* 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 – Jim McMahon, American football player

* Charles Lawson ( 1959 – ), actor ( plays Jim McDonald in Coronation Street )

* 1959 – Jim Barrell, American professional wrestler

They then became known for a series of satirical comedy films, such as Private's Progress ( 1956 ), Lucky Jim ( 1957 ) and I'm All Right Jack ( 1959 ).

His roles include Brutus in Julius Caesar ( 1953 ), Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel and The Desert Rats, the amoral valet turned spy in Joseph Mankiewicz's 5 Fingers, the declining actor in the first remake of A Star Is Born ( 1954 ), Captain Nemo in 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea ( also 1954 ), a small town school teacher driven insane by the effects of cortisone in Bigger Than Life ( 1956 ), a suave master spy in North by Northwest ( 1959 ), a determined explorer in Journey to the Center of the Earth ( also 1959 ), Humbert Humbert in Stanley Kubrick's Lolita ( 1962 ), a river pirate who betrays Peter O ' Toole's character in Lord Jim ( 1965 ), the evil Doctor Polidori in Frankenstein: The True Story ( 1973 ), the vampire's servant, Richard Straker, in Salem's Lot, and surreal Royal Navy Captain Hughes in Yellowbeard ( 1983 ).

* Jim Folsom, governor of Alabama from 1947 to 1951 and 1955 to 1959, was born in Coffee County.

Claes Oldenburg, Jim Dine and Tom Wesselmann had their first shows in the Judson Gallery in 1959 / 60.

* Jim Drewry, Booneville High School Head Football Coach and Mississippi's all-time winningest High School Football coach 346-157-5 all-time coaching record ; Head coaching stops: Kossuth MS ( 1958 – 1959 ), Booneville MS ( 1965 — 1977 ), Kossuth MS ( 1978 – 1986 ), Tishomingo High School MS ( 1989 ), Booneville MS ( 1990 – 2009 )

* Jim Burt ( born 1959 ), professional football player.

* Jim Burt ( born 1959 ), former NFL player.

* Jim Nantz ( born 1959 ), lead NFL and NCAA men's basketball commentator for CBS, grew up in Colts Neck.

Further hits followed for Atlantic, including the follow-up " Jim Dandy Got Married " (# 7 R & B ), " I Cried a Tear " (# 2 R & B, # 6 pop in 1959 ), " I Waited Too Long " (# 5 R & B, # 3 pop, written by Neil Sedaka ), " Saved " (# 17 R & B, written by Leiber and Stoller ), and " See See Rider " (# 9 R & B in 1963 ).

James Robert " Jim " McMahon, Jr. ( born August 21, 1959 ) is a former American football player.

These principles of teratology were put forth by Jim Wilson in 1959 and in his monograph Environment and Birth Defects.

* Jim Duffy ( footballer ) ( born 1959 ), former caretaker manager of Norwich City F. C.

He reprised the role of Hitchcock in I'm All Right Jack ( 1959 ), and appeared in several of the Boultings ' other films, including Lucky Jim and Brothers in Law.

* Jim Craig ( rugby league ) ( 1895 – 1959 ), Australian rugby league footballer and coach

These include Formby Junior Sports Club ( FJSC ) known locally as " Rourke's League " after Jim Rourke MBE ( 1912 – 2006 ) who founded the club on 2 January 1959.

Cincinnati Reds pitcher Jim Brosnan had written two such books, about his 1959 and 1961 seasons, called The Long Season and Pennant Race respectively.

* Jim Fitzpatrick ( athlete ) ( born 1959 ), American roller derby athlete, referee, and author

* Jim Fitzpatrick ( actor ) ( born 1959 ), American actor

James Patrick " Jim " McGovern ( born November 20, 1959 ) is the U. S. Representative for, serving since 1997.

* Jim David, Detroit Lions ( 1952 – 1959 )