Heino Enden

Estonian basketball player and coach (born 1959).

Born December 13th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Tallinn.

Fermín Vélez

Spanish racing driver (1959–2003).

Born April 3rd, 1959 in Barcelona.

Died April 3rd, 2003 at 44 years old in Barcelona (cancer).

Arben Minga

Albanian footballer (1959-2007).

Born March 16th, 1959 in Tirana.

Died January 31st, 2007 at 47 years old in Windsor (pancreatic cancer).

Michael Hübner

East german road bicycle racer (1959–2024).

Born April 8th, 1959 in Chemnitz.

Died November 12th, 2024 at 65 years old in Chemnitz. ^[ref]

Paul Fitzpatrick Russell

Archbishop.

Born May 2nd, 1959 (age 66 years) in Greenfield.

Ljudmila Novak

Slovenian politician.

Born August 1st, 1959 (age 66 years) in Maribor.

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Finnish politician.

Born April 19th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Parikkala.

Arno Pijpers

Dutch footballer and manager (born 1959).

Born April 21st, 1959 (age 67 years) in Rotterdam.

Agustín Rodríguez Santiago

Spanish footballer (born 1959).

Born September 10th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Marín.

Eitan Cabel

Israeli politician.

Born August 23rd, 1959 (age 66 years) in Rosh HaAyin. ^[ref]

Zvonko Živković

Serbian footballer.

Born October 31st, 1959 (age 66 years) in Belgrade.

Julia Otero

Spanish journalist.

Born May 6th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Monforte de Lemos.

Ian Bridge

Canadian soccer player.

Born September 18th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Victoria.

Kader Arif

French mep.

Born July 3rd, 1959 (age 66 years) in Algiers.

Juan Carlos Letelier

Chilean footballer.

Born May 20th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Valparaíso.

Neşe Yaşın

Turkish cypriot poet and author.

Born February 12th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Nicosia.

Jean-Jacques Urvoas

French politician.

Born September 19th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Brest.

Chang Woe-ryong

South korean association football player and manager.

Born April 5th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Seoul.

Terri Attwood

British bioinformatician.

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

Eren Keskin

Turkish social reformer (born 1959).

Born April 24th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Bursa.

Aileen Baviera

Filipino sinologist.

Born August 26th, 1959 in Manila. ^[ref]

Died March 21st, 2020 at 60 years old in Manila (COVID-19). ^[ref]

Petar Popangelov

Bulgarian alpine skier.

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

John Lauridsen

Danish footballer.

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

Italo Righi

Captain regent, head of government for san marino.

Born June 14th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Sassofeltrio. ^[ref]

Gary Honey

Australian long jumper.

Born July 26th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Melbourne.