Editing 1959 in television (section)

==Births==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Name || Notability 
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| January 5
| [[Clancy Brown]]
| Actor (''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'', ''[[Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.]]'')
|-
| January 21
| [[Bob Boden]] 
| American producer
|-
| January 22
| [[Linda Blair]] 
| American actress
|-
| rowspan="2"| January 27
| [[Cris Collinsworth]] 
| American sports broadcaster
|-
| [[Keith Olbermann]] 
| American sports and political commentator 
|-
| rowspan="2"| January 31
| [[Anthony LaPaglia]]
| Australian actor (''[[Without a Trace]]'')
|-
| [[Kelly Lynch]]
| Actress
|-
| February 3
| [[Fredric Lehne]]
| Actor (''[[Mancuso, F.B.I.]]'')
|-
| February 11
| [[Bradley Cole]]
| Actor (''[[Guiding Light]]'')
|-
| February 12
| [[Larry Nance]]
| [[NBA]] basketball player
|-
| February 15
| [[Joseph R. Gannascoli]]
| American actor
|-
| February 18
| [[Jayne Atkinson]]
| English-American actress (''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'')
|-
| February 22 
| [[Kyle MacLachlan]]
| Actor (''[[Twin Peaks]]'', ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'')
|-
| February 24
| [[Beth Broderick]]
| Actress (''[[The 5 Mrs. Buchanans]]'', ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'')
|-
| February 26
| [[Rolando Blackman]]
| [[NBA]] basketball player
|-
| March 5
| [[Talia Balsam]]
| Actress
|-
| March 6 
| [[Tom Arnold (actor)|Tom Arnold]]
| Actor and comedian (''[[The Best Damn Sports Show Period]]'')
|-
| March 7 
| [[Donna Murphy]]
| Actress and singer
|-
| rowspan="2"|March 8
| [[Lester Holt]]
| Journalist and news anchor
|-
| [[Aidan Quinn]]
| Actor
|-
| rowspan="2" | March 9
| [[Tom Amandes]]
| Actor (''[[Everwood]]'')
|-
| [[Kato Kaelin]]
| Actor and TV personality<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moy |first=Kristina |date=2024-04-11 |title=Where is Kato Kaelin now? Here's what we know |url=https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/where-is-kato-kaelin-now-a-look-at-where-the-o-j-simpson-witness-is-today |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=FOX 13 Seattle |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| March 14
| [[Tamara Tunie]]
| Actress (''[[As the World Turns]]'', ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'')
|-
| March 16
| [[Flavor Flav]]
| Rapper
|-
|March 20
|[[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]]
|Pro wrestler<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-02 |title=sting |url=https://www.thesportster.com/tag/sting/ |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=TheSportster |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| March 22
| [[Stephen Lambert (media executive)|Stephen Lambert]]
| English television producer
|-
| rowspan="2"|April 3 
| [[David Hyde Pierce]]
| Actor (''[[Frasier]]'', ''[[The Powers That Be (TV series)|The Powers That Be]]'')
|-
| [[Amy Morton]]
| Actress
|-
| April 4
| [[Phil Morris (actor)|Phil Morris]]
| Actor (''[[Smallville]]'', ''[[The Secret Saturdays]]'', ''[[Legion of Super Heroes (TV series)|Legion of Super Heroes]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"|April 15
| [[Emma Thompson]]
| English actress
|-
| [[Thomas F. Wilson]]
| Actor (''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', ''[[Tales of Arcadia]]'', ''[[Back to the Future (TV series)|Back to the Future]]'')
|-
| April 17 
| [[Sean Bean]]
| English actor (''[[Sharpe (TV series)|Sharpe]]'', ''[[Game of Thrones]]'')
|-
| April 22
| [[Ryan Stiles]]
| Actor (''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (American TV series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'')
|-
| April 23
| [[Dan Frischman]]
| Actor (''[[Head of the Class]]'')
|-
| April 24 
| [[Paula Yates]]
| English television presenter (died 2000)
|-
| May 3 
| [[Ben Elton]]
| English comedian and writer (''[[Blackadder]]'')
|-
| May 5
| [[Brian Williams]]
| Journalist
|-
| May 7 
| [[Michael E. Knight]]
| Actor (''[[All My Children]]'')
|-
| May 10
| [[Victoria Rowell]]
| Actress (''[[The Young and the Restless]]'', ''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]'')
|-
| May 13
| [[Jerry Butler (actor)|Jerry Butler]]
| American actor
|-
| May 17
| [[Jim Nantz]]
| American sportscaster
|-
| May 20
| [[Bronson Pinchot]]
| Actor ([[Balki Bartokomous]] on ''[[Perfect Strangers (TV series)|Perfect Strangers]]'')
|-
| May 29 
| [[Rupert Everett]]
| English actor
|-
| June 1
| [[Eli Gabay]]
| Actor
|-
| June 2
| [[Kevin Newman (journalist)|Kevin Newman]]
| Journalist
|-
| June 6
| [[Neal H. Moritz]]
| Film producer
|-
| June 7
| [[Mike Pence]]
| Politician
|-
| June 10
| [[Tim Van Patten]]
| Director
|-
| June 11 
| [[Hugh Laurie]]
| English actor (''[[Jeeves and Wooster]]'', ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'')
|-
| June 12
| [[Marty Griffin (journalist)|Marty Griffin]]
| Journalist
|-
| June 15
| [[Eileen Davidson]]
| Actress (''[[Days of Our Lives]]'', ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'', ''[[The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills]]'')
|-
| June 21
| [[Tom Chambers (basketball)|Tom Chambers]]
| [[NBA]] basketball player
|-
| June 24
| [[Dan Gilroy]]
| Screenwriter
|-
| June 26
| [[Mark McKinney]]
| Actor and comedian (''[[The Kids in the Hall (TV series)|The Kids in the Hall]]'', ''[[Superstore (TV series)|Superstore]]'')
|-
| June 27
| [[Janusz Kamiński]]
| Director
|-
| June 30 
| [[Vincent D'Onofrio]]
| Actor (''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'')
|-
| July 1
| [[Phyllis Cicero]]
| American actress (''[[Barney & Friends]]'') (died 2021)
|-
| July 3
| [[David Shore]]
| Canadian television writer
|-
| July 7
| [[Billy Campbell]]
| Actor (''[[Once and Again]]'', ''[[The 4400]]'', ''[[The Rocketeer (TV series)|The Rocketeer]]'')
|-
| July 8
| [[Robert Knepper]]
| Actor (''[[Prison Break]]'', ''[[Heroes (U.S. TV series)|Heroes]]'')
|-
|July 9
|[[Kevin Nash]]
|Pro wrestler<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-01 |title=Kevin Nash |url=https://www.thesportster.com/tag/kevin-nash/ |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=TheSportster |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| July 12
| [[Charlie Murphy (actor)|Charlie Murphy]]
| Actor and comedian (died 2017)
|-
| July 16
| [[Bob Joles]]
| Actor (''[[Big City Greens]]'', ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', ''[[Spider-Man (2017 TV series)|Spider-Man]]'')  
|-
| July 24
| [[Shawn Weatherly]]
| Actress
|-
| July 25
| [[Geoffrey Zakarian]]
| American chef, restaurateur, television personality and author
|-
|rowspan="2"| July 26
| [[Kevin Spacey]]
| Actor (''[[Wiseguy (TV series)|Wiseguy]]'', ''[[House of Cards (U.S. TV series)|House of Cards]]'')
|-
| [[Tom McGowan]]
| Actor (''[[Frasier]]'', ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'', ''[[The War at Home (TV series)|The War at Home]]'')
|-
| August 2
| [[Victoria Jackson]]
| Actress (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
| August 3
| [[John C. McGinley]]
| Actor (''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'', ''[[DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders]]'', ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'')
|-
| August 5
| [[Mark Cendrowski]]
| Director
|-
| August 10
| [[Rosanna Arquette]]
| Actress
|-
| August 13 
| [[Danny Bonaduce]]
| Actor (''[[The Partridge Family]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"| August 14 
| [[Marcia Gay Harden]]
| Actress (''[[Pollock (film)|Pollock]]'', ''[[Code Black (TV series)|Code Black]]'')
|-
| [[Magic Johnson]]
| [[NBA]] basketball player
|-
| August 17
| [[Derek McGinty]]
| American news anchor
|-
| August 18
| [[June Angela]]
| Actress (''[[The Electric Company]]'')
|-
| August 19
| [[Pamela Fryman]]
| Director
|-
| August 28
| [[Arthur Holden]]
| Actor
|-
| September 5
| [[Rickey Minor]]
| Bass player
|-
| September 11
| [[John Hawkes (actor)|John Hawkes]]
| Actor (''[[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]]'', ''[[Eastbound & Down]]'')
|-
| September 13
| [[Chris Hansen]]
| Television journalist (''[[Dateline NBC]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 14 
| [[Mary Crosby]]
| Actress (''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'')
|-
| [[Anthony Asbury]]
| Actor
|-
| September 15
| [[Kevin Allen (director)|Kevin Allen]]
| Actor
|-
| September 19
| [[Carolyn McCormick]]
| Actress (''[[Law & Order]]'')
|-
| September 21
| [[Dave Coulier]]
| Actor ([[Joey Gladstone]] on ''[[Full House]]'')
|-
| September 23 
| [[Jason Alexander]]
| Actor (''[[Seinfeld]]'', ''[[Hit the Road (TV series)|Hit the Road]]'', ''[[Duckman]]'')
|-
| September 27
| [[Stephen Caffrey (actor)|Stephen Caffrey]]
| Actor (''[[Tour of Duty (TV series)|Tour of Duty]]'')
|-
| September 28
| [[Steve Hytner]]
| Actor
|-
| September 30
| [[Debrah Farentino]]
| Actress
|-
|rowspan="2"| October 3 
| [[Jack Wagner (actor)|Jack Wagner]]
| Actor (''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'')
|-
| [[Greg Proops]]
| Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"| October 7
| [[Simon Cowell]]
| English television personality
|-
| [[Dylan Baker]]
| Actor
|-
| October 8
| [[Nick Bakay]]
| Actor (''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'', ''[[The Angry Beavers]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"| October 10
| [[Julia Sweeney]]
| Actress (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
| [[Bradley Whitford]]
| Actor (''[[The West Wing]]'')
|-
| October 13 
| [[Marie Osmond]]
| Actress and singer (''[[Donny & Marie (1976 TV series)|Donny & Marie]]'')
|-
| October 17
| [[Norm Macdonald]]
| Actor and comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[Mike Tyson Mysteries]]'') (died 2021)
|-
|rowspan="2"| October 23 
| [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
| Music parodist and actor (''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'', ''[[Adventure Time]]'', ''[[Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!]]'')
|-
| [[Nancy Grace]]
| American anchor
|-
| October 26
| [[François Chau]]
| American-Cambodian actor (''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'')
|-
| November 10 
| [[Mackenzie Phillips]]
| Actress (''[[One Day at a Time (1975 TV series)|One Day at a Time]]'')
|-
| November 12
| [[Vincent Irizarry]]
| Soap opera actor
|-
| November 14
| [[Paul Attanasio]]
| American screenwriter
|-
| November 19 
| [[Allison Janney]]
| Actress (''[[The West Wing]]'', ''[[Mom (TV series)|Mom]]'')
|-
| November 26
| [[Jamie Rose]]
| Actress (''[[Falcon Crest]]'')
|-
| November 28 
| [[Judd Nelson]]
| Actor (''[[Suddenly Susan]]'', ''[[Ben 10: Omniverse]]'')
|-
| December 5
| [[Connie Needham]]
| Actress (''[[Eight is Enough]]'')
|-
| December 6
| [[Tom Foreman]]
| Canadian television writer
|-
|rowspan="2"| December 9
| [[Terry Moran]]
| American journalist
|-
| [[Pat Battle]]
| American journalist
|-
|rowspan="2"| December 10
| [[Mark Aguirre]]
| [[NBA]] basketball player
|-
| [[Burke Moses]]
| Actor
|-
| December 13
| [[Johnny Whitaker]]
| Actor (''[[Family Affair]]'')
|-
| December 16 
| [[Alison La Placa]]<ref name="Alison La Placa">{{cite web|title=Alison La Placa|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0478844/|website=[[The Internet Movie Database]]|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc.|access-date=7 April 2015|ref=Alison La Placa}}</ref>
| Actress (''[[Duet (TV series)|Duet]]'', ''[[Open House (1989 TV series)|Open House]]'')
|-
| December 29
| [[Mark Madden]]
| American sports talk show host
|-
| December 30 
| [[Tracey Ullman]]
| Actress, comedian (''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'')
|-
| December 31 
| [[Val Kilmer]]
| Actor (died 2025)
|}