* 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 )

In August 1959, Ben Gurley started design of the company's first computer, the PDP-1.

* 1959 – Ben Elton, English comedian and author

The eerie musical piece during the tense scene in the film where Ben finds the rifle in the closet inside the farmhouse as the radio reports of mayhem play in the background can be heard in longer and more complete form during the opening credits and the beginning of The Devil's Messenger ( 1961 ) starring Lon Chaney Jr. Another piece, accompanying Barbra's flight from the cemetery zombie, was taken from the score for The Hideous Sun Demon ( 1959 ).

* April 28 – Ben Linder, American engineer ( b. 1959 )

In chronological order others include: " I've Been Everywhere " by Hank Snow ( 1962 ) ( album of the same title ) and Johnny Cash ( 1996 ) Unchained reworked from the original 1959 Geoff Mack Australian-place-names version made popular by the singer Lucky Starr ; " Down on the Corner " ( 1969 ) by Creedence Clearwater Revival on their fourth studio album, Willy and the Poor Boys covered by a dozen other groups ; " Kalamazoo " ( 1995 ) by Luna on Penthouse ; " Cold Rock a Party " ( 1997 ) by MC Lyte on Bad As I Wanna B ; " Kalamazoo " a song by the rock trio Primus on the 1997 Brown Album ; " Top of the World " by Rascalz ( 1999 ) on Global Warning ; " Kalamazoo ", a song by Ben Folds Five on the 2004 EP Super D ; " 65 Miles from Kalamazoo " ( 2008 ) by R. J. Miller ( a lament for a lost Gibson guitar and a metaphor about " an old girlfriend from Kalamazoo "); and " Kalamazoo " ( 2009 ) by Mike Craver on his album Shining Down.

Astaire played the role of Julian Osborne in the 1959 movie On the Beach and was nominated a Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor award for his performance, losing to Stephen Boyd in Ben Hur.

* Ben Elton the comedian and writer was born in Catford in 1959.

The first of his continuing roles in a TV series was as the family patriarch Ben Cartwright on the western series Bonanza ( 1959 – 1973 ), making Greene a household name.

* Bonanza ( 431 episodes, 1959 – 1973 ) — Ben Cartwright

* Ben Webster and Associates ( Verve, 1959 )

* 1959: Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster ( with Ben Webster ( t. sax ), Jimmy Rowles ( p ), Leroy Vinnegar ( b ), Mel Lewis ( d ).

In 1959, Vautier founded the journal Ben Dieu.

Benjamin Ernest " Ben " Linder ( July 7, 1959 – April 28, 1987 ), was an American engineer who was working on a small hydroelectric dam in rural northern Nicaragua when he was killed by the Contras, an affiliation of rebel groups funded by the U. S. government / CIA.

* Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson ( 1959, Verve )

In 1959, the Empire installed new 70mm projectors, enabling it to show epics such as Ben Hur ( which ran for 76 weeks ).

Hollywoodland ( 2006 ) explores the mysterious 1959 death of actor George Reeves, who is portrayed by Ben Affleck.

* Ben Lessy as Benny ( 1953 – 1959 )

Peter Keleghan ( born September 16, 1959 ) is a Canadian actor, perhaps best known for portraying Ben Bellow in the comedy series 18 to Life, for portraying Clark Claxton, Sr. in the comedy series Billable Hours, and for portraying Ranger Gord in The Red Green Show.

Tom Greenway guest starred twice, as Charlie in " Buffalo Kill " ( 1959 ) and as Ben Pick in " Dagger Dance " ( 1961 ).

Albert Benjamin " Ben " Chandler III ( born September 12, 1959 ) is the U. S. Representative for, serving since a special election in 2004.

For several years in the 1950s, Lerner, Strick, Ben Maddow, and Sidney Meyers worked part-time on the experimental documentary The Savage Eye ( 1959 ).

It went on to inspire the multi-oscar winning 1959 film adaptation of Ben Hur, starring Charlton Heston-featuring the key live chariot race.

He taught at the Lenox School of Jazz in 1959 ; toured with Jazz at the Philharmonic ; and worked with Ben Webster ( 1959 ), Bill Evans ( 1959 ), Paul Desmond ( 1959-65 ), Ella Fitzgerald in Europe ( 1960 ), Lee Konitz ( 1960-61 ), Sonny Rollins ( 1961-2, 1964 ), and Art Farmer ( 1962-1964 ).