* 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 – Gary Kemp, British musician and actor

Another South African, Gary Player was Champion in 1959.

In addition, in this same period the confessional, whose origin is often traced to the publication in 1959 of Robert Lowell's Life Studies, and beat schools of poetry enjoyed popular and academic success, producing such widely anthologized voices as Allen Ginsberg, Charles Bukowski, Gary Snyder, Anne Sexton, and Sylvia Plath, among many others.

A more global influence has developed in modern times, including Beat poetry, exponents of which even produced translations of Classical Chinese poetry into English, such as Kenneth Rexroth ( One Hundred Poems From the Chinese, 1956 ) and Gary Snyder ( Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems, 1959, which includes translations of Hanshan ).

* Gary Lee Sampson ( b. 1959 ), carjacker and serial killer

In the early 1970s he sold his signature 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar to Northern Irish guitarist Gary Moore.

It was while filming the 1959 movie They Came to Cordura with Gary Cooper and Rita Hayworth that York would receive a permanently disabling back injury.

She was married to Gary Dufresne from April 1959 until 1972.

It began unofficially at a 1959 press conference held at the state capitol in Salem by local resident Gary Neal and other Morse supporters.

Gary Neal was persistent and by winter of 1959 was nearing completion of his signature petition to place Morse on the May ballot.

The 1959 Amerks were led by the " WHAM " line of center Rudy Migay, left wing Gary Aldcorn and right wing Billy Hicke.

Gary Kemp ( born 16 October 1959 ) is an English pop musician and actor who is the guitar player and chief songwriter for the 1980s New Wave band Spandau Ballet.

Gary Allan Anderson ( born July 16, 1959 ) is a former National Football League placekicker.

Northwood Institute was founded in 1959 by Dr. Arthur E. Turner and Dr. R. Gary Stauffer.

* Gary Kemp ( born 1959 ), English pop musician

In 1959, Wright made his first commercial recording with Billy Markle as the duo Gary & Billy for the 20th Century Fox Records record label.

Lloyd Glenn McClendon ( born January 11, 1959 in Gary, Indiana ) is a former professional baseball player and manager, currently serving as the hitting coach for the Detroit Tigers under Jim Leyland.

( 1952 ), with Marlon Brando and Anthony Quinn, Robert Aldrich's Vera Cruz ( 1954 ), with Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster, The Treasure of Pancho Villa ( 1955 ), Robert Mitchum in Bandido ( 1956 ) and The Wonderful Country ( 1959 ), The Professionals ( 1966 ), with Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, and Woody Strode.