List of Famous people who born in 1959

Fabienne Chaudat is a French film and theatrical actress.

Brian Michael Higgins is the U.S. Representative for New York's 26th congressional district, serving since 2005. The district, numbered as the 27th district from 2005 to 2013, includes Buffalo and Niagara Falls. He is a member of the Democratic Party and is an active member of several congressional committees and caucuses. Higgins was born and raised in Buffalo, and graduated from college in Buffalo, later obtaining his graduate degrees from both Buffalo State College and Harvard University.

Geoffrey Wright is an Australian film director and screenwriter, who gained cult success with the 1992 film Romper Stomper, starring Russell Crowe.

Robert Funaro is an American film and television actor. Funaro is best known for the role of Eugene Pontecorvo in the Emmy Award-winning television series The Sopranos.

Anne Méniane, also reported as Anne Meniane, is a French badminton player. She was born on 11 June 1959 in Paris. She won 20 French national badminton championship titles in singles and doubles before retiring in 1989–90. She was singles champion in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985 and 1986; won in the women's doubles in the same years; and won in the mixed doubles in 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1988.