List of Famous people who born in 1959

Arto Kalevi Härkönen is a retired Finnish javelin thrower. He won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, with a throw of 86.76 metres.

Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the archbishop of Poitiers since 2012. He was previously the apostolic administrator of the same diocese from 2011 to 2012, where he also served as an auxiliary bishop from 2007 until 2011, holding the title of the titular bishop of Rusadir during the same period.

Clayton Conrad Anderson is a retired NASA astronaut. Launched on STS-117, he replaced Sunita Williams on June 10, 2007 as a member of the ISS Expedition 15 crew. He is currently an author, a motivational speaker, and a Professor of Practice at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.

Tom Woodruff Jr. is an American actor, director, producer and special effects supervisor. He won an Academy Award for Best Special Effects for his work on the 1992 dark fantasy film Death Becomes Her; that same year he was also nominated for the same award for Alien 3.