List of Famous people who born in 1959

René Müller is a German former footballer.

Tetsuya Ota is a racing driver from Maebashi in the Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He survived a fiery multi-car pileup he was involved in during a JGTC race at Fuji Speedway on May 3, 1998, caused by a safety car which was driven at twice the recommended speed in torrential rain during a parade lap. Ota was seriously injured and, as a result, he brought a lawsuit against the race organizers.

Efraín Herrera González is a former Mexican football defender who played for 20 years in the Mexican Primera División and represented the Mexico national football team.

Elmar Walter Degenhart is a German manager and chairman of the Board of Continental AG since 12 August 2009.

Paul Erich Frielinghaus is a German television actor. Since 2000 he plays a leading role on the German TV series Ein Fall für Zwei.

Ursula M. Staudinger is a German psychologist and researcher of aging. She is the rector of the Technical University of Dresden (TUD). She was Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Professor of Psychology at the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center at Columbia University. Between 2013 and 2017 Staudinger was the founding director of the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center and president of the affiliated International Longevity Center.

Clemens Bittlinger is a German Protestant minister, author of books as well as a song writer of religious-themed songs and children's songs in German.

Saleh bin Abdul-Aziz Al ash-Sheikh is a Saudi cleric who served as the minister of Islamic affairs, endowments, call and guidance of Saudi Arabia between 1996 and 2014, and again since 2015. He is a member of the Al ash-Sheikh, the influential Saudi religious family.

Thomas F. Calabro is an American actor and director.

Lutz Heßlich is a former racing cyclist from East Germany.