Vincent Lindon

French actor.

Born July 15th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Boulogne-Billancourt.

Tito Mboweni

South african politician.

Born March 16th, 1959 in Tzaneen.

Died October 12th, 2024 at 65 years old in Johannesburg.

Mark Inglis

New zealand sportsman.

Born September 27th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Geraldine.

Craig Armstrong

British composer.

Born April 29th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Glasgow.

Jonathan Hensleigh

American screenwriter and film director.

Born February 13th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Middlesex County.

Vincent Irizarry

American actor.

Born November 12th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Queens.

Mary Roach

American science writer.

Born March 20th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Etna.

Peter Doig

Scottish painter (born 1959).

Born April 17th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Edinburgh.

William T. Vollmann

Novelist, short story writer, essayist.

Born July 28th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Los Angeles.

Abd al-Hamid Dbeibeh

Libyan politician, architect and prime minister of libya since 2021.

Born February 13th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Misrata.

Lene V. Hau

Danish physicist.

Born November 13th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Vejle.

Mahesh Sharma

Indian politician.

Born September 30th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Alwar district.

John Linnell

American musician (born 1959).

Born June 12th, 1959 (age 66 years) in New York City.

Hal Hartley

American film director and screenwriter (born 1959).

Born November 3rd, 1959 (age 66 years) in Lindenhurst.

Victoria Clark

American actor, director, and singer.

Born October 10th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Dallas.

Tom Lehman

American professional golfer (born 1959).

Born March 7th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Austin.

Eddie Johnson

American basketball player (1959–).

Born May 1st, 1959 (age 66 years) in Chicago.

Barbara Eve Harris

Canadian actress.

Born March 8th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Tobago.

Abdulla Yameen

President of the maldives from 2013 to 2018.

Born May 21st, 1959 (age 66 years) in Malé.

Ben Okri

Nigerian-born british poet and novelist (1959-).

Born March 15th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Minna.

Bung Moktar Radin

Malaysian politician (1959-2025).

Born September 15th, 1959 in Kampung Bilit.

Died December 5th, 2025 at 66 years old ^[ref]

Rodrigo García Márquez

Colombian television and film director.

Born August 24th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Bogotá.

Michel Onfray

French philosopher.

Born January 1st, 1959 (age 67 years) in Argentan.

Pelle Lindbergh

Swedish ice hockey goaltender (1959-1985).

Born May 24th, 1959 in Stockholm.

Died November 11th, 1985 at 26 years old in Stratford (traffic collision).

Timoleón Jiménez

Colombian politician and former guerrilla.

Born January 20th, 1959 (age 67 years) in La Tebaida.