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In the year 1959

1,656 Notable birthdays

Scott Brown

American diplomat and politician (born 1959).

Born September 12th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Kittery.

Youssou N’Dour

Senegalese singer, composer and politician (born 1959).

Born October 1st, 1959 (age 66 years) in Dakar.

Jody Watley

American singer.

Born January 30th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Chicago.

David Blatt

Israeli american basketball player, coach and executive.

Born May 22nd, 1959 (age 66 years) in Boston.

Stephen Wolfram

British-american computer scientist, mathematician, physicist, writer and businessman.

Born August 29th, 1959 (age 66 years) in London. [ref]

John Sykes

British guitarist (1959–2025).

Born July 29th, 1959 in Reading.

Died January 20th, 2025 at 65 years old [ref]

Renée Fleming

American opera soprano.

Born February 14th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Indiana.

Amanda Pays

British actress.

Born June 6th, 1959 (age 66 years) in London.

Ajaypal Singh Banga

Indian american business executive,.

Born November 10th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Khadki.

Nobuo Uematsu

Japanese video game composer.

Born March 21st, 1959 (age 67 years) in Kochi.

Mark Meadows

North carolina politician and white house chief of staff to president donald trump.

Born July 28th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Verdun.

Marco Antonio Solís

Mexican musician.

Born December 29th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Ario de Rosales. [ref]

Alan Wilder

English musician.

Born June 1st, 1959 (age 66 years) in Hammersmith.

Yuji Okumoto

American actor born in 1959.

Born April 20th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Los Angeles. [ref]

Andrew Marr

British journalist.

Born July 31st, 1959 (age 66 years) in Glasgow.

Terri Nunn

American actress and singer.

Born June 26th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Los Angeles.

Janusz Kamiński

Polish cinematographer.

Born June 27th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Ziębice.

Maya Lin

American sculptor and architect.

Born October 5th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Athens. [ref]

Fran Walsh

New zealand screenwriter and producer.

Born January 10th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Wellington.

William R. Moses

American actor.

Born November 17th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Los Angeles.

Geoff Tate

American singer.

Born January 14th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Stuttgart.

Greg Proops

American comedian and actor.

Born October 3rd, 1959 (age 66 years) in Phoenix.

Ángel Maturino Reséndiz

Mexican serial killer and rapist, executed for his crimes.

Born August 1st, 1959 in Izúcar de Matamoros.

Died June 27th, 2006 at 46 years old in Huntsville. [ref]

Robert B. Weide

Screenwriter, producer, director, documentarian.

Born June 20th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Orange County.

Per Gessle

Swedish musician and songwriter.

Born January 12th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Halmstad parish.

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