Welcome! Check out today's birthdays, recent birthdays, or our birthday stats.

In the year 1959

1,843 Notable birthdays

Val Kilmer

American actor (1959–2025).

Born December 31st, 1959 in Los Angeles.

Died April 1st, 2025 at 65 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia). [ref]

Kevin Spacey

American actor (born 1959).

Born July 26th, 1959 (age 66 years) in South Orange. [ref]

Magic Johnson

American basketball player and entrepreneur (born 1959).

Born August 14th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Lansing. [ref]

Mike Pence

Vice president of the united states from 2017 to 2021.

Born June 7th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Columbus. [ref]

Emma Thompson

British actress and screenwriter (born 1959).

Born April 15th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Paddington.

Simon Cowell

English television personality, businessman, producer, record executive.

Born October 7th, 1959 (age 66 years) in London Borough of Lambeth. [ref]

Sanjay Dutt

Indian actor and politician.

Born July 29th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Mumbai.

Norm Macdonald

Canadian comedian (1959–2021).

Born October 17th, 1959 in Quebec City.

Died September 14th, 2021 at 61 years old in Duarte (cancer). [ref]

Sean Bean

British actor.

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

Hugh Laurie

English actor, comedian, director, musician and writer.

Born June 11th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Blackbird Leys.

"Weird Al" Yankovic

American comedy musician and actor (born 1959).

Born October 23rd, 1959 (age 66 years) in Downey.

Vincent D'Onofrio

American actor and filmmaker (born 1959).

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

Allison Janney

American actress (born 1959).

Born November 19th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Boston.

Nicole Brown Simpson

Wife of american football player o. j. simpson (1959–1994).

Born May 19th, 1959 in Frankfurt.

Died June 12th, 1994 at 35 years old in Los Angeles, Brentwood (stabbing).

Carlo Ancelotti

Italian football player and manager.

Born June 10th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Reggiolo. [ref]

Sade Adu

British singer.

Born January 16th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Ibadan.

Anil Kapoor

Indian actor.

Born December 24th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Mumbai.

David Koresh

American religious sect leader of branch davidians (1959-1993).

Born August 17th, 1959 in Houston.

Died April 19th, 1993 at 33 years old in Mount Carmel Center (gunshot wound).

John McEnroe

American former tennis player (born 1959).

Born February 16th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Wiesbaden.

Morrissey

British singer and songwriter.

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

Israel Kamakawiwoʻole

Hawaiian singer (1959–1998).

Born May 20th, 1959 in New York City, Honolulu.

Died June 26th, 1997 at 38 years old in Honolulu (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Bryan Adams

Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and photographer.

Born November 5th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Kingston.

Clancy Brown

American actor (born 1959).

Born January 5th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Urbana.

Anil Ambani

Indian businessman (1959-present).

Born June 4th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Mumbai.

Nirmala Sitharaman

Indian politician.

Born August 18th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Madurai.

Birthdays 1 to 25 of 1843

« 1958
1960 »

Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the hell happened. Cora Harvey Armstrong