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In the year 1959

1,843 Notable birthdays

Bill Hagerty

American politician and diplomat (born 1959).

Born August 14th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Nashville.

Jim Ward

American voice actor (1959-2025).

Born May 19th, 1959 in San Francisco. [ref]

Died December 10th, 2025 at 66 years old in Los Angeles (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]

Majed Abdullah

Saudi association football player.

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

Phil Brown

English association football player and manager (born 1959).

Born May 30th, 1959 (age 66 years) in South Shields.

Tony Ganios

American actor (1959–2024).

Born October 21st, 1959 in Brooklyn.

Died February 18th, 2024 at 64 years old in New York City. [ref]

Barbara Comstock

Former u.s. representative from virginia.

Born June 30th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Springfield.

Sammy Lee

English association football player.

Born February 7th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Liverpool.

Abu Ali al-Anbari

Is deputy leader (died 2016).

Born October 1st, 1959 in Mosul.

Died March 18th, 2016 at 56 years old in Syria (death in battle).

Zeinab Badawi

Sudanese-british broadcaster (born 1959).

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

Daddy G

British musician.

Born December 18th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Bristol.

Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon

British politician, from july 2024 leader of the house of lords.

Born January 7th, 1959 (age 67 years) in London.

Paul Attanasio

American screenwriter and producer.

Born November 14th, 1959 (age 66 years) in New York City.

János Áder

President of hungary from 2012 to 2022 (born 1959).

Born May 9th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Csorna.

Moncef Slaoui

Moroccan american doctor and researcher.

Born July 22nd, 1959 (age 66 years) in Agadir.

Andrei Belousov

Minister of defense of the russian federation.

Born March 17th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Moscow.

Rowland S. Howard

Australian musician and songwriter (1959–2009).

Born October 24th, 1959 in Melbourne.

Died December 30th, 2009 at 50 years old in Melbourne (liver cancer). [ref]

Michel Preud'homme

Belgian footballer (born 1958).

Born January 24th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Ougrée.

Kimberlé Crenshaw

American legal academic (born 1959).

Born May 5th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Canton. [ref]

James LoMenzo

American bass guitarist.

Born January 13th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Brooklyn.

Zaki Axmad

Prime minister of ichkeria.

Born April 26th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Balpyq Bi.

Gary Basaraba

Canadian actor.

Born March 16th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Edmonton.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Turkish film director and producer (born 1959).

Born January 26th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Istanbul.

Sigmar Gabriel

German politician (spd).

Born September 12th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Goslar. [ref]

Nathan Myhrvold

Former cto at microsoft.

Born August 3rd, 1959 (age 66 years) in Seattle.

Tom Amandes

Actor.

Born March 9th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Richmond.

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