page_title: 1959
section_title: October
hierarchical_section_title: 1959 / Births / October
caption_attribution_description: English: Sarah Ferguson in Rwanda during the launch of Gahanga Cricket Stadium
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: October 1
  Brian P. Cleary, American humorist, author, poet
  Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer
  October 2
  Lena Hades, Russian artist
  October 3
  Fred Couples, American golfer
  Greg Proops, American comedian
  Jack Wagner, American actor
  October 4 – Chris Lowe, British musician
  October 5 – David Shannon, American writer and illustrator
  October 7
  Simon Cowell, English music producer and television talent show judge
  Lourdes Flores, Peruvian politician
  October 8
  Nick Bakay, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
  Brad Byers, American entertainer
  Gavin Friday, Irish singer-songwriter, actor, and producer (Virgin Prunes)
  Erik Gundersen, Danish motorcycle racer
  Mike Morgan, American baseball player and coach
  Carlos I. Noriega, Peruvian-American colonel and astronaut
  October 9 – Boris Nemtsov, Russian politician (d. 2015)
  October 10
  Kirsty MacColl, British singer and songwriter (d. 2000)
  Julia Sweeney, American actress and comedian
  Bradley Whitford, American actor and political activist
  October 13 – Marie Osmond, American singer
  October 15
  Emeril Lagasse, American chef and restaurant owner
  Sarah, Duchess of York, British Princess and former wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York
  October 17
  Richard Roeper, American film critic
  Francisco Flores Pérez, President of El Salvador (d. 2016)
  Norm Macdonald, Canadian comedian
  October 18 – Mauricio Funes, 44th President of El Salvador
  October 20 - Hotman Paris Hutapea, Indonesian lawyer
  October 21 – Ken Watanabe, Japanese actor
  October 22 – Arto Salminen, Finnish writer (d. 2005)
  October 23
  Nancy Grace, American television host
  "Weird Al" Yankovic, American singer and parodist
  Sam Raimi, American producer, writer and director
  October 24 – Michelle Lujan Grisham, American politician, 32nd Governor of New Mexico
  October 25
  Chrissy Amphlett, Australian rock singer (d. 2013)
  Collette Sunderman, American voice director
  October 26 – Evo Morales, President of Bolivia
  October 27 – Rick Carlisle, American basketball coach
  October 29 – John Magufuli, 5th President of Tanzania
  October 31 – Neal Stephenson, American writer
caption: Sarah, Duchess of York
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