List of Famous people who born in 1959

Lem Dobbs is a British-American screenwriter, best known for the films Dark City (1998) and The Limey (1999). He was born in Oxford, England, and is the son of the painter R. B. Kitaj. The nom de plume "Dobbs" was taken from the character played by Humphrey Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).

Alison La Placa is an American actress best known for the role of acid-tongued yuppie Linda Phillips in the Fox sitcoms Duet and its spin-off Open House, both of which aired in the late 1980s.

Angela Evans Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon, is a British Labour Co-op politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Basildon from 1997 until losing her seat to the Conservatives at the 2010 general election, when she stood for the revised seat of South Basildon and East Thurrock. She shortly thereafter became a member of the House of Lords.

Pascal Guyot is a French former professional racing cyclist. He rode in two editions of the Tour de France.

Elizabeth Karlsen is a British film producer. She co-founded Number 9 Films in 2002 with production partner and husband Stephen Woolley.