* 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 )

* Julia Sweeney ( born 1959 ), American actor and comedian, Alumna of Saturday Night Live

Zinnemann's films are all dramas of lone and principled individuals tested by tragic events, including From Here to Eternity ( 1953 ); The Nun's Story ( 1959 ); A Man For All Seasons ( 1966 ); and Julia ( 1977 ).

Named for Julia McCarthy who taught at the South Acton School from 1906 to 1952 and Marion Towne who was a teacher in the primary and secondary schools in Acton from 1921 to 1959.

After appearing in some of the earliest major studio films to feature black casts such as Carmen Jones ( 1954 ) and Porgy and Bess ( 1959 ), she starred in Julia ( 1968 ), one of the first series on American television to star a black woman in a non-stereotypical role.

Julia Anne Sweeney ( born October 10, 1959 ) is an American actress, comedian and author, best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and for her autobiographical solo shows.

He married Julia Mullock ( b. 1928 ) on 25 October 1959 at St George's Church in New York, and they adopted a daughter, Eugenia Unsuk.

He married Julia Mullock, an American citizen ( b. 1928 ) on 25 October 1959 at St George's Church in New York, they had no issue but adopted a daughter, Eugenia Unsuk Lee ( Eun-sook ) ( b. 1959 ).

In May 1958, Julia and Gu were engaged ; they were married at St George's Church in New York on 25 October 1959.

* Sweeney Todd ( 1959 ), a ballet version performed by the Royal Ballet with music by Malcolm Arnold.

An attempt at getting the McGees onto television came in September 1959, produced by William Asher for NBC ( and co-sponsored by Singer Corporation and Standard Brands ), with younger actors Bob Sweeney and Cathy Lewis in the roles.

* Stephen M. Sweeney ( born 1959 ), current President of the New Jersey Senate and the Gloucester County, union boss and Financial Secretary / Treasurer, Ironworkers Union Local 399 Board of Chosen Freeholders.

Stephen M. Sweeney ( born June 11, 1959 ) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey State Senate since 2002, where he represents the 3rd Legislative District.

Sweeney was born on June 11, 1959 in Camden, New Jersey and is a graduate of Pennsauken High School.

1959 – 60: Sweeney finished second in league scoring behind Fred Glover of Cleveland with 96 points, Floyd Smith finished third and Bruce Cline ninth.

To the extent that our sampling of the orientations of American college students in the years 1950 and 1952 may be representative of our culture -- and still valid in 1959 -- we are disposed to question the summary characterization of the current generation as silent, beat, apathetic, or as a mass of other-directed conformists who are guided solely by social radar without benefit of inner gyroscopes.

Mantle, the bull-necked blond switch-hitter, had one sensational triple-crown season, 1959, when he batted and also led the American League in home runs, 52, and rbi's, 130.

`` Much of the navy's future depends upon her '', an American naval announcement said on the Skipjack's first arrival in British waters in August, 1959, for exhibition to selected high officers at Portland underwater research station.

* 1959 – John C. McGinley, American actor

* 1959 – Mike Gminski, American basketball player

* 1927 – Carl Switzer, American actor ( d. 1959 )

* 1959 – Scott McKinsey, American director

* 1959 – Robert Casilla, American artist and illustrator

* 1959 – Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.

* 1959 – Frank Brickowski, American basketball player

* 1959 – Marcia Gay Harden, American actress

* 1959 – Magic Johnson, American basketball player

* 1879 – Ethel Barrymore, American actress ( d. 1959 )

* 1959 – Scott Altman, American astronaut

* 1959 – Laura Innes, American actress

* 1881 – Cecil B. DeMille, American director ( d. 1959 )

* 1873 – Fred Stone, American actor ( d. 1959 )