* Brett Austin ( 1959 – 1990 ), New Zealand swimmer

British Medical Journal, Jan. 3, 1959, 1 ( 5113 ): 1 – 6.

* 1959 – Gail Shea, Canadian politician

* 1883 – Dally Messenger, Australian footballer ( d. 1959 )

* 1959 – Paul Gross, Canadian actor, director, and writer

* 1959 – Stephen Harper, Canadian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada

* 1959 – W. Thomas Smith, Jr, American author and columnist

* 1909 – Lester Young, American saxophonist ( d. 1959 )

* 1959 – Gerhard Berger, Austrian race car driver

* 1959 – Downtown Julie Brown, English television host and actress

* 1959 – Juan Fernando Cobo, Colombian painter and sculptor

* 1959 – András Petöcz, Hungarian author

* 1959 – Jeanette Winterson, English novelist

* 1959 – Rajendra Singh Indian water conservationist

* 1875 – Albert Ketèlbey, English conductor, composer, and pianist ( d. 1959 )

* 1959 – Kurtis Blow, American rapper and producer

* 1959 – Stuart Hughes, Canadian actor

* 1959 – Michael Kors, American fashion designer

* 1959 – Toni Servillo, Italian actor and director

* 1959 – Danny Bonaduce, American actor

* 1959 – Michael Bradley, Irish bass player and radio host ( The Undertones )

* 1959 – Bruce French, English cricketer

* 1959 – Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player

* 1959 – Victoria Jackson, American comedian, actress, and singer

* 1959 – Apollonia Kotero, American singer and actress ( Apollonia 6 )

* Adrian Sanders ( born 1959 ), English Liberal Democrat politician

* Adrian ( costume designer ) ( 1903 – 1959 ), born Adrian Adolph Greenberg, costume designer for over 250 films

* Adrian Paul ( born 1959 ), English actor

Corral ( 1957 ), The Devil's Disciple ( 1959 ), The List of Adrian Messenger ( 1963 ), Seven Days in May ( 1964 ), Victory at Entebbe ( 1976 ) and Tough Guys ( 1986 ) which fixed the notion of the pair as something of a team in the public imagination.

She was married to MGM costume designer Adrian from August 14, 1939 to his death on September 13, 1959.

* Phil Donahue, talk show host got his start in 1959 working at radio station WABJ in Adrian

Adrian Paul Hewett ( born 29 May 1959 ), better known as Adrian Paul, is an actor best known for his role on the television series Highlander: The Series as Duncan MacLeod.

* Gilbert Adrian ( 1903 – 1959 ), costume designer

* Dona Maria Adelaide of Braganza ( 1912 – 2012 ), married in Vienna on November 13, 1945 Dutch Nicolaas Johannes Maria van Uden ( Venlo, March 5, 1921 – Lisbon, February 5, 1991 ), a Medical Doctor, son of Adrian van Uden ( Gerwen, May 7, 1893 – December 24, 1959 ) and wife Cornelia Antonia Baaijeens ( Gorinchem, September 7, 1897 – June 15, 1979 ), daughter of Nicolaas Baaijeens ( son of Johannes Baaijeens and wife ) and wife Helena Dam, and had issue

Directed by Moss Hart, the choreography was by Hanya Holm, scenic design by Oliver Smith, costume design by Adrian ( who worked on the designs prior to his death in September 1959 ) and Tony Duquette, and lighting design by Feder.

Adrian Mark Sanders ( born 25 April 1959, Paignton ) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom.

* Adrian Kuiper ( born 1959 ), South African cricketer

Clive Adrian Stafford Smith OBE ( born 9 July 1959 ) is a British lawyer who specialises in the areas of civil rights and the death penalty in the United States of America.

The stage musical, with music and lyrics by Gene de Paul and Johnny Mercer, was adapted into a Technicolor motion picture at Paramount in 1959 by producer Norman Panama and director Melvin Frank, with a score by Nelson Riddle.

But the study of these curves was first developed in 1959 by mathematician Paul de Casteljau using de Casteljau's algorithm, a numerically stable method to evaluate Bézier curves.

Paul Hester 1959 – 2005. Following the 1996 break-up of Crowded House, the members embarked upon a variety of projects.

When The Second City opened its doors on December 16, 1959, directed by Paul Sill, his mother Viola Spolin began training new improvisers through a series of classes and exercises which became the cornerstone of modern improv training.

* 1959 – Paul Hester, Australian drummer ( Crowded House and Split Enz ) ( d. 2005 )

* 1959 – Paul Vautin, Australian rugby player

Howard Dearstyne, Paul Theobald, 1959.

* 1959 – Paul Black, American singer ( L. A.

* 1959 – Paul Farmer, American anthropologist

* Paul Farmer, U. S. ( b. 1959 )

In the late 1950s, his work in films took the shape of scoring for soundtracks, notably Anatomy of a Murder ( 1959 ), with James Stewart, in which he appeared fronting a roadhouse combo, and Paris Blues ( 1961 ), which featured Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier as jazz musicians.

His agent, Paul Reynolds sent overwhelmingly negative criticism of Wright's four-hundred page " Island of Hallucinations " manuscript in February 1959.

One such dancer was Paul Taylor, who, in 1959, performed in Balanchine's Episodes.

* French — Baival, C., Paul Ternoise, and Albert Verse: Pierrot's Choice ( 1950 ); Marceau, Marcel: Pierrot of Montmartre ( 1952 ; music by Joseph Kosma ); The Mime Sime: The Fantasies of Pierrot ( 2007 ); Prévert, Jacques: Baptiste ( 1959 ; choreography by Jean-Louis Barrault ).

Paul McGann ( born 14 November 1959 ) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role.

* The Oxford Companion to French Literature, Sir Paul Harvey and J. E. Heseltine, eds., ( Oxford, 1959 ) ISBN 0-19-866104-5

Paul Anka at Gröna Lund, Stockholm 1959.

In May 1959, Colonel ( later General ) Paul K. Carlton assumed command of the recently activated 4126th Strategic Wing.

The cornerstone reads " Immanuel Lutheran School 1959 ", but the school is now a joint effort of Immanuel, Bethlehem, St. Paul ( Blue Point ) and Zion Lutheran Churches, all of which are within the Missouri Synod division of the Lutheran Church.

* Nancy Shevell ( born 1959 ), third wife of Paul McCartney and a leader in the trucking industry.

* 1958 to 1959 Paul B.

Fentanyl was first synthesized by Paul Janssen under the label of his relatively newly formed Janssen Pharmaceutica in 1959.