* 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

* 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 )

*< cite id = refMark1959 > W Markowitz ( 1959 ), " Variations in the Rotation of the Earth, Results Obtained with the Dual-Rate Moon Camera and Photograhic Zenith Tubes ", Astronomical Journal, vol. 64 ( 1959 ), pp. 106 – 113 .</ cite >

In the early days of nuclear magnetic resonance he studied the underlying theory, and in 1959 he coauthored the text book High Resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance with W. G.

* Pioneer P-1 ( Atlas-Able 4A, Pioneer W ), probe lost September 24, 1959

* Dziuban, Stanley W. Military Relations between the United States and Canada, 1939 – 1945 ( 1959 ) online edition.

However, the first modern three point seat belt ( the so-called CIR-Griswold restraint ) used in most consumer vehicles today was patented in 1955 ( US Patent 2, 710, 649 ) by the Americans Roger W. Griswold and Hugh DeHaven, and developed to its modern form by Nils Bohlin for Swedish manufacturer Volvo — who introduced it in 1959 as standard equipment.

* Fearnside, W. Ward and William B. Holther, Fallacy: The Counterfeit of Argument, 1959.

* nickname of W. G. Richardson ( 1909 – 1959 ), English footballer

In 1959, J. W.

It merged with the N & W in 1959.

* Arndt, Walter W. ( 1959 ).

* Edwin W. Rawlings ( 1904 – 1997 ) – Born in Milroy, he served in the United States Air Force from 1929 to 1959, rising to the rank of four-star general ; after his retirement from military service, he went on to become president and board chairman of General Mills, based in Golden Valley, Minnesota.

* Surveyor W. D. Twichell, whose work encompassed 165 of the 254 Texas counties, retired to San Angelo in 1934, where he lived until his death in 1959.

The VGN was merged with the Norfolk and Western Railway ( N & W ) in 1959, and both later became part of the Norfolk Southern Railway ( NS ).

* W. R. Davies, second president ( 1941 – 1959 ) of the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire

W H Smith is the sponsor of the WH Smith Literary Award, which has been running since 1959 and is one of the most wide-ranging of literary prizes, admitting works of all genres from authors of all ages and both sexes from across the world.

* W. R. Davies, second president ( 1941 – 1959 ) of the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire

The associated enzyme deficiency was discovered in 1959 by W. F. H. M. Mommaerts et al.

Other films included Picnic ( 1955 ), Autumn Leaves ( 1956 ), Gidget ( 1959 ), Sunday in New York ( 1963 ), Devil's Brigade ( 1968 ), Too Late the Hero ( 1970 ), J. W. Coop ( 1972 ), Three Days of the Condor ( 1975 ), Obsession ( 1976 ), Star 80 ( 1983 ) and Malone ( 1987 ).

Over the next 13 years George and Barbara Bush had six children: George W. Bush ( born July 6, 1946 ), Pauline Robinson Bush ( December 20, 1949 – October 11, 1953, died of leukemia ), John Ellis " Jeb " Bush ( born February 11, 1953 ), Neil Mallon Bush ( born January 22, 1955 ), Marvin Pierce Bush ( born October 22, 1956 ), and Dorothy Bush Koch ( born August 18, 1959 ).

DANFS was originally released by the Naval Historical Center ( NHC ) in bound hardcover volumes, ordered by ship name, from Volume I ( A – B ) published in 1959 to Volume VIII ( W – Z ) published in 1981.

* Homer Croy, Star Maker: The Story of D. W. Griffith ( New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1959 )

* Howard W. Johnson, 1959 – 1966

New York: W. W. Norton, 1959.