* 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 )

* 1959 – Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut

* 1959 – Chris Van Hollen, American congressman

* 1880 – Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-born American writer and novelist ( d. 1959 )

Previous Mephisto setters were Richard Kilner ( only setter, 1959 to 1973 ), Richard Whitelegg ( only setter, 1973 to 1995 ), Chris Feetenby ( 1995-2008 ) and Mike Laws ( 1995-2011 ).

Chris Austin Hadfield, born 29 August 1959, is a Canadian astronaut from the Canadian Space Agency ( CSA ) who was the first Canadian to walk in space.

* Chris Woerts ( born 1959 ), businessman

They had a daughter, Stephanie, before divorcing in 1959 ; by this marriage he also had a stepson, Chris Lemmon.

* Chris Bell ( politician ) ( Robert Christopher Bell, born 1959 ), U. S. Representative from Texas

* 1959 Chris Connor-Ballads of the Sad Cafe

* Chris Cosh ( born 1959 ), American football coach

Christopher " Chris " Van Hollen, Jr. ( born January 10, 1959 ) is the U. S. Representative for, serving since 2003.

* Chris Bell ( politician ) ( born 1959 ), former Congressman and 2006 candidate for Governor of Texas

* Russ Conway appeared as Willis Turner, with Chris Alcaide as Brutus Traxel in " The Silent Witness " ( 1959 ).

); tenors Carl Tanner ( 1992, 93 ), William Burden ( 1989 – 90 ), Richard Croft ( 1978 ), Chris Merritt ( 1974 – 75 ), and Neil Shicoff ( 1973 ); baritones David Gockley ( 1965 – 67 ; he went on to become general manager of the Houston Grand Opera and, since 2005, the San Francisco Opera ) and Sherrill Milnes ( 1959 ); and basses Mark Doss ( 1983 ), James Morris ( 1969 ) and Samuel Ramey ( 1966 ).

* Chris T. FUNKHOUSER, Prehistoric Digital Poetry, An Archeology of Forms, 1959 – 1995, Tuscaloosa, The University of Alabama Press, 2007

Robert Christopher " Chris " Bell ( born November 23, 1959 ) is a Democratic Party politician.

Christopher Reece ( sometimes known as Chris Reece ) ( born July 28, 1959 ) is an American musician.

Some of Cannon's prominent descendants include Howard Cannon, U. S. Senator from Nevada between 1959 and 1983 and Chris Cannon, member of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2009.

On June 3, 1959, near the end of the second season, John McIntire guest starred in " The Andrew Hale Story ", arguably unrelated to his later starring role as wagonmaster Chris Hale ( who mentioned having a preacher for a brother ).

* Chris Carney ( born 1959 ), American politician, Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania's 10th district

** in 1959, an 18m parabola was installed at the eastern end of the Chris Cross, moved in 1963 to the Parkes Observatory

He is the last surviving son of wrestler Fritz Von Erich and had four brothers that wrestled, David, Kerry, Mike and Chris, as well as an older brother, Jack, Jr., who died in 1959.

In 1959, he worked with Chris Marker for Les Astronautes.

Christopher ' Chris ' Charles Eric Woods ( born 14 November 1959 in Swineshead, Lincolnshire ) is a former England international football goalkeeper, who played in the Football League and Premier League for Nottingham Forest, Queens Park Rangers, Norwich City, Sheffield Wednesday, Reading, Southampton and Burnley, in the Scottish Football League for Rangers, and in Major League Soccer for the Colorado Rapids.