List of Famous people who born in 1959

Sibusiso Busi Moyo (1960 – 20 January 2021) was a Zimbabwean politician and retired army major general. He was noted for announcing the ousting of Robert Mugabe on national television during the 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état. He went on to serve as Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in the cabinet of Emmerson Mnangagwa from November 2017 until his death.

Richard Dacoury is a former French professional basketball player. He retired in 1998, as the basketball player who won the most French League titles during his career, with 9. Dacoury is considered to be one the greatest players in French basketball history. He had his jersey number 7 retired by Limoges, in October 2010.

Johnny Roy Van Zant is an American singer/composer and the current lead vocalist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He is the younger brother of the late Lynyrd Skynyrd co-founder and former lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, and of the 38 Special founder Donnie Van Zant.

Azzedine Mihoubi is an Algerian political candidate and ex journalist, poet, novelist. He served as the Algerian Minister of Culture.

Nobuo Tobita is a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Ibaraki Prefecture. He is represented by Arts Vision.

Pal Sinn Lap-man is a Hong Kong musician, singer and actor. he plays bass guitar in the band Blue Jeans.

Linda Cohn is an American sportscaster. She anchors ESPN's SportsCenter.

Lisa Wilkinson is an Australian television presenter and journalist.

Craig Bellamy, also known by the nickname of "Bellyache", is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of the Melbourne Storm in the NRL and a former player. He is known as one of the greatest coaches in NRL history.

Lorcan Cranitch is an Irish actor.