* 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 – Elijah Jerry " Pumpsie " Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate.

By 1959, the death of Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens in a plane crash, the departure of Elvis for the army, the retirement of Little Richard to become a preacher, prosecutions of Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry, and the breaking of the payola scandal ( which implicated major figures, including Alan Freed, in bribery and corruption in promoting individual acts or songs ), gave a sense that the initial rock and roll era had come to an end.

* Jerry Only ( born 1959 ), bass player and vocalist for The Misfits.

His song " Drinkin ' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee " maintained its popularity throughout the 1950s by various artists, including Malcolm Yelvington in 1954, Johnny Burnette in 1957, and Jerry Lee Lewis in 1959.

The basketball program reached a new level of success when the University admitted future 14 &# 8209 ; time NBA All-Star and Hall of Fame player Jerry West, who led the team to the national championship game in 1959.

His 1959 play A Loss of Roses, with Carol Haney, Warren Beatty, and Betty Field, was filmed as The Stripper ( 1963 ), with Joanne Woodward, Richard Beymer and Claire Trevor, and a popular Jerry Goldsmith score.

Walter Pitts ( right ) with Jerry Lettvin, co-author of the seminal cognitive science paper " What the Frog's Eye Tells the Frog's Brain " ( 1959 )

In June 1959, she met and fell in love with Jerry Gerowitz.

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

Edmund Gerald “ Pat ” Brown, Sr. ( April 21, 1905 – February 16, 1996 ) was the 32nd governor of California from 1959 to 1967 and the father of 34th and 39th governor of California, Jerry Brown.

* Jerry Lee Lewis ( his 1958 version is similar to the Freddie Bell / Elvis version whereas his 1959 version is based on the blues original by Thornton.

By 1959, the death of Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Richie Valens in a plane crash, the departure of Elvis for the army, the retirement of Little Richard to become a preacher, prosecutions of Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry and the breaking of the payola scandal ( which implicated major figures, including Alan Freed, in bribery and corruption in promoting individual acts or songs ), gave a sense that the initial rock and roll era had come to an end.

Jerry J. Ouellette ( born January 30, 1959 in Oshawa, Ontario ) is a politician in Ontario, Canada.

Elvis Presley was drafted, Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran died in 1959 and 1960 respectively, Chuck Berry was in jail, and Jerry Lee Lewis had been disgraced by press reports that he married his 13-year-old cousin.

Jerry Unser ( November 15, 1932, Colorado Springs, Colorado – May 17, 1959, Indianapolis, Indiana ) was an American racecar driver.

He died in a practice crash before the 1959 Indianapolis 500, leaving behind a widow, Jeanne Unser, and two sons, Jerry and Johnny Unser.

While at Chouinard, Ruscha edited and produced the journal " Orb " ( 1959 – 60 ) together with Joe Goode, Emerson Woelffer, Stephan von Huene, Jerry McMillan, and others.

* 1959 – Jerry West, West Virginia

Dow ( top ) with his Leave It to Beaver co-stars ( L – R ) Hugh Beaumont, Barbara Billingsley and Jerry Mathers, circa 1959

* Jerry Only ( born 1959 ), American punk rock bassist and singer

* Jerry Butler ( pornographic actor ) ( born 1959 ), 1980s American pornographic actor

Eisley was in the 1959 Roger Corman film The Wasp Woman, which he described as ,"... a hell of a lot of fun ..." Eisley's big break was being discovered playing opposite Jerry Paris in a Pasadena, California production of Who Was That Lady I Saw You With?

She also appeared with Dean Martin in Career ( 1959 ), and played Ellen Spelding vis-à-vis Kreton, the character of Jerry Lewis in 1960's Visit to a Small Planet.

It was also later recorded by Johnny Cash and Kitty Wells ( both in 1959 ), Hank Locklin ( 1962 ), Lucinda Williams ( 1978 ), Bert Southwood ( 1990 ), Marion Williams, and Jerry Lee Lewis.