* Albert G. Ingalls ( 1888 – 1958 ), editor of Amateur Telescope Making, Vols.

* John M. Pierce ( 1886 – 1958 ) was one of the founders of the Springfield Telescope Makers.

* Atlas, a van made by the Standard Motor Company ( UK ) 1958 – 62

* 1958 – Will Sergeant, English guitarist ( Echo & the Bunnymen and Electrafixion )

* 1958 – Howard Stableford, English actor and host

* 1958 – Charles Berling, French actor, director and screenwriter

* 1958 – Normand Brathwaite, Canadian comedian and actor

* 1958 – Sergei Krikalev, Russian astronaut

* 1958 – Tom Lanoye, Belgian author

* 1958 – Randy DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and bass player ( DeBarge )

* 1958 – Amanda Bearse, American actress

* 1958 – James Lileks, American columnist

* 1889 – Camillien Houde, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal ( d. 1958 )

* 1958 – David Feherty, Irish golfer

* 1958 – Feargal Sharkey, Irish singer ( The Undertones )

* 1958 – Randy Shughart, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient ( d. 1993 )

Australia won 4 – 0 in 1958 – 59, having found a high-quality spinner of their own in new skipper Richie Benaud, who took 31 wickets in the five-Test series, and paceman Alan Davidson, who took 24 wickets at 19. 00.

* 1958 – Arshad Ayub, Indian cricketer

* 1958 – Rob Buck, American guitarist and songwriter ( 10, 000 Maniacs ) ( d. 2000 )

* 1958 – Tor Håkon Holte, Norwegian skier

* 1958 – Michael Penn, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer ( Doll Congress )

* 1958 – Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player

* 1958 – The nuclear submarine travels beneath the Arctic ice cap.

* 1878 – Dick Grant, Canadian runner ( d. 1958 )

* 1958 – John D ' Aquino, American actor

* Modern Jupiter, John Anderson Miller, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1958.

In 1958 CND had cautiously accepted direct action as a possible method of campaigning, but, largely under the influence of Canon John Collins, the CND chairman, the CND leadership opposed any sort of unlawful protest.

* Canon John Collins 1958 – 1964

Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, in Wales, on 27 October 1914, to David John Thomas ( 1876 – 1952 ), a teacher, and Florence Hannah ( née Williams ) ( 1882 – 1958 ), a seamstress.

The invention of the transistor in 1947 by William B. Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain opened the door for more compact devices and led to the development of the integrated circuit in 1958 by Jack Kilby and independently in 1959 by Robert Noyce.

E. W. Gilbert's version ( 1958 ) of John Snow ( physician ) | John Snow's 1855 map of the Soho cholera outbreak showing the clusters of cholera cases in the London epidemic of 1854 While the basic elements of topography and theme existed previously in cartography, the John Snow map was unique, using cartographic methods not only to depict but also to analyze clusters of geographically dependent phenomena.

* 1958 – John Tortorella, American ice hockey coach

* 1886 – John Hamilton, American actor ( d. 1958 )

They married in 1956 and had two children, Christopher John Hall ( TV producer ) in 1957 and Jennifer Caron Hall, a writer, painter and actress, in 1958.

Lisp was invented by John McCarthy in 1958 while he was at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ).

* 1958 – John Ensign, American politician

Mehmet Ali Ağca (; born January 9, 1958 ) is a Turkish assassin who murdered left-wing journalist Abdi İpekçi on February 1, 1979 and later shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1981, after escaping from a Turkish prison.

* 1958 – In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265.

The synthesis of element 102 was then claimed in April 1958 at the University of California, Berkeley by Albert Ghiorso, Glenn T. Seaborg, John R. Walton and Torbjørn Sikkeland.

* 1958 – John XXIII, is elected Pope.

The first protein structures to be solved were hemoglobin and myoglobin, by Max Perutz and Sir John Cowdery Kendrew, respectively, in 1958.

Blessed Pope John XXIII (; ), born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli ( 25 November 18813 June 1963 ), headed the Catholic Church and ruled Vatican City from 1958 until his death.

Pope John was elected on 28 October 1958 at the age of 77.

Pope John XXIII's coronation on 4 November 1958.

He is regarded by many Catholics to be the first Pope whose body was discovered to be incorrupt, followed by Pope St. Pius X ( 1903 – 14 ) and Blessed Pope John XXIII ( 1958 – 63 ).