List of Famous people who born in 1959

Christopher Terence Wood, is a British diplomat serving as the British Consul General to Shanghai since 2019. His previous assignments included Representative, British Office Taipei from 2013 to 2016, Minister, British Embassy Beijing (2008–2012), Director for the Americas, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2007–2008) and the British Consul-General to Guangzhou (2003–2006).

Melora Walters is an American actress. She starred in the television series Big Love and has appeared in several Paul Thomas Anderson films.

Basim Qasim Hamdan Al-Suwaid is an Iraqi football manager and former player who last coached Al-Zawraa.

Jiang Zelin is a Chinese politician, serving since 2015 as the Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council and chief of staff to Vice Premier Wang Yang. He previously held office as Communist Party Secretary of Sanya, vice governor of Hainan province, and executive vice governor of Shaanxi province.

Patricia Ching Yee Chong is a Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Chong is known for Sword Stained with Royal Blood, the 1985 Wuxia TV series that was broadcast on TVB.

Tarek al-Zumar is an Egyptian Islamist politician and the secretary-general of the Building and Development Party. The party has a non-political wing named al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya. Al-Zumar was a member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. His cousin is Aboud El Zomor, who was imprisoned along with him.

Hou Jianguo is a Chinese chemist and politician. He has been party secretary of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine since 2017. An accomplished research scientist, Hou is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences. He formerly served as President of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and has extensive international work experience.

Ni Ping is a mainland Chinese film actress and TV host. Since the early 1990s, Ni shot fame for hosting CCTV New Year's Gala.