Ad Wijnands

Road bicycle racer.

Born March 10th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Maastricht.

Barry Pickering

New zealand association football player, coach and administrator.

Born April 17th, 1959 (age 67 years) in New Zealand.

Juan Antonio Jiménez Cobo

Spanish equestrian.

Born May 11th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Castro del Río.

Pirkko Määttä

Finnish cross-country skier.

Born March 7th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Kuusamo.

David Clark

American rower.

Born November 17th, 1959 (age 66 years) in St. Louis.

Víctor Luna

Colombian footballer (1959–2024).

Born October 27th, 1959 in Medellín.

Died January 28th, 2024 at 64 years old in Medellín (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Olga Kuragina

Soviet pentathlete.

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

Dalius Čekuolis

Lithuanian diplomat.

Born March 29th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Vilnius.

Thierry Peponnet

French sailor.

Born September 7th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Le Havre.

Kerstin Knabe

German hurdler.

Born July 7th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Oschatz.

Curzio Maltese

Italian journalist, writer and politician (1959–2023).

Born March 30th, 1959 in Milan.

Died February 26th, 2023 at 63 years old in Milan.

Anna Dybo

Russian linguist.

Born June 4th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Moscow.

Yasuhito Suzuki

Japanese association football player.

Born December 19th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Osaka Prefecture.

Ernest Benach i Pascual

Spanish politician.

Born November 12th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Reus.

José Ramón Gallego

Spanish footballer.

Born August 7th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Durango.

Sami Al-Hashash

Kuwaiti footballer.

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

Hiroshi Soejima

Japanese association football player and manager.

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

George Keys

New zealand rower.

Born December 12th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Burwood.

Satoshi Miyauchi

Japanese association football player and manager.

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

Arnold Kadlec

Czech ice hockey player.

Born January 8th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Most. ^[ref]

Saber Eid

Egyptian association football player.

Born May 1st, 1959 in El Mahalla El Kubra.

Died December 29th, 2025 at 66 years old

Edvīns Ķeņģis

Latvian chess player.

Born April 12th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Cēsis.

Aleksandr Koshkin

Soviet boxer.

Born June 13th, 1959 in Moscow.

Died October 16th, 2012 at 53 years old in Moscow. ^[ref]

Stephen Chow

Hong kong roman catholic bishop.

Born August 7th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Hong Kong.

Kuniharu Nakamoto

Japanese association football player.

Born October 29th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Hiroshima.