List of Famous people who born in 1959

Liu Sue-Hua, also known as Leanne Liu, is a Golden Bell Award-winning Hong Kong actress born in Beijing.

Christopher Sean Lowe is an English musician, singer, songwriter and co-founder of the synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys which he formed with Neil Tennant in 1981.

Gwyneth Strong is an English actress. She is known for her role in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses as Cassandra, the love interest and, later, wife of Rodney.

Marisol Touraine is a French politician who served as Minister of Social Affairs and Health under Prime Ministers Jean-Marc Ayrault, Manuel Valls, and Bernard Cazeneuve.

Francisco Javier "Patxi" López Álvarez is a Spanish socialist politician serving as Member of the Congress of Deputies and chair of the Constitutional Committee.

Dror Zahavi is an Israeli film director and screenwriter. He has directed more than 25 films and television shows since 1992. His 2008 film, For My Father, was entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festival.

Pedro Aznar is an Argentine musician and singer-songwriter. He has a musical experience in jazz, Argentine folk and rock music and has a successful career as a solo artist. He is well known for giving rock songs a jazz-oriented style, by playing the fretless bass, with a big influence from Jaco Pastorius.

Hans-Joachim "Aki" Watzke is a German businessman and football official. He is the CEO of Borussia Dortmund.

Antony P. Ressler is an American billionaire private equity tycoon and venture capitalist, based in Beverly Hills. He co-founded the private equity firms Apollo Global Management in 1990, and Ares Management in 1997. The key founder of both firms is Ressler's brother-in-law, Leon Black. Ressler is the majority and controlling owner of the Atlanta Hawks. His group purchased the team in June 2015 for an estimated $730 million - $850 million.

Youssou N'Dour is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine described him as, "perhaps the most famous singer alive" in Senegal and much of Africa. From April 2012 to September 2013, he was Senegal's Minister of Tourism.