* 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 )

* 1882 – José Vasconcelos, Mexican writer ( d. 1959 )

Attractions include the Portuguese-built Fortaleza de São José da Amura barracks from the 18th century, containing Amílcar Cabral's mausoleum, the Pidjiguiti Memorial to the dockers killed in the Bissau Dockers ' Strike on August 3, 1959, the Guinea-Bissau National Arts Institute, Bissau New Stadium and local beaches.

* José P. Laurel ( 1891 – 1959 ), former President of the Philippines

At the age of 14, José accompanied his father Fernando, and others from Sonora, in the 1849 " Gold Rush " to Upper California, and returned to Sonora about two years later, having learned English, as well as having his first experience in defending himself against armed conflict ( Corral, 1959 ).

In March 1961, the CIA helped Cuban exiles in Miami to create the Cuban Revolutionary Council ( CRC ), chaired by José Miró Cardona, former Prime Minister of Cuba in January 1959.

Statue of José Martí on horseback in New York's Central Park-Anna Hyatt Huntington, 1959

He started his career as a professional boxer with a loss, being defeated by decision in eight rounds by Juan José Jiménez, October 23 of 1959 in Santo Domingo.

José Raz Menez was appointed the first governor of Aklan by President Magsaysay and he served until December 30, 1959.

* A bilingual recording featuring narration in Spanish and English by José Ferrer, performed by the Vienna State Opera Orchestra conducted by Eugene Aynsley Goossens ( Kapp Records, 1959 ).

José Paciano Laurel y García ( March 9, 1891 – November 6, 1959 ) was the president of the Republic of the Philippines, a Japanese-sponsored administration during World War II, from 1943 to 1945.

*" O. Paley " ( a quasi-anagram of " Alley Oop ") was the central figure in Philip José Farmer's The Alley Man, a 1959 novella about the last Neanderthal who has survived into the 20th century.

In Venezuela, enabling laws allowing the President to rule by decree in selected matters were granted to Rómulo Betancourt ( 1959 ), Carlos Andrés Pérez ( 1974 ), Jaime Lusinchi ( 1984 ), Ramón José Velásquez ( 1993 ) and Rafael Caldera ( 1994 ).

Composed in 1956 it was only performed a handful of times and has remained dormant since 1959 until, as the composer puts it, " José Serebrier resurrected " it 43 years later.

* Juan José Domenchina ( 1898 – 1959 )

José Jiménez was a fictional character created and performed by comedian Bill Dana on The Steve Allen Show in 1959 and who became increasingly popular during the 1960s.

The last civilian executions in Spain, both by garroting, were those of Pilar Prades in May 1959 and José María Jarabo in July 1959.

She married in Palma de Mallorca on 12 September 1990 José Miguel Fernández y Sastrón, luego Fernández-Sastrón ( b. Madrid, 14 June 1959 ), son of Jorge Fernández y Menéndez and wife Eloísa Sastrón y Herrera.

In February 18, 1959, the municipality of Borboleta is officially established and in 1963, the name was changed to the current form, an homage to Bady Bassitt, a politician from São José do Rio Preto.

* José P. Laurel ( 1891 – 1959 ), president of the Republic of the Philippines ( 1943 – 1945 ), associate justice of the Supreme Court ( 1936 – 1942 )

During those years, also with the encouragement of Don José María, two bodies were set up that were to play a key role in the development of MONDRAGON-Caja Laboral ( 1959 ) and the Social Welfare Body Lagun Aro ( 1966 )- and the first local group was created, Ularco, the embryo of the industrial co-operative associativism which has been so important in the Corporation ’ s history.

This process began in 1959, when Secretary of Presidency Ramón José Velásquez, undertook the rescue and recovery of files corresponding to the governments of Cipriano Castro ( 1899 – 1908 ) and Juan Vicente Gómez ( 1908 – 1935 ), located in the basement of Presidential Guard.

After studying philosophy at the Seminary of San José in El Salvador, he earned a Licentiate in Theology from the University of Innsbruck in Austria in 1959 and a Doctorate in Canon Law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1962.

The " Minas Gerais Stadium " was created with the law number 1947 from August 12, 1959, signed by Governor José Francisco Bias Fortes.