List of Famous people who born in 1959

Noël Tosi is a French football coach and former player. He is currently the general director of FC Balagne and also coach for the clubs reserve team.

Nick Gillard is an English stunt man and stunt coordinator. He is best known as the lead lightsaber fight and stunt coordinator of the Star Wars prequel trilogy films (1999-2005).

Chandrikapersad "Chan" Santokhi is a Surinamese politician and former chief of police who is the 9th and current President of Suriname. After winning the 2020 elections, Santokhi was the sole nomination for President of Suriname. On 13 July, Santokhi was elected president by acclamation in an uncontested election. He was inaugurated on 16 July.

Yves Poilane, born the 11th of December 1959 in Lyon (France), is a former Director of Télécom Paris and current Director of the technological department of the IONIS Education Group.

Mark Douglas Brown McKinney is a Canadian-American actor and comedian, best known for his work in the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall, which includes starring in the 1989 to 1995 TV series The Kids in the Hall and 1996 feature film Brain Candy. He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 1997. From 2003 to 2006, he co-created, wrote and starred in the series Slings & Arrows, a TV show about a Canadian theatre company struggling to survive while a crazy genius director haunted by his dead mentor helps the actors find authenticity in their acting. McKinney currently has a regular role as Glenn on the NBC comedy Superstore and appeared as Tom in FXX's Man Seeking Woman.

Mireille Perrier is a French actress. Her first starring role was in Leos Carax's Boy Meets Girl in 1983. Since then, Perrier has had major roles in other films such as Un monde sans pitié, Netchaïev est de retour, Toto le Héros, À vendre, Le Comptoir, Un dérangement considérable and L'entraînement du champion avant la course.

Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior, known simply as Baltazar, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a striker.

Tai Reina Babilonia is an American former pair skater. Together with Randy Gardner, she won the 1979 World Figure Skating Championships and five U.S. Figure Skating Championships (1976–1980). The pair qualified for the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics.