Kim Yong Hyun

South korean former lieutenant general, defense minister.

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

Lynne Jewell

American sailor.

Born November 26th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Burbank.

Judith Kanakuze

Rwandan politician and feminist.

Born September 19th, 1959 in Rusizi District.

Died February 7th, 2010 at 50 years old

Jari Leppä

Finnish politician.

Born June 24th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Pertunmaa. ^[ref]

Josep Anglada

Politician from spain.

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

Zdzisław Hoffmann

Polish triple jumper.

Born August 27th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Świebodzin.

Carlos Cardús

Spanish motorcycle racer.

Born September 26th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Barcelona.

Yuri Shevtsov

Belarusian handball player.

Born December 16th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Slutsk.

Anxo Quintana

Former leader: galician nationalist bloc, main nationalist party in galicia.

Born February 25th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Allariz.

Alain Platel

Belgian choreographer.

Born April 9th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Ghent. ^[ref]

Tatyana Kolpakova

Athletics competitor.

Born October 18th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Alamüdün.

Ramón Hicks

Paraguayan footballer.

Born May 30th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Asunción.

Sergei Alifirenko

Russian sport shooter.

Born January 21st, 1959 (age 67 years) in Vanadzor.

Irina Kalinina

Soviet diver.

Born February 8th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Penza.

Sergey Koplyakov

Swimmer.

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

Giorgio Vanzetta

Italian male cross-country skier.

Born October 9th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Cavalese.

Vicente Biurrun

Spanish footballer.

Born September 1st, 1959 (age 66 years) in São Paulo.

Elly van Hulst

Dutch middle distance runner.

Born June 9th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Culemborg.

Tomas Riad

Swedish linguist (born 1959).

Born November 15th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Uppsala.

José Gómez Mustelier

Cuban boxer.

Born January 28th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Las Tunas.

Jamal Al-Qabendi

Kuwaiti footballer (1959–2021).

Born April 7th, 1959 in Kuwait.

Died April 13th, 2021 at 62 years old (complications of diabetes mellitus). ^[ref]

Nikolay Chernetsky

Soviet sprinter.

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

Wendy Smith-Sly

British athlete.

Born November 5th, 1959 (age 66 years) in London.

Viktor Miroshnichenko

Ukrainian boxer (1959–2025).

Born January 1st, 1959 in Kugei.

Died December 6th, 2025 at 66 years old in Dnipro. ^[ref]

Athaliah Molokomme

Attorney general of botswana, gender activist, former high judge, human rights lawyer and author.

Born December 4th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Francistown.