Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam

Iranian brigadier general (1959–2011).

Born October 29th, 1959 in Tehran.

Died November 19th, 2011 at 52 years old in Bid Kaneh.

Rineke Dijkstra

Dutch photographer (born 1959).

Born June 2nd, 1959 (age 66 years) in Sittard.

Sergey Baburin

Russian nationalist politician.

Born January 31st, 1959 (age 67 years) in Semey.

Charles John Brown

Roman catholic archbishop.

Born October 13th, 1959 (age 66 years) in New York City.

Mike Hallett

British snooker player.

Born July 2nd, 1959 (age 66 years) in Grimsby. ^[ref]

François Villeroy de Galhau

French official.

Born February 24th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Strasbourg.

Milcho Manchevski

Macedonian-american film director.

Born October 18th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Skopje. ^[ref]

Scott Goodyear

Canadian racing driver.

Born December 20th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Toronto.

Carl Malamud

American technologist, author and public domain advocate (1959-).

Born July 2nd, 1959 (age 66 years).

Eddie Niedzwiecki

Welsh footballer (born 1959).

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

Per-Mathias Høgmo

Norwegian association football player and manager.

Born December 1st, 1959 (age 66 years) in Gratangen Municipality.

Neil Gershenfeld

American physicist.

Born December 1st, 1959 (age 66 years) in Ardmore.

Silvino Louro

Portuguese association football player and coach (1959–2026).

Born March 5th, 1959 in Setúbal.

Died March 19th, 2026 at 67 years old in Madrid. ^[ref]

Zabou Breitman

French actress and film director.

Born October 30th, 1959 (age 66 years) in 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Anwar Mohammed Gargash

Emirati politician and minister of state of foreign affairs.

Born March 28th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Emirate of Dubai.

Simonetta Di Pippo

Italian physicist.

Born June 30th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Rome. ^[ref]

Kazue Ikura

Japanese actress, voice actress.

Born March 23rd, 1959 (age 67 years) in Ueda.

Beth Heiden

American sportswoman.

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

John Adler

American politician and lawyer (1959–2011).

Born August 23rd, 1959 in Philadelphia.

Died April 4th, 2011 at 51 years old in Philadelphia (endocarditis). ^[ref]

Hammouda Sabbagh

Speaker of the people's assembly of the syrian arab republic.

Born February 10th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Hasakah.

Simon Duggan

New zealand cinematographer.

Born May 13th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Wellington.

Mike Coughlan

British formula one designer.

Born February 17th, 1959 (age 67 years) in London Borough of Ealing.

Zeca Pagodinho

Brazilian singer (born 1959).

Born February 4th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Rio de Janeiro.

Barbara Auer

German actress.

Born February 1st, 1959 (age 67 years) in Constance.

Jay Vincent

American basketball player.

Born June 10th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Kalamazoo.