List of Famous people who born in 1959

John Eric Nord is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the American Wrestling Association and World Class Championship Wrestling in the 1980s as Nord the Barbarian and Yukon John and with the World Wrestling Federation, All Japan Pro Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling in the 1990s as The Berzerker and under his birth name.

Carl Niehaus is the former spokesman for South African ruling party the African National Congress, former spokesman for Nelson Mandela, and was a political prisoner after being convicted of treason against South Africa. He stepped down as ANC spokesman in February 2009 after admitting to maladministration of his own finances, extensive borrowing from political contacts and fraud, notably feigning the death of his mother, Magrietha Niehaus‚ in order to get out of 4.3 million rand debt owed to a landlord.

Yves Calvi is a French journalist and television presenter.

Daijuyama Tadaaki is a former sumo wrestler from Niitsu, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1975, reaching the top makuuchi division in 1980. He was ranked in makuuchi for 64 tournaments, winning four special prizes, and seven gold stars for defeating yokozuna. He was a runner-up to Chiyonofuji in the July 1982 tournament. His highest rank was sekiwake. He retired in 1991 and became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association. He re-established the Hanakago stable in 1992 and produced his first top division wrestler Kōryū in 2008. The stable folded in 2012 and he moved to Minezaki stable to work as an assistant coach.

Grant Napear is an American radio personality who currently hosts his own podcast If You Don't Like That With Grant Napear. Before this he hosted The Grant Napear Show, at KHTK Sports 1140 in Sacramento, California where he was fired for tweeting the controversial slogan "all lives matter" during the George Floyd protest. "All lives matter" had come to be associated with criticism of the Black Lives Matter movement. He was also the play-by-play announcer for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA), but resigned. He has been a guest host on The Jim Rome Show.

Kimiko Ikegami is an American-born Japanese actress. She is best known for playing the lead role of Gorgeous in the 1977 film House.

Robert J. Kroll is an American police officer and member of the Minneapolis Police Department. He is the president of the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, the police union for the police department. Over the course of his career, Kroll has been involved in three officer shootings, accumulated 20 internal affairs complaints, and been the subject of multiple lawsuits. Kroll has been a longtime opponent to reforms of the police department, including calls to address racial bias within the force and reduce the number of people killed by police. Kroll has generated controversy on a number of occasions due to his public statements and professional conduct. In particular, his comments following the killing of George Floyd in May 2020 resulted in major calls for his resignation, including from a number of unions, several former mayors of Minneapolis, and a former police chief. On January 11, 2021, Kroll announced his retirement at the end of January 2021.

Paris Themmen is an American entrepreneur, real estate broker, commercial casting director and former child actor, who is best known for his role as Mike Teavee in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

Olivier Noel Christian Anquier, better known as Olivier Anquier, is a French Brazilian chef, businessman and television presenter.

Timothy Perry Shriver is an American disability rights activist, film producer, and former educator who has been Chairman of Special Olympics since 1996 and currently serves the CEO of UNITE. He is a member of the Kennedy family as the third child of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics, and Sargent Shriver, who founded the Peace Corps.