Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1958

Pío XII, de nombre secular Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli, fue elegido papa número 260, cabeza visible de la Iglesia católica, y soberano de la Ciudad del Vaticano desde el 2 de marzo de 1939 hasta su muerte en 1958. El papa Benedicto XVI lo declaró venerable el 19 de diciembre de 2009 junto a Juan Pablo II.

Harry Einstein, known professionally as Harry Parke and other pseudonyms, most commonly Parkyakarkus, was an American comedian, writer, and character actor. A specialist in Greek dialect comedy, he became famous as the Greek chef Nick Parkyakarkus on the Eddie Cantor and Al Jolson radio programs, and later on a program of his own. He appeared in eleven films from 1936 to 1945. He was also the father of comedians and actors Albert Brooks and Bob Einstein.

Otto Witte was a German circus acrobat and fantasist who said that he managed to be crowned King of Albania.

Douglas Mawson OBE, FRS, FAA fue un geólogo y un reconocido explorador de la Antártida australiano de origen inglés. Como Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, y Ernest Shackleton, Mawson comandó una importante expedición durante el edad heroica de la exploración de la Antártida. Entre las distinciones recibidas hay que destacar el de Sir y la Orden del Imperio Británico; fue miembro de la «Australian Academy of Science» y de la Royal Society.

Augustus Owsley Stanley I was an American politician from Kentucky. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 38th Governor of Kentucky and also represented the state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. From 1903 to 1915, Stanley represented Kentucky's 2nd congressional district in the House of Representatives, where he gained a reputation as a progressive reformer. Beginning in 1904, he called for an antitrust investigation of the American Tobacco Company, claiming they were a monopsony that drove down prices for the tobacco farmers of his district. As a result of his investigation, the Supreme Court of the United States ordered the breakup of the American Tobacco Company in 1911. Stanley also chaired a committee that conducted an antitrust investigation of U.S. Steel, which brought him national acclaim. Many of his ideas were incorporated into the Clayton Antitrust Act.

Helen Twelvetrees fue una actriz teatral y cinematográfica estadounidense, considerada una primera estrella en los inicios del cine sonoro.

Sultan Sir Badlishah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah was the 27th Sultan of Kedah, a present Malaysian state, between 1943 and 1958. He succeeded the throne upon the death of his father, Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah. He was the elder half brother of the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman.

Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon más conocido como el Mariscal Rondon, fue un militar y explorador brasileño que exploró extensas zonas de su país.

Nikolai Alexandrovich Kulikovsky was the second husband of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, the sister of Tsar Nicholas II and daughter of Tsar Alexander III.

Lester Farnsworth Wire was credited with the invention of the electric traffic light in 1912 in Salt Lake City. Wire worked as a detective for the Salt Lake City police force. The original traffic light, based on a semaphore system, had been invented in London in 1868 by John Peake Knight but had not been a success.