1959 (people)


 * 27 January - Actor Glenn Taranto was born.
 * 29 January - Actor Phil Nice was born.
 * 7 March - Actor Simon Slater was born.
 * 19 March - Actor Sarah Berger was born.
 * 20 March - Actor Steve McFadden was born.
 * 6 April - Actor Mark Strickson was born.
 * 26 April - Actor Jonathan Caplan was born.
 * 4 May - Actor Anthony Calf was born.
 * 4 May - Actor Robert Daws was born.
 * 7 July - Actor Stephen Garlick was born.
 * 14 July - Actor Adam Blackwood was born.
 * 27 July - Actor Siobhan Redmond was born.
 * 31 July - Journalist Andrew Marr was born.
 * 31 July - Writer Kim Newman was born.
 * 22 August - Actor Mark Williams was born.
 * 7 September - Writer Rona Munro was born.
 * 14 September - Actor Gary Cady was born.
 * 22 September - Actor Ian Brooker was born.
 * 23 September - Writer Frank Cottrell-Boyce was born.
 * 28 September - Writer Michael Scott was born.
 * 20 October - Actor Christopher Bowen was born.
 * 20 October - Actor Niamh Cusack was born.
 * 29 October - Director of photography Glen MacPherson was born.
 * 14 November - Actor Paul McGann was born.
 * 28 November - Actor Jonathan Pearce was born.
 * 2 December - Actor Serena Evans was born.
 * 24 December - Production designer Gregory Melton was born.
 * 28 December - Actor Marty Ryan was born.