* 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 )

*' From Our Files: An Interview with Charlton Heston ' by Phil Elderkin, The Christian Science Monitor, November 4, 1959

A key example of this is Phil Spector, who defined the gap between early rock and roll and the Beatles ( 1959 – 1964 ).

* Phil Donahue, talk show host got his start in 1959 working at radio station WABJ in Adrian

In their final season in 1959, the club featured future Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro and won the NSL championship ; both the Braves and the league folded at season's end.

* Phil Smith-born 1 May 1959, Redbridge, Essex-saxophone

Ferrari hired five new drivers, Tony Brooks, Jean Behra, Phil Hill, Dan Gurney, and occasionally Cliff Allison, for the 1959 Formula One season.

* Phil Joslin ( born 1959 )-League football referee

* Phil Morris ( actor ) ( born 1959 ), best known for his " Jackie Chiles " role on Seinfeld

* A Night at the Half Note ( 1959 ) with Al Cohn, Mose Allison, Paul Motian, Nabil Totah, and Phil Woods

* Phil Lesh ( 1959 ), musician ( The Grateful Dead )

The Phil Silvers Show ( originally titled You'll Never Get Rich ) is a comedy television series which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 for 142 episodes, plus a 1959 special.

These included Jimmy Clanton's “ Just A Dream ” ( 1958 ), Warren Storm ’ s “ Prisoner ’ s Song ” ( 1958 ), Phil Phillips ’ “ Sea Of Love ” ( 1959 ), Rod Bernard ’ s “ This Should Go On Forever ” ( 1959 ), Joe Barry's “ I ’ m A Fool To Care ” ( 1960 ), and Dale and Grace's “ I ’ m Leaving It Up To You ” ( 1963 ).

The producer of the series, Edward J. Montagne, had had great success with the top-rated series The Phil Silvers Show ( 1955 – 1959 ), a military comedy with an opportunistic non-commissioned officer and his loyal platoon constantly putting something over on the base commander.

Other stage successes included Silver Wedding ( 1957 ; with Lawton ), The Amorous Prawn ( 1959 ) and Phil the Fluter ( 1969 ).

Ferrari's stable of drivers for 1959 were Olivier Gendebien, Phil Hill, Brooks, Behra, Gurney, and Allison.

He received a BA at Oxford in 1954, an MA in 1959, and a D. Phil.

* " Sea of Love " ( 3 ) ( Phil Phillips ) ( September 1959 )

* The TV series The Phil Silvers Show ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 with 143 episodes

Illingworth missed out on selection for the first two Test matches, but was recalled for the Third Test at Trent Bridge, and took the wicket of Phil Simmons with his first ball in Test cricket, the first bowler since Intikhab Alam in 1959 / 60 to achieve this feat, and only the eleventh of all time.

After assisting Phil Leakey on The Curse of Frankenstein ( 1957 ), Ashton took the reins in The Hound of the Baskervilles ( 1959 ) and created some of the studio's most celebrated images in films, such as The Mummy ( 1959 ), The Curse of the Werewolf and The Reptile ( 1966 ).

Philip " Phil " Brown ( born 30 May 1959 ) is an English former footballer and manager.