List of Famous people who born in 1959

Blixa Bargeld is a German musician who has been a member of the groups Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and ANBB.

Peter Pacult is an Austrian former professional footballer and current football manager. He is in charge of Austria Klagenfurt.

Rainer Kaufmann is a German film director. He directed more than thirty films including The Pharmacist and Operation Zucker, a film about human trafficking.

Mathilde Monnier is a French choreographer. She directs the Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon in Montpellier. She collaborates with notable artists throughout various disciplines, such as philisopher Jean-Luc Nancy, Katerine, novelist Christine Angot, fellow choreographer La Ribot, and composer Heiner Goebbels). Monnier was awarded the Grand Prix National des Arts du Spectacle Vivant in 1999.

Byung-Chul Han is a South Korean-born Swiss-German philosopher and cultural theorist. He was a professor at the Berlin University of the Arts and still occasionally gives courses there.

Flora Zeta Elizabeth Cheong-Leen is a Hong Kong actress and fashion designer.

Nayef R. F. Al-Rodhan is a Saudi philosopher, neuroscientist, geostrategist, and author. He is an honorary fellow of St. Antony’s College at Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom, and senior fellow and head of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy’s Geopolitics and Global Futures Programme, Switzerland, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London, United Kingdom, and Member of the Global Future Council on Frontier Risks at the World Economic Forum. His research focuses on the interplay between: Analytic Neurophilosophy, Geopolitics, Global Futures, Outer space security, Cultural discourse and synergies, Disruptive technologies, International Relations and Policy.

Victoire Sidémého Dzidudu Dogbé Tomegah is a Togolese politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Togo since 28 September 2020. She is the first woman to hold the office.

Marie Elisabet Richardson is a Swedish stage and film actress. She studied at the Teaterhögskolan i Stockholm from 1982 to 1985 and has been employed by The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm ever since. Richardson has been very active in films and television production as well as on stage for 30 years. She has two children with Jakob Eklund, also an actor.

Oleksandr Vladylenovych Yaroslavskyi is a Ukrainian businessman. He was formerly co-owner of UkrSibbank and president of FC Metalist Kharkiv (2005-2012). Yaroslavskyi is the president of DCH and one of the most influential people in Ukraine according to Ukrainian and Eastern European media. In 2016, Forbes ranked him among the top ten richest people in Ukraine. In November 2018, Russia imposed sanctions against 322 citizens of Ukraine, including Yaroslavskyi.