List of Famous people who born in 1959

Ken Saitō is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party serving in the Japanese House of Representatives. He served as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Shinzo Abe's cabinet. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2009. Saito is a member of the Ishiba faction, led by Shigeru Ishiba, which is critical of the Abe administration. In his position, he has continued to keep the tariff hike on foreign beef.

Ferzan Özpetek is a Turkish-Italian film director and screenwriter, residing in Italy.

Jim Yong Kim, also known as Kim Yong (김용/金墉), is a Korean-American physician and anthropologist who served as the 12th president of the World Bank from 2012 to 2019. On January 7, 2019, he announced that he would step down effective February 1, 2019.

Jeff Sutton is a billionaire New York real estate developer and the founder of Wharton Properties.

Fabienne Keller is a French politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She previously was the mayor (UDF) of Strasbourg, France, from March 2001 to March 2008.

Diane Lee is a Taiwanese former politician. She naturalised as a U.S. citizen in 1991, but later relinquished U.S. citizenship. Lee, a Kuomintang member, held elected public office in Taiwan from 1994 to 2009, first as a Taipei City Councilwoman and then for three terms as a legislator representing Daan District, Taipei City.

Raúl Enrique Allegre Rodríguez is a Mexican former football placekicker in the National Football League for the Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts, New York Giants, and New York Jets. He played college football at the University of Texas at Austin.

François Villeroy de Galhau is a French civil servant and banker serving as Governor of the Bank of France and ex officio President of the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority since 2015.

Rosa María Valdeón Santiago is a Spanish politician and physician. Rosa Valdeón is a member of the People's Party of Castile and León. Rosa Valdeón was the Minister of Economy and Finance of Castile and León, in office from 8 July 2015 to 10 September 2016. She was the mayor of Zamora from 2007 to 2015. Rosa Valdeón was also the procurator of the Cortes of Castile and León. Rosa Valdeón held the position of general director of public health at the Junta of Castile and León from 2001 to 2003.

Éric N'Gapeth is a French former volleyball player and coach who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He is the father of volleyball player Earvin N'Gapeth, who currently plays for France national volleyball team.