List of Famous people who born in 1959

Milena Palakarkina is a Bulgarian artist.

Gary Basaraba is a Canadian-American actor best known for playing American police officers. He appeared as Sergeant Richard Santoro on Steven Bochco's Brooklyn South and Officer Ray Heckler on the critically acclaimed but short-lived Boomtown. He also played a role as an officer investigating the disappearance of Diane Lane's French lover in the film Unfaithful.

Miyoko Hirose is a former volleyball player from Japan, who was a member of the Japan Women's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Robert Draper is an American journalist, and author of Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives. He is a correspondent for GQ and a contributor to The New York Times Magazine. Previously, he worked for Texas Monthly.

Erik Nash is a three time Oscar nominated visual effects artist.

Stanley Jordan is an American jazz guitarist noted for his playing technique, which involves tapping his fingers on the fretboard of the guitar with both hands.

Dominggus Mandacan is an Indonesian politician and the current Governor of West Papua.