* 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 1959, the Dave Brubeck Quartet recorded Time Out, an album their label was enthusiastic about but nonetheless hesitant to release.

After four games for the reserves, he replaced the injured Dave McLaren for his Leicester City debut in a 1 – 1 draw against Blackpool on 9 September 1959 and retained his place for the 2 – 0 defeat against Newcastle 3 days later.

* 1959 – Dave Bennett, English footballer

* 1959 – Dave Coulier, American actor

* 1959 – Dave Richardson, South African cricketer

A few of the many Carolina League players who have gone on to star in the Major Leagues are: Johnny Bench ( Peninsula, 1966 ), Wade Boggs ( Winston-Salem, 1977 ), Barry Bonds ( Prince William, 1985 ), Rod Carew ( Wilson, 1966 ), Dock Ellis ( Kinston, 1965 ), Dwight Evans ( Winston-Salem, 1971 ), Dwight Gooden ( Lynchburg, 1983 ), Andruw Jones ( Durham, 1996 ), Chipper Jones ( Durham, 1992 ), Willie McCovey ( Danville, 1956 ), Joe Morgan ( Durham, 1963 ), Dave Parker ( Salem, 1972 ), Tony Pérez ( Rocky Mount, 1962 ), Andy Pettitte ( Prince William, 1993 ), Jorge Posada ( Prince William, 1993 ), Darryl Strawberry ( Lynchburg, 1981 ), Bernie Williams ( Prince William, 1988 ), and Carl Yastrzemski ( Raleigh, 1959 ).

The first published of these letters, in the August 1959 issue of Action Comics (# 255 ), was written by an eleven-year-old from Garland, Texas named Dave Mitchell, who would go on to become a well-known Miami radio personality.

He was born on April 14, 1959 in Edmonton, and started his association with Dave Sim's Cerebus with issue # 65 ( August 1984 ), and continued through its conclusion with # 300 in March, 2004.

He got opportunity to work as assistant director in the film Post Box 999, debut film of Sunil Dutt, and worked as assistant director to Ravindra Dave in Guest House ( 1959 ) which was followed by movies like Dulha Dulhan, Shriman Satyawadi, where Raj Kapoor was the lead hero.

In 1959, The Dave Brubeck Quartet recorded Time Out, which reached # 2 on the Billboard " Pop Albums " chart.

The core of the group, rhythm guitarist Dave Pritchard, bass guitarist Greg Masters and drummer Roger Spencer, was relatively unchanged from 1959 until February 1972.

* Pernell Roberts appeared as Reverend Dave Clayton in " The Belles of Silver Flats " ( 1959 ).

* Time Out ( album ), a 1959 jazz album by the Dave Brubeck Quartet

* Dave Wilson ( American football ) ( born 1959 ), American football quarterback

* Dave Black ( musician ) ( born 1959 ), American author and composer

They left for San Francisco in 1959, where they met Mort Lewis, Dave Brubeck's manager.

It was the first time since striker Dave Hickson in 1959 that Everton had sold a player to Liverpool-although six players had moved in the opposite direction in the 41 years between Barmby's transfer and that of Hickson.

* Dave Green ( astrophysicist ) ( born 1959 ), British astronomer

In FA Cup finals over the previous decade, there had been a notable amount of teams reduced to ten men or hampered considerably by hard, spiteful or accidental challenges from opposition players, including two goalkeepers suffering a broken neck ( Bert Trautmann, 1955 ) and broken cheekbone ( Ray Wood, 1957 ) respectively ; two wingers in successive years being stretchered off with broken legs ( Roy Dwight, 1959 and Dave Whelan, 1960 ) and a full back left hobbling for three quarters of the game with a damaged ankle ( Len Chalmers, 1961 ).

* Dave Johnson ( 1987 – 1993 pitcher ) ( born 1959 ), Major League Baseball pitcher, 1987 – 1993

* Dave Young ( American football ) ( born 1959 ), former tight end selected in the 1981 NFL Draft

He was the first British guitarist to have a hit record in the UK Singles Chart, in 1959, and his best-selling tutorial guides, Play in a Day, were a major influence on many leading British musicians, such as Eric Clapton, Brian May, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, Dave Davies, Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Tony Iommi and Jimmy Page.

The 1961 Syracuse baseball team included two future major league pitchers, Dave Guisti and Billy Connors, and four members of the 1959 NCAA championship football team: Dave Sarette, Billy Canon, Dick Easterly, and Bob Lelli.