List of Famous people who born in 1959

Lam Tai-fai, SBS, BBS, JP is a Hong Kong politician. He serves as Chairman of the Council of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Chairman of the Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI). He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the Industrial Functional Constituency from 2008 to 2016. In 2008 he began service as a committee member on the 11th, 12th and 13th National Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and as a standing member of the 11th and in 2009 joined 12th Henan Provincial Committees of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.

Deta Hedman is an English darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events.

Joseph Mifsud is a Maltese academic. In 2016, he became involved with George Papadopoulos, an advisor to the Donald Trump presidential campaign, and was later accused of being a link between that campaign and Russia. In 2018, he was described as missing, and an Italian court listed his location as "residence unknown". According to media reports he was in Rome as of April 2019.

Oscar Esperanza Palavecino (Palaviccini) is an Argentine folklore singer, also known as El Chaqueño Palavecino.

Yang Kuei-mei is a Taiwanese actress. She has had starring roles in Eat Drink Man Woman, Vive L'Amour, and The Hole.

Brigitte Bourguignon is a French politician serving as Minister for Autonomy in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex since 2020. A member of the Socialist Party (PS) before she joined La République En Marche! (REM) in 2017, she was the member of the National Assembly for the sixth constituency of Pas-de-Calais from 2012 until her appointment as delegate at the Ministry of Solidarity and Health.

John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale, is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Maldon since 1992. A member of the Conservative Party, Whittingdale has served the Minister of State for Media and Data at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport since 2020, having previously served at DCMS as Culture Secretary in the Cabinet from 2015 to 2016, until he was fired by Theresa May.

Shigeko Uchida , known by the pen name Shungicu Uchida , is a Japanese manga artist, novelist, essayist, actress, and singer.

David G. Neeleman is a Brazilian-American businessman and entrepreneur. He has founded five commercial airlines: Morris Air, WestJet, JetBlue Airways, Azul Brazilian Airlines, and Breeze Airways. Along with Humberto Pedrosa and Aigle Azur, he owns 45% of another commercial airline in Europe, TAP Air Portugal. In 2017 he became a citizen of Cyprus.

Alexandre Henrique Borges Guimarães is a Brazilian-Costa Rican retired footballer, who played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup for Costa Rica and is currently the manager of Atlético Nacional.