List of Famous people who born in 1959

Brad Greenquist is an American actor.

Maurice Leroy is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Loir-et-Cher department, and is a member of the Union of Democrats and Independents as a part of The Centrists.

Juliette Morillot is a French journalist. She is the author of several books about North Korea.

Waise Lee Chi-hung is a Hong Kong film and television actor best known for playing the roles of villains and antagonists in various films.

Rebekka Habermas is a German historian, professor of modern history at the University of Göttingen, in Germany. Habermas has made substantial contributions to German social and cultural history of the 19th century.

Lou Yangsheng is a Chinese politician and the current Communist Party Secretary of Shanxi province. Originally from Zhejiang province, Lou was the Communist Party Secretary of Lishui in his early career. He headed the party's propaganda department in Hainan before being transferred to Shanxi to become the provincial Deputy Party Secretary.

Manfred Genditzki was sentenced on circumstantial evidence to life imprisonment for the murder of 87-year-old pensioner Lieselotte Kortüm from Rottach-Egern, Bavaria, Germany. The case made headlines as the "Rottach-Egern Bathtub murder". The conviction was upheld, but some expressed doubts about Genditzki's guilt.

Anne-Marie Descôtes is a French diplomat who has been serving as Ambassador of France to Germany since June 6, 2017. She succeeded Philippe Étienne and is the first woman to head the French embassy in reunified Germany.