Editing 1959 (section)

===June===
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[[File:Hitoshi Ashida.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hitoshi Ashida]]]]
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* [[June 1]] – [[Sax Rohmer]], English author (b. [[1883]])
* [[June 4]] – [[Charles Vidor]], American director (b. [[1900]])
* [[June 8]] – [[Pietro Canonica]], Italian sculptor (b. [[1869]])
* [[June 9]] – [[Adolf Windaus]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1876]])
* [[June 13]] – [[Seán Lester]], Irish diplomat (b. [[1888]])<ref>[http://www.newulsterbiography.co.uk/index.php/home/viewPerson/851 Sean Lester (1888 – 1959): Journalist and international civil servant]</ref>
* [[June 14]] – [[Jerónimo Méndez]], Chilean politician, acting [[Presidents of Chile|President of the Republic]] (b. [[1887]])
* [[June 15]] – [[Kazimierz Bein]], Polish ophthalmologist (b. [[1872]])
* [[June 16]] – [[George Reeves]], American television actor (b. [[1914]])
* [[June 18]]
** [[Ethel Barrymore]], American stage and screen actress (b. [[1879]])
** [[Vincenzo Cardarelli]], Italian poet (b. [[1887]])
* [[June 20]] 
** [[Hitoshi Ashida]], Japanese politician, 34th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. [[1887]])
** [[Ian Clunies Ross|Sir Ian Clunies Ross]], Australian scientist (b. [[1899]])<ref>[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/clunies-ross-sir-william-ian-9770 Sir William Ian Clunies Ross (1899–1959)]</ref>
* [[June 22]] – [[Bruce Harlan]], American Olympic diver (b. [[1926]])
* [[June 23]] 
** [[Cesare Maria De Vecchi]], Italian soldier (b. [[1884]])
** [[Boris Vian]], French writer, poet, singer and musician (b. [[1920]])
* [[June 27]] 
** [[Elias, Duke of Parma]] (b. [[1880]])
** [[Giovanni Pastrone]], Italian actor, director and screenwriter (b. [[1883]])
* [[June 30]] – [[José Vasconcelos]], Mexican politician, writer and philosopher (b. [[1882]])