Souâd Amidou

French actress (born 1959).

Born July 4th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Nanterre.

Mahammed Dionne

Senegalese prime minister.

Born September 22nd, 1959 in Gossas. ^[ref]

Died April 5th, 2024 at 64 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris. ^[ref]

Adelaide Ferreira

Portuguese singer.

Born September 23rd, 1959 (age 66 years) in Alcanena, Minde. ^[ref]

Sergey Gotsmanov

Soviet footballer.

Born March 27th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Karasu.

Aurel Țicleanu

Romanian footballer.

Born January 20th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Teliucu Inferior.

Thierry Claveyrolat

Road bicycle racer (1959–1999).

Born March 31st, 1959 in La Tronche.

Died September 7th, 1999 at 40 years old in Notre-Dame-de-Mésage.

Pétur Pétursson

Icelandic footballer.

Born June 27th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Akranes.

Erlan Idrissov

Kazakh politician.

Born April 28th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Karkaraly.

Mike Sweeney

Canadian soccer player.

Born December 25th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Duncan.

Jürgen Ligi

Estonian politician (born 1959).

Born July 16th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Tartu.

Ulrike Richter

East german swimmer.

Born June 17th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Görlitz.

Zuzana Navarová

Czech singer and composer.

Born June 18th, 1959 in Hradec Králové. ^[ref]

Died December 7th, 2004 at 45 years old in Prague (cancer). ^[ref]

Georgi Dimitrov

Bulgarian footballer (born 1959).

Born January 14th, 1959 in Gledachevo.

Died May 8th, 2021 at 62 years old in Sofia (cancer). ^[ref]

Rangel Gerovski

Olympic wrestler (1959–2004).

Born January 15th, 1959 in Karlovo.

Died April 26th, 2004 at 45 years old in Sofia.

Urs Zimmermann

Road bicycle racer.

Born November 29th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Mühledorf.

Rodolfo Coria

Argentine paleontologist (1959-).

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

Mattis Hætta

Sámi singer (1959–2022).

Born March 15th, 1959 in Masi.

Died November 9th, 2022 at 63 years old ^[ref]

Sergio Costa

Italian politician (1959).

Born April 22nd, 1959 (age 67 years) in Naples.

Takeaki Matsumoto

Japanese politician (born 1959).

Born April 25th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Tokyo.

Brian Fox

American computer programmer.

Born December 11th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Boston.

Ursula Keller

Swiss laser physicist and university teacher (born 1959).

Born June 21st, 1959 (age 66 years) in Zug. ^[ref]

Holger Hieronymus

German footballer.

Born February 22nd, 1959 (age 67 years) in Hamburg.

Tomas Gustafson

Swedish speed skater.

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

Christian Schreier

German footballer and manager.

Born February 4th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Castrop-Rauxel.

Lutz Dombrowski

East german long jumper.

Born June 25th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Zwickau.