List of Famous people who born in 1959

Vladimir Sergeyevich Begunov is a Russian guitarist, songwriter, founder and permanent member of the Chaif band.

Prince Oscar of Prussia is a member of the House of Hohenzollern, the former ruling house of Prussia, and a pretender in line to the German throne. He is the thirty-seventh Herrenmeister of the Order of Saint John.

Koji Nagai is a Japanese business executive. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Nomura Holdings.

Choi Il-hwa is a South Korean actor. He joined the Madang Sesil Theatre Group in 1983, and has since continued acting in Korean theater, television and film.

Bernard Thibault, born in 1959, was the secretary of the Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT) between 1999 and 2013, a French workers' union. He represents the moderate wing of the CGT, as opposed to the more radical wing noted in Marseilles' trade union.

Lone Scherfig is a Danish film director and screenwriter who has been involved with the Dogme 95 film movement and who has been widely critically acclaimed for several of her movies, including the Oscar-nominated film An Education (2009). Scherfig's movies are generally romantic comedies, including her film One Day (2011), based on the David Nicholls novel. Through both experimenting with creative constraints and her astute attention to detail, she has come to be recognized as a significant talent in the film industry.

Dame Frances Rosemary Walsh is a New Zealand screenwriter, film producer, and lyricist. She has won BAFTA and Oscars for her music, film-producing, and script-writing.