* 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 )

However, the first modern three point seat belt ( the so-called CIR-Griswold restraint ) used in most consumer vehicles today was patented in 1955 ( US Patent 2, 710, 649 ) by the Americans Roger W. Griswold and Hugh DeHaven, and developed to its modern form by Nils Bohlin for Swedish manufacturer Volvo — who introduced it in 1959 as standard equipment.

Despite his earlier association with the left-wing Aneurin Bevan, in 1955 he backed Hugh Gaitskell, who was considered the right-of-centre candidate in internal Labour Party terms, against Bevan for the party leadership He then launched an opportunistic but unsuccessful challenge to Gaitskell in November 1960, in the wake of the Labour Party's 1959 defeat, Gaitskell's controversial attempt to ditch Labour's commitment to nationalisation in the shape of the Party's Clause Four, and Gaitskell's defeat at the 1960 Party Conference over a motion supporting Britain's unilateral nuclear disarmament.

In 1960, after the third successive defeat of his party in the 1959 General Election Hugh Gaitskell attempted to reformulate the original wording of Clause IV in the party's constitution, but proved unsuccessful.

He also campaigned for decades to have the Hugh Lane bequest pictures restored to Dublin, resulting in a compromise agreement in 1959.

James Hugh Calum Laurie, OBE ( born 11 June 1959 ), known as Hugh Laurie (), is an English actor, voice artist, comedian, writer, musician, recording artist, and director.

In 1959, R. Pollitzer designated El Tor as its own species V. eltor separate from V. cholera, but six years later, in 1965, R. Hugh discovered that V. cholerae and V. eltor were similar in 30 positive and 20 negative characteristics.

Leave It to Beaver cast ( L – R ): Hugh Beaumont, Tony Dow Barbara Billingsley and Jerry Mathers, circa 1959

Masters of the Company who have been composers or otherwise connected with music include: Frederick Bridge, 1892 ; Herbert Sullivan, 1926 ; Hugh Allen, 1937 ; Herbert Howells, 1959 ; Jack Westrup, 1971 ; and Lennox Berkeley, 1976.

# Hugh Farr ( 1934 – 1959 ) bass vocals, fiddle

After losing the 1959 general election Labour Party leader Hugh Gaitskell came to believe that public opposition to nationalisation had led to the party's poor performance and announced that he proposed to amend Clause IV.

* Hugh Molson, Baron Molson ( 1903 – 1991 ), Member of Parliament for Doncaster ( 1931 – 1935 ) and High Peak ( 1939 – 1961 ), Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation ( 1953 – 1957 ), Minister of Works ( 1957 – 1959 )

In 1959 and 1960, he played alongside Kippie Moeketsi and Hugh Masekela with The Jazz Epistles in Sophiatown ; the group recorded the first jazz LP by Black South African musicians in 1960.

McKay's counselors in the First Presidency were Stephen L Richards ( First Counselor, 1951 – 1959 ); J. Reuben Clark, Jr. ( Second Counselor ( 1951 – 1959, First Counselor 1959 – 1961 ); Henry D. Moyle ( Second Counselor 1959 – 1961, First Counselor 1961 – 1963 ); Hugh B.

Lockhart is best known for her roles as TV mothers, first as Ruth Martin, the wife of Paul Martin ( portrayed by Hugh Reilly ), and the mother of Timmy Martin ( played by Jon Provost ) in the 1954 CBS series, Lassie ( a role that she played from 1959 – 64 ).

Kevin Hugh Lowe ( born April 15, 1959 ) is a retired defenceman and coach in the National Hockey League and the current President of Hockey Operations for the Edmonton Oilers.

* General Sir Hugh Stockwell, 1957 – 1959

He was the first Notre Dame graduate to hold the football head coaching position since Hugh Devore ( a 1934 graduate ) served as interim coach in 1945 and 1963, and the first alumnus to serve as the Irish football coach on a full-fledged basis since Joe Kuharich ( a 1938 Notre Dame graduate ), who coached at Notre Dame from 1959 through 1962.

Ben-Hur is a 1959 American epic historical drama film set in ancient Rome, directed by William Wyler and starring Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Hugh Griffith and Haya Harareet.

Reed played Pacific Eight Conference college football with the Washington State University Cougars from 1959 to 1962 where he was teamed with fellow CFL Hall of Famer Hugh Campbell.

The park and beach received its name in 1959 in honour of T. Babbitt Parlee, the former Minister of Municipal Affairs in the ministry of New Brunswick Premier Hugh John Flemming ; Parlee having died in an airplane crash in 1956.