]])
* [[March 31]] – [[Gene Lockhart]], Canadian actor (b. [[1891]])

=== April ===
[[File:Pedro Infante in Habana, Cuba, c.1950s.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Pedro Infante]]]]
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* [[April 3]] – [[Ned Sparks]], Canadian character actor (b. [[1883]])
* [[April 6]] – [[Pierina Morosini]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] laywoman, martyr and blessed (b. [[1931]])
* [[April 8]] 
** [[Dorothy Sebastian]], American actress (b. [[1903]])
** [[Pedro Segura y Sáenz]], Spanish [[Roman Catholic]] archbishop (b. [[1880]])
* [[April 15]] – [[Pedro Infante]], Mexican actor and singer (b. [[1917]])
* [[April 16]] – [[Johnny Torrio]], Italian-born American gangster (b. [[1882]])
* [[April 23]] – [[Roy Campbell (poet)|Roy Campbell]], South African poet (b. [[1901]])<ref>Anna and Teresa Campbell (2011), ''Remembering Roy Campbell: The Memoirs of His Daughters Anna and Tess'', [[Winged Lion Press]]. Edited by Judith Lütge Coullie. Preface by [[Joseph Pearce]]. Page 1.</ref>
* [[April 24]] – [[Elizabeth Hesselblad]], Swedish nurse and [[Roman Catholic]] saint (b. [[1870]])
* [[April 25]] – [[Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani]], [[Emir of Qatar]] (b. [[1880]])
* [[April 26]] – [[Elinor Fair]], American actress (b. [[1903]])

=== May ===
[[File:Joseph McCarthy adjusted.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Joseph McCarthy]]]]
[[File:Eliot Ness in 1931.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Eliot Ness]]]]
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* [[May 1]] – [[Grant Mitchell (actor)|Grant Mitchell]], American actor (b. [[1874]])
* [[May 2]] – [[Joseph McCarthy]], American senator (b. [[1908]])
* [[May 4]] – [[Katie Johnson (English actress)|Katie Johnson]], British actress (b. [[1878]])
* [[May 7]]
** [[Wilhelm Filchner]], German explorer (b. [[1877]])
** [[Zenón Noriega Agüero]], Peruvian general, interim [[President of Peru]] (b. [[1900]])
* [[May 9]]
** [[Ezio Pinza]], Italian bass (b. [[1892]])
** [[Heinrich Campendonk]], German-Dutch painter and graphic designer (b. [[1889]])
* [[May 12]] – [[Erich von Stroheim]], Austrian actor and director (b. [[1885]])
* [[May 13]] – [[Michael Fekete]], Hungarian-born Israeli mathematician (b. [[1886]])
* [[May 14]] – [[Marie Vassilieff]], Soviet artist (b. [[1884]])
* [[May 16]] – [[Eliot Ness]], American [[Bureau of Prohibition|Prohibition agent]] (b. [[1903]])
* [[May 17]] – [[Francesco Balilla Pratella]], Italian composer (b. [[1880]])
* [[May 20]] – [[Gilbert Murray]], Australian-British classical scholar and intellectual (b. [[1866]])
* [[May 21]] – [[Aleksandr Vertinsky]], Russian singer and actor (b. [[1889]])<ref>[http://russia-ic.com/people/culture_art/v/239/ Alexander Vertinsky]</ref>
* [[May 29]] – [[James Whale]], English film director (b. [[1889]])
* [[May 31]] – [[Leopold Staff]], Polish poet (b. [[1878]])

===June===
[[File:Jimmy Dorsey Billboard 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jimmy Dorsey]]]]
[[File:Johannes Stark.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Johannes Stark]]]]
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* [[June 1]] 
** [[Luisa Casati]], Italian patron of the arts (b. [[1881]])
** [[Russell Hicks]], American actor (b. [[1895]])<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1957/06/03/archives/russell-hicks-character-actor-is-dead-appeared-in-many-stage-and.html Russell Hicks, Character Actor, Is Dead; Appeared in Many Stage and Film Roles; Appeared in Early Movies]</ref>
* [[June 6]] – [[Kulyash Baiseitova]], Soviet composer (b. [[1912]])
* [[June 12]] – [[Jimmy Dorsey]], American jazz musician (b. [[1904]])
* [[June 13]] – [[Irving Baxter]], American athlete (b. [[1876]])
* [[June 15]] – [[Norina Matchabelli|Princess Norina Matchabelli]], Italian perfumier (b. [[1881]])
* [[June 17]]
** [[Dorothy Richardson]], English feminist writer (b. [[1873]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Gloria G. Fromm|title=Dorothy Richardson: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hChbAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-00631-9|page=394}}</ref>
** [[Augusto Samuel Boyd]], 20th [[President of Panama]] (b. [[1879]])
* [[June 21]] – [[Johannes Stark]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1874]])
* [[June 23]] – [[Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum]], Syrian patriarch (b. [[1887]])
* [[June 24]] – [[František Kupka]], Czech painter and graphic artist (b. [[1871]])
* [[June 26]]
** [[Alfred Döblin]], German writer (b. [[1878]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Sandford | first = John | title = Encyclopedia of contemporary German culture | publisher = Routledge | location = London New York | year = 1999 | isbn = 9781136816031 | page=155}}</ref>
** [[Malcolm Lowry]], English poet and novelist (b. [[1909]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Slide |first=Anthony |title=Silent Topics: Essays on Undocumented Areas of Silent Film |year=2004 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0810850163 |page=65}}</ref>
* [[June 27]] 
** [[Hermann Buhl]], Austrian mountaineer (b. [[1924]])
** [[Vivienne de Watteville]], British travel writer and adventurer (b. [[1900]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lukashartmann.ch/pdf/1.7.a.Erw.Tochter%20Materialien.pdf|title=Materialien zum Lukas Hartmanns Roman "Die Tochter des Jägers"|last=Hartmann|first=Lukas|website=Lukas Hartmann|language=de|access-date=October 23, 2017|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201811/http://www.lukashartmann.ch/pdf/1.7.a.Erw.Tochter%20Materialien.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

===July===
[[File:Grace Coolidge 1924.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Grace Coolidge]]]]
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* [[July 3]] – [[Judy Tyler]], American actress (b. [[1932]])
* [[July 8]] – [[Grace Coolidge]], [[First Lady of the United States]] (b. [[1879]])
* [[July 10]] – [[Sholem Asch]], Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist and essayist (b. [[1880]])<ref>{{cite book|title=The Routledge Encyclopedia of Jewish Writers of the Twentieth Century|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2004|page=86|isbn=9781135456078}}</ref>
* [[July 11]] – [[Aga Khan III]], 48th Nizari Imam (b. [[1877]])
* [[July 15]]
** [[George Cleveland]], Canadian actor (b. [[1885]])
** [[James M. Cox]], [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidate for [[President of the United States]] in the [[1920 United States presidential election|election of 1920]] (b. [[1870]])
* [[July 23]] – [[Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa]], Sicilian writer (b. [[1896]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://palermo.repubblica.it/societa/2017/07/23/news/l_ultima_beffa_al_gattopardo_sulla_lapide_c_e_una_data_di_morte_sbagliata-171456343|title="L'ultima beffa al "Gattopardo", sulla lapide c'è una data di morte sbagliata" - The latest joke at the ''Leopard'', on the tombstone is a wrong death date|author=Giusi Spica|date=23 July 2017|publisher=[[La Repubblica]]}}</ref>
* [[July 24]]
** [[Metodija Andonov-Čento]], Macedonian statesman (b. [[1902]])
** [[Sacha Guitry]], Russian-born French playwright, actor and director (b. [[1885]])<ref>{{cite book|last= Morley|first= Sheridan|year= 1986|title= The Great Stage Stars|location= London|publisher= Angus & Robertson|isbn= 0816014019|url-access= registration|url= https://archive.org/details/greatstagestarsd0000morl|page=153}}</ref>
* [[July 26]] – [[Carlos Castillo Armas]], Guatemalan military officer and politician, 28th [[President of Guatemala]] (b. [[1914]])
* [[July 28]] 
** [[Edith Abbott]], American social worker, educator and author (b. [[1876]])
** [[Mike O'Dowd]], American boxer (d. [[1895]])<ref>[http://www.mnbhof.org/Minnesota_Boxing_Hall_of_Fame/Mike_ODowd.html   Mike O'dowd]</ref>

===August===
[[File:Washington Luís (foto).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Washington Luís]]]]
* [[August 3]] – [[Devdas Gandhi]], youngest son of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] (b. [[1900]])
* [[August 4]] – [[Washington Luís]], 13th [[President of Brazil]] (b. [[1869]])
* [[August 5]] – [[Heinrich Otto Wieland]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1877]])
* [[August 7]] – [[Oliver Hardy]], American actor (b. [[1892]])
* [[August 10]] – [[Leo Bagrow]], Russian-born historian of cartography (b. [[1881]])
* [[August 11]] – [[Rudolf Weigl]], Polish biologist (b. [[1883]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-09-06/rudolf-weigl-the-schindler-of-science-who-saved-thousands-from-the-nazis.html|title=Rudolf Weigl: the Schindler of science who saved thousands from the Nazis|first=Alberto|last=López|date=September 6, 2021|website=EL PAÍS English Edition}}</ref>
* [[August 16]] – [[Irving Langmuir]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1881]])
* [[August 19]] – [[David Bomberg]], British Vorticist painter (b. [[1890]])
* [[August 20]] – [[Julio Lozano Díaz]], President of Honduras (b. [[1885]])
* [[August 21]] – [[Harald Sverdrup (oceanographer)|Harald Sverdrup]], Norwegian oceanographer (b. [[1888]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harold-Ulrik-Sverdrup Harold Ulrik Sverdrup Norwegian oceanographer]</ref>
* [[August 23]] – [[Eugène Schueller]], French chemist and entrepreneur (b. [[1881]])<ref>https://www.newspapers.com/image/409335929/?match=1&terms=eugene%20schueller</ref>
* [[August 30]] – [[Harold Gatty]], Australian aviator (b. [[1903]])

===September===
[[File:Jean Sibelius, 1913.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Jean Sibelius]]]]
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* [[September 1]] – [[Dennis Brain]], English French horn player (b. [[1921]])
* [[September 16]] – [[Qi Baishi]], Chinese painter (b. [[1864]])
* [[September 20]] – [[Jean Sibelius]], Finnish composer (b. [[1865]])
* [[September 21]] – King [[Haakon VII of Norway]] (b. [[1872]])
* [[September 22]] – [[Toyoda Soemu]], Japanese admiral (b. [[1885]])

===October===
[[File:Stamps of Romania, 2005-002.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Christian Dior]]]]
[[File:Gerty Theresa Cori.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Gerty Cori]]]]
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* [[October 3]] – [[Lőrinc Szabó]], Hungarian poet (b. [[1900]])<ref>{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb121724986 |title=Notice de personne "Szabó, Lőrinc (1900-1957)" |trans-title=Person notice "Szabó, Lőrinc (1900-1957)" |publisher=[[Bibliothèque nationale de France]] |language=fr |date=23 April 2015 |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[October 4]] – [[Pierneef]], South African artist (b. [[1886]])<ref>{{cite web |last=Loots |first=Andries |title=J.H. Pierneef ( 1886 - 1957 ) |url=http://www.vgallery.co.za/2000article33/vzine.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530031138/http://www.vgallery.co.za/2000article33/vzine.htm |archive-date=30 May 2009 |website=vgallery.co.za |date=28 August 2000 |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
* [[October 8]] – [[Hassiba Ben Bouali]], Algerian militant (b. [[1938]])<ref>{{cite news |title=CASBAH DEATH TOLL 17; 2 Terrorists Among Victims of Accidental Blast |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/10/archives/casbah-death-toll-17-2-terrorists-among-victims-of-accidental-blast.html |date=10 October 1957 |at=Page 8, column 7 |access-date=27 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[October 13]] – [[Erich Auerbach]], German philologist (b. [[1892]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Erich-Auerbach Erich Auerbach American scholar]</ref>
* [[October 19]] – [[V. Gordon Childe]], Australian archaeologist (b. [[1892]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Prehistorian: A Biography of V. Gordon Childe |last=Green |first=Sally |year=1981 |publisher=Moonraker Press |location=Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire |isbn=978-0-2390-0206-8|page=154}}</ref>
* [[October 20]] – [[Jack Buchanan]], British actor (b. [[1891]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Hardy | first = Phil | title = The Da Capo companion to 20th-century popular music | publisher = Da Capo Press | location = New York | year = 1995 | isbn = 9780306806407 | page=124}}</ref>
* [[October 23]] – [[Frederick Burton (actor)|Frederick Burton]], American actor (b. [[1871]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba225145c |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306022112/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba225145c |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |title=Frederick Burton |publisher=British Film Institute |department=Films, TV and people |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref>
* [[October 24]] – [[Christian Dior]], French fashion designer (b. [[1905]])<ref>{{cite news |title=DIOR, 52, CREATOR OF 'NEW LOOK,' DIES; Designer Won Fame in 1947 for Style Innovation Christian Dior Is Dead at 52; Designer Created 'New Look' 'Tyrant of Hemlines' 'Luxury Must Be Defended' |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/24/archives/dior-52-creator-of-newlook-dies-designer-won-fame-in-1947-for-style.html |date=24 October 1957 |at=Page 1, column 8 |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref>
* [[October 25]]
** [[Albert Anastasia]], American gangster (b. [[1902]])<ref>{{cite news |last=Berger |first=Meyer |author-link=Meyer Berger |title=ANASTASIA SLAIN IN A HOTEL HERE; LED MURDER, INC.; Victim's Brothers |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/26/archives/anastasia-slain-in-a-hotel-here-led-murder-inc-victims-brothers.html |date=26 October 1957 |at=Page 1, columns 7-8 |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
** [[Lord Dunsany]], Irish author (b. [[1878]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=((Britannica)) |first=((The Editors of Encyclopaedia)) |title=Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th baron of Dunsany |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=21 October 2022 |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-John-Moreton-Drax-Plunkett-18th-Baron-of-Dunsany |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[October 26]] 
** [[Gerty Cori]], Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1896]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Gerty Cori – Facts |website=NobelPrize.org |publisher=Nobel Prize Outreach AB |year=2023 |access-date=24 May 2023 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1947/cori-gt/facts/}}</ref>
** [[Nikos Kazantzakis]], Greek writer (b. [[1883]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=((Britannica)) |first=((The Editors of Encyclopaedia)) |title=Níkos Kazantzákis |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=14 February 2023 |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nikos-Kazantzakis |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[October 27]] – [[Giovanni Battista Caproni]], Italian aeronautical, civil and electrical engineer, aircraft designer and industrialist (b. [[1886]])<ref>{{cite news |title=GIANNI CAPRONI, PLANE DESIGNER; Builder for Italians of 100 Aircraft Types Dies--First Was Tested in 1910 Airplane Bore Name |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/30/archives/gianni-caproni-plane-designer-builder-for-italians-of-100-aircraft.html |date=30 October 1957 |at=Page 29, column 3 |quote=Gianni Caproni, Italian aviation pioneer credited with giving General of the Armies John J. Pershing the idea of strategic bombing in World War I, died of a heart attack Sunday at the age of 71. His death was not announced until after the funeral today. |access-date=3 June 2023}}</ref>
* [[October 29]]
** [[José Patricio Guggiari]], Paraguayan politician, 32nd [[President of Paraguay]] (b. [[1884]])<ref>{{cite news |title=JOSE GUGGIARI, 73, OF PARAGUAY DIES; President 1928 to 1932 Was Opposition Party Leader in Exile in Buenos Aires Long Party Ascendancy |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=UP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/31/archives/jose-guggiari-73-of-paraguay-dies-president-1928-to-1932-was.html |date=31 October 1957 |at=Page 31, column 3 |access-date=3 June 2023}}</ref>
** [[Louis B. Mayer]], American film studio mogul, former head of [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (MGM) (b. [[1885]])<ref>{{cite news |title=LOUIS B. MAYER, FILM MAKER, DIES; Former Production Chief of M-G-M, 72, Built Movies Around Leading Stars GUIDED GARBO TO FAME Highest Paid Executive in U.S. for 7 Years Resigned From Studio in 1951 Was Hollywood Czar Native of Russia Merged With Goldwyn Remarried in 1948 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/30/archives/louis-b-mayer-film-maker-dies-former-production-chief-of-mgm-72.html |date=30 October 1957 |at=Page 29, columns 1-2 |access-date=3 June 2023}}</ref>

===November===
[[File:Diego Rivera with a xoloitzcuintle dog in the Blue House, Coyoacan - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Diego Rivera]]]]
[[File:Prince George of Greece in 1902, High Commissioner in Crete.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Prince George of Greece and Denmark]]]]
* [[November 2]] – [[Ted Meredith]], American Olympic athlete (b. [[1891]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/05/archives/ted-meredith-64-starred-in-track-runner-who-won-800-meters-in-1912.html |title=TED MEREDITH, 64, STARRED IN TRACK; Runner Who Won 800 Meters in 1912 Olympics in World Record Time Is Dead |newspaper=The New York Times |date=5 November 1957 |at=Page 31, column 3 |access-date=13 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[November 3]]
** [[Charles Brabin]], American director and screenwriter (b. [[1882]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Parish |first1=James |author1-link=James Robert Parish |last2=Pitts |first2=Michael R. |chapter=BRABIN, CHARLES J., b. April 17, 1883, Liverpool, Eng.; d. Nov. 3, 1957. |title=Film Directors: A Guide to their American Films |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |publication-place=[[Metuchen, New Jersey]] |year=1974 |isbn=9780810807525 |oclc=573547659 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/filmdirectorsgui00pari/page/42/mode/2up |chapter-url-access=registration |access-date=14 May 2023 |via=Internet Archive |pages=42–43}}</ref>
** [[Laika]], Soviet space dog (b. c. [[1954]])<ref>{{cite web |last=Grahn |first=Sven |title=Sputnik-2, more news from distant history |url=http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/histind/Sputnik2/sputnik2more.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924112150/http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/histind/Sputnik2/sputnik2more.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref>{{Self-published inline|date=May 2023}}
** [[Wilhelm Reich]], Austrian psychoanalyst (b. [[1897]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Wilhelm Reich |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |edition=Encyclopædia Britannica Online Academic |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.]] |year=2012 |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-date=22 November 2012 |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/496351/Wilhelm-Reich |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122162345/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/496351/Wilhelm-Reich}}</ref>
* [[November 4]]
** [[Joseph Canteloube]], French composer and singer (b. [[1879]])<ref>{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13892124k |title=Notice de personne "Canteloube, Joseph (1879-1957)" |trans-title=Person notice "Canteloube, Joseph (1879-1957)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=19 December 2020 |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref>
** [[Shoghi Effendi]], Bahá'í leader (b. [[1897]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/06/archives/shoghi-effendi-61-bahai-faith-leader.html |title=SHOGHI EFFENDI, 61, BAHA'I FAITH LEADER |newspaper=The New York Times |date=6 November 1957 |at=Page 35, column 2 |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref>
** [[Grigore Preoteasa]], Romanian activist (b. [[1915]])<ref>{{cite news |agency=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/06/archives/air-crash-kills-rumanian-aide-accident-at-moscow-airport-costs.html |title=AIR CRASH KILLS RUMANIAN AIDE; Accident at Moscow Airport Costs Party Official's Life --Premier Stoica Safe |newspaper=The New York Times |date=6 November 1957 |at=Page 2, column 3 |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[November 7]] – [[Hasui Kawase]], Japanese painter and printmaker (b. [[1883]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.artelino.com/articles/hasui_kawase.asp |last=Wanczura |first=Dieter |title=Kawase Hasui - 1883-1957 |website=artelino |date=21 November 2020 |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[November 11]] – [[Masao Maruyama (Japanese Army officer)|Masao Maruyama]], Japanese general (b. [[1889]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://warfare.ueuo.com/dutcheastindies/maruyama.html |title=Lieutenant-General Masao Maruyama |publisher=Klemen. L. |website=Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942 |language=en |year=2000 |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=May 2023}}
* [[November 13]] – [[Antonín Zápotocký]], 6th President and 15th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. [[1884]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/13/archives/zapotocky-is-dead-czechs-president-zapotocky-dies-czech-president.html |title=Zapotocky Is Dead; Czechs' President; ZAPOTOCKY DIES; CZECH PRESIDENT Architect of Coup Elected to Parliament |newspaper=The New York Times |date=13 November 1957 |at=Page 1, column 2 |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[November 15]] – [[Andrzej Bursa]], Polish poet (b. [[1932]])<ref>{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12958231s |title=Notice de personne "Bursa, Andrzej (1932-1957)" |trans-title=Person notice "Bursa, Andrzej (1932-1957)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=14 February 2012 |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[November 17]] – [[Cora Witherspoon]], American actress (b. [[1890]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/19/archives/cora-witherspoon-actress-67-is-dead-performer-50-years-made-bow-at.html |title=Cora Witherspoon, Actress, 67, Is Dead; Performer 50 Years Made Bow at 15; Worked for Belasco |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=AP |date=19 November 1957 |at=Page 33, columns 2-3 |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[November 18]] – [[Rudolf Diels]], German Nazi civil servant and ''Gestapo'' chief (b. [[1900]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/19/archives/gestapo-chief-dies-in-accident.html |title=Gestapo Chief Dies in Accident |newspaper=The New York Times |date=19 November 1957 |page=7 |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[November 24]]
** [[Prince George of Greece and Denmark]], [[high commissioner]] of the [[Cretan State]] (b. [[1869]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/26/archives/prince-george-of-greece-dies-uncle-of-king-paul-and-duke-of.html |title=PRINCE GEORGE OF GREECE DIES; Uncle of King Paul and Duke of Edinburgh Succumbs at His French Home at 88 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=26 November 1957 |at=Page 33, column 4 |access-date=21 May 2023}}</ref>
** [[Diego Rivera]], Mexican painter (b. [[1886]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/25/archives/diego-rivera-dies-in-mexico-at-70-painter-controversial-in-his-art.html |title=DIEGO RIVERA DIES IN MEXICO AT 70; Painter, Controversial in His Art and Politics, Long Ill |newspaper=The New York Times |date=25 November 1957 |at=Page 1, column 1 |access-date=21 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[November 25]] – [[William V. Pratt]], American admiral (b. [[1869]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/alphabetical---donations0/p/ua-484-08-adm-william-v--pratt-collection.html |title=UA 484.08 ADM William V. Pratt Collection |publisher=[[Naval History and Heritage Command]] |website= |year= |access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref>
* [[November 26]]
** [[Billy Bevan]], Australian actor (b. [[1887]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/29/archives/billy-bevan-is-dead-oldtime-screen-actor-had-been-a-keystone-kop.html |title=BILLY BEVAN IS DEAD; Oldtime Screen Actor Had Been a Keystone Kop |newspaper=The New York Times |date=29 November 1957 |at=Page 29, column 2 |access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>
** [[Petros Voulgaris]], Prime Minister of Greece (b. [[1884]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/27/archives/voulgaris-dies-greek-leader-73-vice-admiral-was-premier-of.html |title=VOULGARIS DIES; GREEK LEADER, 73; Vice Admiral Was Premier of Transitional Government After the Liberation |newspaper=The New York Times |date=27 November 1957 |at=Page 30, column 2 |access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[November 28]] – [[Joan Garriga Bacardí]], psychotherapist, author
* [[November 29]] – [[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]], Austrian composer (b. [[1897]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/30/archives/erich-korngold-composer-dead-scores-for-films-won-two-academy.html |title=ERICH KORNGOLD, COMPOSER, DEAD; Scores for Films Won Two Academy Awards--Wrote Many Operatic Works |newspaper=The New York Times |date=30 November 1957 |at=Page 16, column 2 |access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[November 30]] – [[Beniamino Gigli]], Italian tenor (b. [[1890]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/12/01/archives/beniamino-gigli-famed-tenor-dies-star-of-met-in-twenties-made-us.html |title=BENIAMINO GIGLI, FAMED TENOR, DIES; Star of 'Met' in Twenties Made U.S. Recital Tours-- Cleared of Collaborating Colorful and Controversial Refused Salary Cut Criticized U.S. in War |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1 December 1957 |at=Page 89, columns 1-2 |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref>

===December===
[[File:Robert Esnault-Pelterie 1930.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Robert Esnault-Pelterie]]]]
* [[December 2]] – [[Harrison Ford (silent film actor)|Harrison Ford]], American silent film actor (b. [[1884]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Golden |first=Eve |author-link=Eve Golden |title=Golden Images: 41 Essays On Silent Film Stars |publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]] |year=2001 |page=36 |isbn=0-7864-0834-0}}</ref>
* [[December 4]] – Sir [[John Lavarack]], Australian general, [[Governor of Queensland]] (b. [[1885]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |first=David |last=Horner |author-link=David Horner |title=Lavarack, Sir John Dudley (1885–1957) |dictionary=[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] |publisher=[[National Centre of Biography]], [[Australian National University]] |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lavarack-sir-john-dudley-10790/text19137 |year=2000 |access-date=29 April 2023}}</ref>
* [[December 6]] – [[Robert Esnault-Pelterie]], French aircraft designer and pioneer rocket theorist (b. [[1881]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Crouch |first=Tom D. |author-link=Tom D. Crouch |title=Robert Esnault-Pelterie |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=2 December 2022 |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Esnault-Pelterie |access-date=8 April 2023}}</ref>
* [[December 10]]
** [[Maurice McLoughlin]], American tennis champion (b. [[1890]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Maurice McLoughlin |url=https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/maurice-mcloughlin |year=2023 |publisher=[[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] |access-date=29 April 2023}}</ref>
** [[Napoleon Zervas]], Greek World War II Resistance leader (b. [[1891]])<ref>{{cite news |title=GENERAL ZERVAS, LEADER IN GREECE; Resistance Officer Who Was Right-Wing Politician Dead --Brother Dies of Shock Bold Guerrilla Leader Joined Venizelos Coup |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=[[Reuters]] |date=11 December 1957 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/12/11/archives/general-zervas-leader-in-greece-resistance-officer-who-was.html |at=Page 31, column 3 |access-date=30 April 2023}}</ref>
* [[December 11]] – [[Musidora]], French actress (b. [[1889]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1957/12/12/la-mort-de-musidora_2338577_1819218.html |title=La mort de Musidora |trans-title=The death of Musidora |author=R. G. |newspaper=[[Le Monde]] |date=12 December 1957 |language=fr |access-date=29 April 2023}}</ref>
* [[December 15]] – [[Alfonso Bedoya]], Mexican actor (b. [[1904]])<ref>{{cite news |title= |newspaper=[[San Antonio Light]] |date=17 December 1957 |page=20}}</ref>
* [[December 17]] – [[Dorothy L. Sayers]], British crime writer, poet, playwright and essayist (b. [[1893]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Dorothy Sayers, Author, Dies at 64 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/03/15/home/sayers-obit.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=19 December 1957 |access-date=31 August 2012}}</ref>
* [[December 21]] – [[Eric Coates]], English composer (b. [[1886]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Payne |first=Michael |title=Life and Music of Eric Coates |year=2016 |location=London |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-138-27149-4 |page=218}}</ref>
* [[December 24]] – [[Norma Talmadge]], American actress (b. [[1894]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Notice de personne "Talmadge, Norma (1894-1957)" |trans-title=Person notice "Talmadge, Norma (1894-1957)" |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14701519z |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=9 July 2021 |access-date=29 April 2023}}</ref>
* [[December 25]] – [[Charles Pathé]], French film pioneer (b. [[1863]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Notice de personne "Pathé, Charles (1863-1957)" |trans-title=Person notice "Pathé, Charles (1863-1957)" |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12778025c.public |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=27 August 2013 |access-date=29 April 2023}}</ref>
* [[December 31]] – [[Óscar Domínguez]], Spanish painter (b. [[1906]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Oscar Dominguez Biography |publisher=The Annex Galleries |url=https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/4166/Dominguez/Oscar |access-date=9 April 2023}}</ref>