* 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 – Lee Chapman, English footballer

* 1959 — Lee A. DuBridge ( President, Caltech )

* American singer-songwriter, Brenda Lee, released the rockabilly song " Let's Jump The Broomstick " on Decca Records in 1959.

In 1959 NNS launched its first nuclear-powered submarine, Shark as well as the ballistic missile submarine Robert E. Lee.

* 1959 – Lee Harvey Oswald attempts to renounce his American citizenship at the US Embassy in Moscow, USSR.

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.

His father, Lee Petty, won the first Daytona 500 in 1959 and was also a 3 time NASCAR champion.

Lloyd Price, who in 1952 had a # 1 hit with " Lawdy Miss Clawdy " regained predominance with a version of " Stagger Lee " at # 1 and " Personality " at # 5 for in 1959.

Singaporean politics have been dominated by the People's Action Party ( PAP ) since the 1959 general election when Lee Kuan Yew became Singapore's first prime minister ( Singapore was then a self-governing state within the British Empire ).

In the spring of 1959, Lee got into yet another street fight and the police were called.

In April 1959, Lee's parents decided to send him to the United States to stay with his older sister, Agnes Lee ( 李秋鳳 ), who was already living with family friends in San Francisco.

Lee began teaching martial arts in the United States in 1959.

Notable Presidents of IEEE and its founding organizations include Elihu Thomson ( AIEE, 1889 – 1890 ), Alexander Graham Bell ( AIEE, 1891 – 1892 ), Charles Proteus Steinmetz ( AIEE, 1901 – 1902 ), Lee De Forest ( IRE, 1930 ), Frederick E. Terman ( IRE, 1941 ), William R. Hewlett ( IRE, 1954 ), Ernst Weber ( IRE, 1959 ; IEEE, 1963 ), and Ivan Getting ( IEEE, 1978 ).

The result was successful for the PAP under Lee Kuan Yew's control who won the 1959 election, and has held power ever since.

Lee also served as mayor of Price from 1935 to 1947, and later as mayor of Salt Lake City, from 1959 to 1971.

This semi-documentary looking movie was produced by Frederick Wiseman, directed by Shirley Clarke and adapted by her and Carl Lee from the 1959 novel The Cool World by Warren Miller.

The book was adapted by S Lee Pogostin for television in 1959 with narration by Burgess Meredith.

Lee Haney ( born November 11, 1959 in Spartanburg, South Carolina ) is a former American IFBB professional bodybuilder.

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.

* Lynda Lee Mead, Miss Mississippi in 1959 and Miss America in 1960.

It was picked up by ABC Records and from 1957 to 1959 Price recorded a series of national hits on ABC Records that were successful adaptations of the New Orleans sound, such as " Stagger Lee ", " Personality ", which reached # 2, and the # 3 hit " I'm Gonna Get Married ".

Ryan Lee Stiles ( born April 22, 1959 ) is an American actor, comedian, director, and voice actor whose work is often associated with improvisational comedy.

** Philip Lee Tau Sang 李道生 ( died 1959 ), Member of the Advisory Council of North Borneo ( now the state of Sabah, 1947 – 1950 ), Legislative Council of North Borneo ( 1950 – 1958 ) and Executive Council of North Borneo ( 1950 – 1953, 1956 – 1957 )

George Nader played Queen in The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen ( 1958 – 1959 ), but he was replaced with Lee Philips in the final episodes.