List of Famous people who are 59

Femi Otedola is a Nigerian businessman, philanthropist, and former chairman of Forte Oil PLC, an importer of fuel products. Otedola is the founder of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Ltd, and the owner of a number of other businesses across shipping, real estate and finance. He has recently invested in power generation as part of the liberalisation of the sector in Nigeria.

Mithat Sancar is a Turkish professor of public and constitutional law, columnist and translator. He has been an MP for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in the Turkish parliament since the June 2015 general election and was elected Co-Chair of the party in February 2020.

Andrey Ivanovich Lavrov is a Russian handball goalkeeper and the only three times Olympic handball champion.

Alois Stadlober is an Austrian former cross-country skier who competed from 1988 to 2000. He earned two medals at the 1999 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 4 x 10 km relay and a silver in the 10 km.

Jan Furtok is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Suzanne Collins is an American television writer and author. She is known as the author of The New York Times best-selling series The Underland Chronicles and The Hunger Games.

Julius Genachowski is an American lawyer and businessman. He became the Federal Communications Commission Chairman on June 29, 2009. On March 22, 2013, he announced he would be leaving the FCC in the coming weeks. On January 6, 2014, it was announced that Genachowski had joined The Carlyle Group.

Shingo Yanagisawa is a Japanese actor, tarento and comedian. He graduated from Matsuda High School. He is nicknamed Shingo-chan (慎吾ちゃん). He is represented with Hercules.

Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov is a Russian businessman and politician. He was the President of the Republic of Kalmykia in the Russian Federation from 1993 to 2010, and was president of FIDE, the international governing body for the game of chess, from 1995 to 2018. He has also been in the forefront of promoting chess in schools in Russia and overseas. He is the founder of Novy Vzglyad publishing house.

Girolamo Panzetta is an Italian celebrity living and working in Japan. He has appeared on Japanese television in a variety of shows, including dramas and cooking shows. He has also been featured in fashion magazines. Panzetta voiced the Italian car Luigi in the Japanese version of Cars. He is also the author of several books and essays. He appeared on over 170 front covers of every edition of Japanese men's fashion magazine LEON since its launch in September 2001.