List of Famous people who born in 1959

Martin Hebner was a German politician for the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) and since 2017 member of the Bundestag.

Marc Madiot is a French former professional road racing cyclist and double winner of Paris–Roubaix. He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Retired from racing in 1994, he is now best known as the directeur sportif of Groupama–FDJ, a UCI WorldTeam. He is also known as the president of the French Ligue National de Cyclisme (LNC).

Toshiko Abe is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.

Viktor Worms is a German radio and television host and producer.

Beate Hartinger-Klein is an Austrian healthcare and insurance manager, educator, and politician. She was a member of the National Council from 1999 to 2002. From December 2017 to May 2019, she served as the minister of social affairs in the first Kurz government. Hartinger-Klein is a member of the Freedom Party of Austria.

Thomas Quasthoff is a German bass-baritone. Quasthoff has a range of musical interest from Bach cantatas, to lieder, and solo jazz improvisations. Born with severe birth defects caused by thalidomide, Quasthoff is 1.34 m, and has phocomelia.

Miles O'Brien is an independent American broadcast news journalist specializing in science, technology, and aerospace who has been serving as national science correspondent for PBS NewsHour since 2010.

Leslie Antonio Frazier is an American football coach and former cornerback who is the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings from 2010 to 2013 and previously served as an assistant coach for the Baltimore Ravens, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Indianapolis Colts, Cincinnati Bengals and Philadelphia Eagles.

Mayada El Hennawy is a Syrian singer, she lived a huge part of her life in Egypt where she collaborated with many famous Egyptian musical composers like Mohamed El Mougy and Mohamed Abdel Wahab, who created popular musicals of her songs.

Nicolas J. Hanauer is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist.