Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1957

Heinrich Zangger was a Swiss toxicologist and coroner. He was one of the "foremost forensic scientists of his generation".

Arthur Plantagenet Francis Cecil Somerset was an English cricketer active from 1911 to 1919 who played for Sussex. He was born and died in Worthing. He appeared in 29 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He scored 438 runs with a highest score of 39 not out and took 33 wickets with a best performance of five for 62.

Helene Bresslau Schweitzer was a German medical missionary, nurse, social worker, linguist, public medicine enthusiast, editor, feminist, sociologist, and the wife/confidant of Albert Schweitzer, who co-founded the Albert Schweitzer Hospital with her. Albert, a medical missionary, did not mention her role in his efforts. According to writer Mary Kingsley, she is "one form of human being whose praise has never adequately been sung, namely, the missionary's wife." While much of his work seems to overwrite her own, she played a pivotal role in the advancement of medicine, feminine independence, and societal justice.

Craig Rice was an American writer of mystery novels and short stories, described by book critic Bill Ruehlmann as "the Dorothy Parker of detective fiction, she wrote the binge and lived the hangover."

Bessie Kate Johnson, conocida como Katie Johnson, actriz británica.

Grant Mitchell fue un actor teatral y cinematográfico de nacionalidad estadounidense, a lo largo de cuya carrera actuó en el circuito de Broadway y en más de 125 filmes estrenados entre 1930 y 1948.

Erich Wolfgang Korngold fue un compositor y director de orquesta nacido en el Imperio Austro-húngaro y posteriormente nacionalizado estadounidense en 1943. Un niño prodigio, que llegó a ser uno de los más importantes e influyentes compositores de la historia de Hollywood así como un notable pianista.Compuso además cinco óperas y varias obras orquestales, de cámara y canciones.

Robert Christian Ramsay was an English-born gentleman who spent much of his life as a pastoralist and businessman in Queensland, Australia. During the late 1880s, he was also an amateur cricketer who played for Harrow, Cambridge University and Somerset. In 1882, he also played for the Gentlemen of England under W.G. Grace.

Théophile Ernest de Donder Fue un matemático y físico belga famoso por su trabajo de 1923 en el desarrollo entre las correlaciones entre el concepto newtoniano de afinidad química y el concepto gibbsoniano de energía libre.

Ned Sparks was a Canadian-born character actor of the American stage and screen. Sparks was known for his deadpan expression and deep, gravelly voice.