* 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 – 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 )

Several such designs were introduced in the 1950s but the first successful one was the 1959 Toni Sailer Fibreglaski by Fred Langendorf and Art Molnar of Montreal.

The technique was first used in 1959 on The Big Hurt by Miss Toni Fisher.

In the post-war era, the most notable multiple winners are three Austrians: Toni Sailer with four straight ( 1955 – 58 ), Karl Schranz with four ( 1959, 1963, 1966, 1969 ), and Franz Klammer with three consecutive ( 1975-77 ).

Cesare Maestri claimed in 1959 that he and Toni Egger had reached the summit and that Egger had been swept to his death by an avalanche while they were descending.

* 1959 Cesare Maestri and Toni Egger ( IT )-disputed ascent of West Face.

*" The Big Hurt ", a popular 1959 song written by Wayne Shanklin and sung by Toni Fisher

She also was a great-grandniece of Giovanni Schiaparelli, an Italian astronomer who believed he had discovered the supposed canals of Mars, and a great-grandniece of art expert Bernard Berenson ( 1865 – 1959 ) and his sister Senda Berenson ( 1868 – 1954 ), an athlete and educator who was one of the first two women elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

The strongest recorded earthquakes in the region occurred on 5 April 1959, with its epicentre at Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye and a recorded intensity of 6. 5 at Barcelonnette, and on 17 February 1947, with its epicentre at Prazzo over the Italian border.

A major discovery for Fellini after his Italian neorealism period ( 1950 – 1959 ) was the work of Carl Jung.

* 1877 – Enrico De Nicola, 1st President of the Italian Republic ( d. 1959 )

* 1959 – Ettore Messina, Italian basketball coach

After divorcing Rissone in France in 1954, he married Mercader in 1959, again in Mexico, but this union was not considered valid under Italian law.

* July 1 – Mario de Bernardi, Italian aviator ( d. 1959 )

When director Mario Bonnard fell ill during the production of the 1959 Italian epic The Last Days of Pompeii ( Gli Ultimi Giorni di Pompei ), starring Steve Reeves, Leone was asked to step in and complete the film.

The song " Volare ", winner in 1959 by Domenico Modugno and performed in Italian, is the only foreign-language song to win this award.

After the classic Hercules ( 1958 ) became a blockbuster sensation in the film industry, a 1959 Steve Reeves film Terrore dei Barbari ( Terror of the Barbarians ) was retitled Goliath and the Barbarians in the United States, ( after Joseph E. Levine claimed the sole right to the name of Hercules ); the film was so successful at the box office, it inspired Italian filmmakers to do a series of four more films featuring a beefcake hero named Goliath, although the films were not really related to each other.

In an Italian story by Romano Scarpa, Topolino nella dimensione Delta ( Mickey Mouse in the Delta Dimension, first published in 1959 ), Pete removed one of his shoes, revealing his old foot-high pegleg.

After that, Einmug did not re-appear in American comics for almost 50 years, but he was used in Italian ones, starting some 12 years later in 1959 when he appeared in Romano Scarpa's Topolino e la dimensione Delta (" Mickey Mouse and the Delta Dimension ").

He was, however, used by Italian authors, starting with the 1959 story Topolino e il ritorno dell ' artiglio magnetico (" Mickey Mouse and the Return of the Magnetic Claw ") by Guido Martina ( plot ) and Giulio Chierchini ( art ).

At least two songs by Anka with French lyrics are known: one reported by the Italian charts (" Faibles Femmes ", 1959 ) and another reported by his official discography (" Comme Avant ") with Mireille Mathieu.

Enrico De Nicola (; 9 November 1877 – 1 October 1959 ) was an Italian jurist, journalist, politician, and provisional Head of State of the newborn republic of Italy from 1946 to 1948.

* Bluebell Records, an Italian independent record label active from 1959 to 1969

Paul was born in London, in 1959, the first of three brothers to an Italian mother and a British father.

( 1959 ), I'm All Right Jack ( 1959 ), The Wrong Arm of the Law ( 1963 ), The Pink Panther ( 1963 ), The Italian Job ( 1969 ) and The Alf Garnett Saga ( 1972 ).

Following another idea of her father, Francis traveled to London in August 1959 to record an Italian album at EMI's famous Abbey Road Studios, entitled " Connie Francis sings Italian Favorites ".

The success of " Connie Francis sings Italian Favorites " in late 1959 / early 1960 led to the fact that Francis was one of the first American artists to record in other languages regularly.

* 1959: In May, the French and Italian Public Works Ministers officially launch the drilling work.

The Italian novelist Italo Calvino drew on Ariosto for several of his works of fiction including Il cavaliere inesistente (" The Nonexistent Knight ", 1959 ) and Il castello dei destini incrociati (" The Castle of Crossed Destinies ", 1973 ).