Jill Bolte Taylor

American neuroscientist.

Born May 4th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Terre Haute.

Renaldo Nehemiah

Hurdler, american football player.

Born March 24th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Newark.

Shep Pettibone

American record producer, songwriter, dj.

Born July 10th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Ocean Grove.

Steve Rothery

British guitarist.

Born November 25th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Brampton Bierlow.

Robert Funaro

American actor.

Born January 23rd, 1959 (age 67 years) in Brooklyn.

Alexander Abramov

Russian businessman (1959).

Born February 20th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Krasnodar.

Juha Kankkunen

Finnish former rally driver.

Born April 2nd, 1959 (age 67 years) in Laukaa.

Mauricio Funes

President of el salvador from 2009 to 2014.

Born October 18th, 1959 in San Salvador.

Died January 21st, 2025 at 65 years old in Managua (falling). ^[ref]

Fred Dekker

American film director and writer.

Born April 9th, 1959 (age 67 years) in San Francisco.

Tshering Yangdon

Current queen mother of bhutan; mother of king jigme khesar namgyel wangchuck.

Born June 21st, 1959 (age 66 years) in Punakha District.

Kim Newman

English novelist (born 1959).

Born July 31st, 1959 (age 66 years) in London.

Thomas Quasthoff

German opera singer.

Born November 9th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Hildesheim. ^[ref]

Ahsan Iqbal

Politician in pakistan.

Born March 28th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Lahore.

Giovanna Amati

Racecar driver.

Born July 20th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Rome.

Scott MacDonald

American actor.

Born September 29th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Libby.

Saul Perlmutter

American astrophysicist and nobel laureate.

Born September 22nd, 1959 (age 66 years) in Champaign.

Akio Ōtsuka

Japanese voice actor, narrator and actor.

Born November 24th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Shinjuku.

Ana Torroja

Spanish singer.

Born December 28th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Madrid.

Barbara Yung

Hong kong actress (1959–1985).

Born May 7th, 1959 in Hong Kong.

Died May 14th, 1985 at 26 years old in Hong Kong.

Vahagn Khachatryan

President of armenia since 2022.

Born July 22nd, 1959 (age 66 years) in Sisian. ^[ref]

Ulrich Matthes

German actor.

Born May 9th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Berlin.

Éric Serra

French film composer.

Born September 9th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Saint-Mandé.

Ali Bongo Ondimba

President of gabon (2009–2023).

Born February 9th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Brazzaville.

Alessandro Nannini

Italian racecar driver.

Born July 7th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Siena.

Adil al-Kalbani

Saudi arabian muslim cleric.

Born April 3rd, 1959 (age 67 years) in Riyadh.