Janet L. Kavandi

American astronaut.

Born July 17th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Carthage.

Tamara E. Jernigan

Astronaut.

Born May 7th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Chattanooga.

E. Gayathri

Indian musician.

Born November 9th, 1959 (age 66 years).

Fernando Aramburu

Basque-spanish writer, poet and translator.

Born January 4th, 1959 (age 67 years) in San Cristóbal.

Michel Dussuyer

French football player and manager (born 1959).

Born May 28th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Cannes.

Akino Arai

Japanese singer-songwriter (1959-).

Born August 21st, 1959 (age 66 years) in Tokyo.

Adele Neuhauser

Austrian actress.

Born January 17th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Athens.

Victoire Dogbé Tomegah

Prime minister of togo (2020-present).

Born December 23rd, 1959 (age 66 years) in Badougbe. ^[ref]

Valdemaras Chomičius

Lithuanian basketball player and coach.

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

Jean-Yves Ferri

French cartoonist, screenwriter and illustrator.

Born April 20th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Mostaganem.

Li Xiaopeng

Governor of shanxi, son of former premier li peng.

Born June 7th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Peking Union Medical College Hospital.

Andy Holmes

British rower (1959–2010).

Born October 15th, 1959 in London.

Died October 24th, 2010 at 51 years old in London (infectious disease). ^[ref]

Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov

Russian politician.

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

Peter Gerhardsson

Swedish footballer.

Born August 22nd, 1959 (age 66 years) in Uppsala.

Godwin Friday

Prime minister of saint vincent and the grenadines since 2025.

Born September 28th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Bequia.

Sito Pons

Spanish motorcycle racer.

Born November 9th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Barcelona.

Yoichi Wada

Japanese businessman.

Born May 28th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Nagoya.

Didier Conrad

French comic strip author.

Born May 6th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Marseille.

Geoff Willis

Formula one designer.

Born December 23rd, 1959 (age 66 years) in Southampton.

Michael Klein

Romanian footballer (1959–1993).

Born October 10th, 1959 in Amnaș.

Died February 2nd, 1993 at 33 years old in Krefeld (myocardial infarction).

Charles J. Scicluna

Roman catholic prelate.

Born May 15th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Toronto.

Andreas Eschbach

German writer.

Born September 15th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Ulm.

Peter Nicholas

Welsh footballer and manager (born 1959).

Born November 10th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Newport.

Ilson de Jesus Montanari

Secretary of the congregation for bishops.

Born July 18th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Sertãozinho.

Raffi Hovannisian

Armenian politician.

Born November 20th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Fresno.