* 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 – 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 – Juan J. Campanella, Argentinian director

He received the news of the death of his father in October 1959 whilst performing with Juan Carlos Copes and María Nieves in Puerto Rico and on his return to New York City a few days later, he asked to be left alone in his apartment and in less than an hour wrote his famous tango, Adiós Nonino, in homage to his father.

Her last films made abroad were Beyond All Limits ( Mexican-American production, 1957 ) with Jack Palance, Faustina ( Spain, 1957 ), Sonatas ( Spain, 1957 ) directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and La Fievre Monte a El Pao ( French-Mexican production, 1959 ) directed by Luis Buñuel.

Two children were born of this marriage: his eldest child and daughter, Maria Teresa Samaranch Salisachs ( born 1956 ), has been president of the Spanish Federation of Sports on Ice since 2005, while his youngest child and son, Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs ( born 1959 ), has been a member of the International Olympic Committee since 2001.

Juan Laporte ( born November 24, 1959 ) is a former boxer who was born in Guayama, Puerto Rico.

During the 1980s, notable players followed in the footsteps of players such as Juan " Pachin " Vicens ( Named Greatest Basketball Player in the World at the Basketball World Championship, held in Santiago, Chile, 1959 ) and Butch Lee, the first Puerto Rican and BSN player to enter the NBA.

In 1959, together with fellow artists, Raúl Anguiano, Jesús Guerrero Galván, and Carlos Orozco Romero, Juan O ' Gorman founded the militant Unión de Pintores y Grabadores de México.

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.

Other important composers from the early post-revolution period that began in 1959 were: Carlos Fariñas and Juan Blanco, a pioneer of " concrete " and " electroacoustic music " in Cuba.

Juan Evo Morales Ayma ( born October 26, 1959 ), popularly known as Evo (), is a Bolivian politician and activist, serving as President of Bolivia, a position that he has held since 2006.

Owing to the decline in attendance after the retirement of Mercedes and Juan Manuel Fangio, the AvD returned the German GP to AVUS in 1959.

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In 1959, Juan de Dios decided to take the name Johnny Ventura.

Ciales is the home town of Juan " Pachín " Vicens-Puerto Rico's undisputed national basketball star, named Best Player in the World at the 1959 World Basketball Championship, Santiago de Chile ( a. k. a., Juan " Pachín " Vicens, " Astro del Balón ", " El Jeep "; younger brother of Puerto Rico's National Poet, Nimia Vicens, who also hailed from Ciales ).

* Juan José Domenchina ( 1898 – 1959 )

Puerto Rico ´ s first appearance at a World Championship was in 1959 in Chile, where, led by Juan " Pachín " Vicéns, who averaged 22 points per game, the team finished 5th with a record of 3 – 6.

Juan Croucier ( born August 22, 1959, in Santiago de Las Vegas, Cuba ) is a Cuban-American heavy metal musician.

San Juan: Librería Campos, ( 1959 ).

Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs ( born November 1, 1959 ) is the son of the late Juan Antonio Samaranch ( former president of the International Olympic Committee ) and his late wife, Bibi Salisachs.

Following the success of the Casals Festival held in San Juan in 1957, state legislator Ernesto Ramos Antonini proposed several laws which would create the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra that same year, and the Conservatory of Music in June 1959.

* Juan Carlos Rojo ( born 1959 ), Spanish footballer

The two most successful managers in the club history are Conrado Miranda ( 1959, 1975, 1976 ) and Argentinian Hugo Coria ( Apertura 1999, Apertura 2000, Clausura 2001 ) with three titles each, Juan Francisco Barraza ( 1972, 1983 ) and Victor Manuel Ochoa ( 1963, 1964 ) with two titles each, while Honduran Carlos Padilla ( 1960 ), Brazilian Zózimo Alves Calazáns ( 1968 ), Chilean Hernán Carrasco Vivanco ( 1986 ) and Serbian-Salvadoran Vladan Vićević ( Clausura 2006 ) won one title each.