1959

Feature films

 * January 29 - Sleeping Beauty
 * March 19 - The Shaggy Dog
 * June 26 - Darby O'Gill and the Little People
 * November 10 - Third Man on the Mountain
 * December 16 - Jungle Cat
 * December 24 - Dumbo (re-release)

Shorts

 * June 18 - Eyes in Outer Space
 * June 26 - Donald in Mathmagic Land
 * September 2 - How to Have an Accident at Work
 * November 10 - Noah's Ark

Theme parks

 * June 14 - Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Disneyland Monorail and the Submarine Voyage all open in an event referred to as "The Second Opening of Disneyland"
 * September - Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev is denied access to Disneyland due to security concerns.

Births

 * January 5 - Clancy Brown (actor and voice actor)
 * January 31 - Kelly Lynch (actress)
 * February 4 - Pamelyn Ferdin (child actor)
 * February 22 - Kyle MacLachlan (actor and comedian)
 * March 7 - Donna Murphy (actress and singer) and Nick Searcy (actor)
 * March 15 - Fabio Lanzoni (fashion model, spokesperson, author and actor)
 * April 3 - David Hyde Pierce (actor)
 * April 4 - Phil Morris (actor)
 * April 10 - Brian Setzer (guitarist, singer and songwriter)
 * April 15 - Emma Thompson (actress)
 * April 17 - Sean Bean (actor)
 * April 22 - Ryan Stiles (actor, comedian, director and voice actor)
 * April 27 - Sheena Easton (singer and actress)
 * May 5 - Gary Dubin (actor)
 * May 12 - Ving Rhames (actor)
 * May 16 - Mare Winningham (actress and singer-songwriter)
 * May 19 - Jim Ward (voice actor)
 * May 20 - Bronson Pinchot (actor)
 * May 29 - Rupert Everett (actor)
 * June 11 - Hugh Laurie (actor, voice actor, comedian and writer)
 * June 29 - Gary Rydstrom (sound designer and director)
 * July 7 - Billy Campbell (actor)
 * July 8 - Robert Knepper (actor)
 * July 16 - Bob Joles (voice actor) and Sherri Stoner (actress, model and writer)
 * July 22 - César Ferioli (comic book artist)
 * July 26 - Kevin Spacey (actor)
 * August 3 - John C. McGinley (actor)
 * August 17 - Chika Sakamoto (Japanese voice actress)
 * August 22 - Mark Williams (actor and comedian)
 * August 29 - Rebecca De Mornay (actress)
 * September 10 - Jim Meskimen (actor and comedian)
 * September 23 - Jason Alexander (actor) and Elizabeth Peña (actress and director)
 * September 24 - Steve Whitmire (puppeteer)
 * September 28 - Steve Hytner (actor and comedian)
 * October 13 - Marie Osmond (actress, singer, screenwriter and doll designer)
 * October 23 - "Weird Al" Yankovic (singer-songwriter, actor and comedian) and Sam Raimi (director)
 * November 14 - Paul McGann (actor)
 * November 19 - Allison Janney (voice actress)
 * November 24 - Akio Ōtsuka (voice actor)
 * December 9 - Steve Mackall (voice actor)
 * December 29 - Patricia Clarkson (actress)
 * December 30 - Tracey Ullman (actress, comedienne, singer, director, and screenwriter)
 * December 31 - Val Kilmer (actor)
 * Wesley Mann (character actor)

Deaths

 * March 2 - Eric Blore (voice actor)
 * March 3 - Lou Costello (actor and comedian)
 * March 12 - D. A. Clarke-Smith (British actor)
 * May 14 - Sidney Bechet (clarinetist, saxophonist and composer)
 * September 30 - Taylor Holmes (actor)

Artists Joined

 * Sylvia Mattinson