* 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 – Victoria Jackson, American comedian, actress, and singer

* 1959 – Apollonia Kotero, American singer and actress ( Apollonia 6 )

* 1959 – Tom McGowan, American actor

In 1959, nationalist leader Tom Mboya began a program, funded by Americans, of sending talented youth to the United States for higher education.

* 1959 – Steve Hanley, English bassist and songwriter ( The Fall and Tom Hingley and the Lovers )

* 1959 – Tom Arnold, American actor and comedian

# Tom Swift and His Electronic Retroscope ( 1959 )

His talent went beyond the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( reworked in 1962 from a song Anka wrote earlier called " Toot Sweet " which had been rewritten with lyrics and recorded by Annette Funicello in 1959 as " It's Really Love ") since Anka composed Tom Jones ' biggest hit record " She's a Lady " and wrote the English lyrics to " My Way ", Frank Sinatra's signature song sung by many well known artists.

Claes Oldenburg, Jim Dine and Tom Wesselmann had their first shows in the Judson Gallery in 1959 / 60.

She continued to make occasional film appearances, usually in supporting roles, including such popular films as The Nun's Story ( 1959 ), Tom Jones ( 1963 ) and Scrooge ( 1970, as the Ghost of Christmas Past ).

* Zip or Tom Prichard ( born 1959 ), professional wrestler

( film ), a 1959 western film directed by Tom Gries

Berry produced a record for white artist Tom Clay some time in 1959.

In the summer of 1959, Tom worked at a children's camp in western Massachusetts, where he met his first lover, socialist Enge Menaker, then a 63-year-old man.

** Tom Tichenor ( 1959 ) at WSM-TV ( now WSMV-TV )

** Dick Brackett ( late 1959 – 1966 ) at WSM-TV ( now WSMV-TV ) ( Tom Tichenor accepted a Broadway show opportunity and Dick Brackett took his place.

He also acted as science consultant for the Tom Corbett, Space Cadet series of children's science fiction books and TV series, as well as the 1959 feature film entitled " The Space Explorers.

Thomas Dwaine " Tom " Arnold ( born March 6, 1959 ) is an American actor and comedian.

He made his feature Broadway debut in 1959, when he played Tom Junior in Sweet Bird of Youth, for which he won a Theater World Award, also receiving a Tony Award nomination.

The success of the album and the single earned the Kingston Trio a Grammy award for Best Country & Western Performance for " Tom Dooley " at the awards ' inaugural ceremony in 1959.

* 1959 Best Country and Western Recording – " Tom Dooley "

routinely tried to injure one another, and whether or not they stood up for teammates in such instances, it got so bad that in 1959 the Rangers ’ Andy Bathgate was compelled to write an article for True magazine, headlined “ Atrocities on Ice .” As this post from the blog Fellowship of Hockey relates, Bathgate ’ s article actually named the league ’ s guiltiest parties when it came to spearing: Montreal ’ s Doug Harvey and Tom Johnson, Boston ’ s Fern Flaman, Chicago ’ s Ted Lindsay and Pierre Pilote, and Lou Fontinato from Bathgate ’ s own Rangers.

* Tom Driberg, Baron Bradwell ( 1905 – 1976 ), Member of Parliament for Maldon ( 1942 – 1955 ) and Barking ( 1959 – 1974 ), Chairman of the Labour Party ( 1957 – 1958 )

Tom Greenway guest starred twice, as Charlie in " Buffalo Kill " ( 1959 ) and as Ben Pick in " Dagger Dance " ( 1961 ).

* Tom Arnold ( actor ) ( born 1959 ), American actor

After Hollies ' retirement in 1957, there were some very poor seasons ( though they came fourth in 1959 due to Mike Smith's superb batting ) until Tom Cartwright emerged as a top-class seam bowler in 1962.