List of Famous people who born in 1959

David López-Zubero Purcell, also known as David Zubero, is a former competition swimmer who represented Spain at three Summer Olympics and won an Olympic bronze medal in 1980. Zubero was born in the United States, swam in international competition for Spain, and holds dual Spanish-American citizenship.

Maria Agasovna Guleghina is a Soviet-born operatic soprano singer, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.

Deborah Estrin is a Professor of Computer Science at Cornell Tech. She is co-founder of the non-profit Open mHealth and gave a TEDMED talk on small data in 2013. Estrin is known for her work on sensor networks, mobile health, and small data. She is one of the most-referenced computer scientists of all time, with her work cited over 128,000 times according to Google Scholar.

Thomas Dennerby is a Swedish football coach.

Barbara Hund is a chess woman grandmaster. Originally German, she is now Swiss. Barbara Hund is the daughter of Juliane and Gerhard Hund and the granddaughter of Friedrich Hund and Ingeborg Seynsche.

Ronald Van Avermaet is a Belgian former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.