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In the year 1959

1,843 Notable birthdays

Kathy Mattea

American musician, activist.

Born June 21st, 1959 (age 66 years) in South Charleston.

Steven Erikson

Canadian fantasy author.

Born October 7th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Toronto.

Chris Malachowsky

American electrical engineer; co-founder of nvidia.

Born May 2nd, 1959 (age 66 years).

Stacey Nelkin

American actress.

Born September 10th, 1959 (age 66 years) in New York City.

Carolyn McCormick

American actress.

Born September 19th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Midland.

Jeff Pilson

American bassist.

Born January 19th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Lake Forest.

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, nobel laurate.

Born May 27th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Guelph. [ref]

Susanna Clarke

British author (1959-).

Born November 1st, 1959 (age 66 years) in Nottingham.

Julie Burchill

British writer.

Born July 3rd, 1959 (age 66 years) in Bristol, Frenchay.

Boyko Borissov

Prime minister of bulgaria (2009–2013; 2014–2017; 2017–2021).

Born June 13th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Bankya.

Tom Chambers

American former star nba professional basketball player.

Born June 21st, 1959 (age 66 years) in Ogden. [ref]

Milorad Dodik

Bosnian serb politician (born 1959).

Born March 12th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Banja Luka.

Susana Martinez

American attorney and politician.

Born July 14th, 1959 (age 66 years) in El Paso.

Majid Majidi

Iranian film director, film producer, film actor and screenwriter.

Born April 17th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Tehran.

James Wong

Hong kong and american director, screenwriter and producer.

Born April 20th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Hong Kong, British Hong Kong.

D.H. Peligro

American punk rock musician (1959–2022).

Born July 9th, 1959 in St. Louis.

Died October 28th, 2022 at 63 years old in Los Angeles (drug overdose). [ref]

Mark Patton

American actor.

Born September 22nd, 1959 (age 66 years) in Kansas City, Riverside.

Andrew Eldritch

British singer.

Born May 15th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Ely.

David Shulkin

9th united states secretary of veterans affairs.

Born July 22nd, 1959 (age 66 years) in Philip H. Sheridan Reserve Center. [ref]

Jim Meskimen

American actor.

Born September 10th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Santa Monica.

Marc Shaiman

American composer and songwriter (born 1959).

Born October 22nd, 1959 (age 66 years) in Newark.

Ralf Moeller

German actor and bodybuilder.

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

Ananth Kumar

Indian politician.

Born July 22nd, 1959 in Bengaluru.

Died November 12th, 2018 at 59 years old in Bengaluru (lung cancer). [ref]

David L. Goldfein

General in the united states air force.

Born December 21st, 1959 (age 66 years) in France.

Bernardine Evaristo

British author and academic.

Born May 28th, 1959 (age 66 years) in London.

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