List of Famous people who born in 1959

Zeinab Badawi is a Sudanese-British television and radio journalist. She was the first presenter of the ITV Morning News, and co-presented Channel 4 News with Jon Snow from 1989 to 1998), before joining BBC News. Badawi was the presenter of World News Today broadcast on both BBC Four and BBC World News, and Reporters, a weekly showcase of reports from the BBC.

Gary Levinsohn is an American film producer. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, along with Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon for the film Saving Private Ryan. He is the co-owner of Mutual Film Company.

Felix C Mutati is a Zambian politician representing the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy party. He did not run for a Member of Parliament seat and received a nominated seat by the president.

Laurent Brunet is a French César Award-winning cinematographer for Séraphine (2008) by Martin Provost. He is widely known for his work on the films of Raphael Nadjari. Brunet shot all five of Raphael Nadjari's feature films as well as Amos Gitai's Free Zone and Keren Yedaya's Or as well as Christophe Honoré's The Beautiful Person.

Joseph Jimenez is the former CEO of the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis.

Paul Calderón is an American actor. He is a founding member of the Touchstone Theatre, the American Folk Theatre and the LAByrinth Theater Company. He is also a member of the Actors Studio, auditioning and accepted as a member in 1984 alongside Melissa Leo and two other actors.

Hinsa Siburian is an Indonesian government official and former soldier. He served as Chief of National Cyber and Crypto Agency beginning in 21 May 2019, replacing Major General TNI (Ret.) Dr. Djoko Setiadi.