page_title: 1959
section_title: December
hierarchical_section_title: 1959 / Births / December
caption_attribution_description: Emmy-winner Tracey Ullman at the Governor's Ball held immediately after the 1990 Emmy Awards 9/16/90
context_page_description: 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1959th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 959th year of the 2nd millennium, the 59th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1950s decade.
context_section_description: December 1
  Billy Childish, English painter, writer and musician
  Wally Lewis, Australian rugby league player
  December 2 – Hans Kristian Amundsen, Norwegian newspaper editor and politician (d. 2018)
  December 4 – Christa Luding-Rothenburger, German speed skater
  December 5 – Yoshitomo Nara, Japanese artist
  December 6 – Satoru Iwata, Japanese president of Nintendo (d. 2015)
  December 9
  Mario Cantone, American comedian, writer, and actor
  Karl Shuker, British zoologist, crypto-zoologist, and author
  December 13 – Johnny Whitaker, American actor
  December 14 – Evan Ziporyn, American composer
  December 16
  Alison LaPlaca, American actress
  Steve Mattsson, American writer
  December 17 – Gregg Araki, American director
  December 19 – Waise Lee, Hong Kong actor
  December 20 – Stephen Chan Chi Wan, general manager of TVB
  December 21 – Florence Griffith Joyner, American athlete (d. 1998)
  December 22 – Bernd Schuster, German footballer and manager
  December 24 – Keith Deller, English darts player
  December 25 – Michael P. Anderson, American astronaut (d. 2003)
  December 27 – Gerina Dunwich, American author
  December 28 – Ana Torroja, Spanish singer
  December 29
  Marco Antonio Solís, Mexican singer
  Patricia Clarkson, American actress
  December 30 – Tracey Ullman, British-American comedian and actress
  December 31
  Val Kilmer, American actor
  Baron Waqa, Nauruan politician and composer, 14th President of Nauru
caption: Tracey Ullman
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