Alan Brazil

Scottish footballer (born 1959).

Born June 15th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Glasgow. ^[ref]

Dale Midkiff

American actor.

Born July 1st, 1959 (age 66 years) in Chance.

Jim Yong Kim

Korean-american physician and anthropologist, 12th president of the world bank.

Born December 8th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Seoul.

David Shore

Canadian writer, and former lawyer.

Born July 3rd, 1959 (age 66 years) in London.

Steve Whitmire

American puppeteer.

Born September 24th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Atlanta.

Sandy West

American rock musician, former member of the runaways (1959-2006).

Born July 10th, 1959 in Long Beach.

Died October 21st, 2006 at 47 years old in San Dimas (lung cancer, brain cancer). ^[ref]

Charles Kennedy

British politician (1959-2015).

Born November 25th, 1959 in Inverness.

Died June 1st, 2015 at 55 years old in Fort William (internal bleeding).

Ana María Polo

Cuban-american lawyer, professor of procedural law, judge and presenter (born 1959).

Born April 11th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Havana.

Alex Hyde-White

American-british actor.

Born January 30th, 1959 (age 67 years) in London.

Marcus Miller

American musician, composer and producer.

Born June 14th, 1959 (age 66 years) in New York City.

Jadav Payeng

Environmentalist, nature scientist.

Born October 31st, 1959 (age 66 years) in Jorhat.

Joseph R. Gannascoli

American cook and actor.

Born February 15th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Brooklyn. ^[ref]

Stephen Pearcy

American musician.

Born July 3rd, 1959 (age 66 years) in San Diego.

Kirti Azad

Cricketer and politician from india.

Born January 2nd, 1959 (age 67 years) in Purnia.

Paul Westerberg

American musician.

Born December 31st, 1959 (age 66 years) in Minneapolis.

John Franklin

Actor.

Born June 16th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Blue Island.

Gerhard Berger

Austrian former formula one racing driver.

Born August 27th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Wörgl.

Paul Farmer

American anthropologist, 1959-2022.

Born October 26th, 1959 in North Adams.

Died February 21st, 2022 at 62 years old in Butaro. ^[ref]

Salvador Sánchez

Mexican boxer (1959–1982).

Born January 26th, 1959 in Santiago Tianguistenco.

Died August 13th, 1982 at 23 years old in Querétaro (traffic collision).

Mark Martin

American racecar driver.

Born January 9th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Batesville.

Uma Bharti

Indian politician.

Born May 3rd, 1959 (age 66 years) in Madhya Pradesh.

Cindy Hyde-Smith

American politician (born 1959).

Born May 10th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Brookhaven.

Nikita Koloff

Russian professional wrestler, actor, minister.

Born March 9th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Minneapolis.

Dave Schultz

American wrestler and murder victim (1959-1996).

Born June 6th, 1959 in Palo Alto.

Died January 26th, 1996 at 36 years old in Delaware County (ballistic trauma).

Rigoberta Menchú

Guatemalan human rights activist.

Born January 9th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Laj Chimel.