April – 1959 AFC Youth Championship Births 6 January – Adnan Abu Hassan – Composer and musician (died 2016) 5 February – Azhar Mansor – First Malaysian sailoring around the world 11 April – Md Sirat Abu – Politician 7 May – Jamal Abdillah – Singer 13 July – Fuziah Salleh – Politician 30 July – Al-Sultan Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah – 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (2019- ) 6 August – Wan Mohamad Nazarie b. Wan Mahmood – Commissioner of Prison (Operation) 14 August – Raja Zarith Sofiah – Permaisuri of Johor 15 September – Bung Mokhtar Radin – Politician 4 October – Nashrudin Elias (Nash) – Singer and musician 14 October – Husam Musa – Politician 4 November – Zainal Abidin Mohamad – Singer 3 December – Jemilah Mahmood – Physician, humanitarian activist and founder of Mercy Malaysia 13 December – Imuda – Actor and comedian Unknown date – Harun Salim Bachik – Actor (died 2015) Unknown date – Abu Bakar Bin Mohamad Diah – Politician Unknown date – Noreen Noor – Singer and actress (died 2013) Unknown date – Rosnah Mohd Noor – Actress (died 2013) Deaths 8 May – Sultan Ibrahim of Johor 22 August – William George Maxwell – British Resident of Perak See also 1959 1958 in Malaya | 1960 in Malaya History of Malaysia References Years of the 20th century in Malaysia Malaya 1950s in Malaya Malaya