List of Famous people who born in 1959

Carmela Carolina Fernanda "Carmen" Russo is an Italian dancer, actress, television personality, and singer.

Suzanne Nadine Vega is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer, best known for her folk-inspired music.

Brian Earl Thompson is an American actor. His career began with a small role in the 1984 film The Terminator. He played the villainous "Night Slasher" in the 1986 film Cobra. His first named role was on Werewolf, a horror series that ran during Fox's inaugural broadcasting year of 1987–1988. Thompson has played several characters in the Star Trek franchise, the Alien Bounty Hunter on The X-Files, and Eddie Fiori on Kindred: The Embraced. In 2014, he produced, wrote and starred in the B movie parody The Extendables.

Joaquín Francisco Puig Ferrer, known as Ximo Puig, is a Spanish politician who has served as leader of the Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV-PSOE), the Valencian regional branch of the PSOE, since March 2012. He is the current President of the Valencian Government. Ximo Puig Government of the Valencian Community

Yuan Chang is an American virologist and pathologist who co-discovered Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and Merkel cell polyomavirus, two of the seven known human oncoviruses.

Anwar al-Bunni is a Syrian human rights lawyer who has defended clients such as Riad al-Turk, Riad Seif, the owner of The Lamplighter,, Kurdish protesters, and "dozens of others."

Felicia Mercado is a Mexican actress, singer and TV hostess, best known for her appearances in telenovelas. She appeared in Between Love and Hatred and Teresa. Her first role in Telemundo was of Eva in La Casa de al Lado. She played Valeria Samaniego in El Rostro de la Venganza and Estela in Dama y Obrero (2013).

Maria Epple Beck is a retired Alpine skier of Germany. In 1978 she was World champions in women's giant slalom. She is the sister of Irene Epple.

Boyko Metodiev Borisov is a Bulgarian politician who has been Prime Minister of Bulgaria since May 2017. He was also Prime Minister from 2009 to 2013 and from 2014 to January 2017, making him Bulgaria's second-longest serving Prime Minister to date; he would become the longest serving if still in office on 4 June 2021.

Protógenes Pinheiro Queiroz is a Brazilian former Federal Police officer, who has led investigations in some of the country's most high-profile corruption cases. Queiroz was responsible for investigations leading to imprisonment of the former mayor of São Paulo, Paulo Maluf. He was a key figure in two investigations, in 2005 and 2007, into corruption scandals in Brazilian football, the latter against Boris Berezovsky's MSI group for money laundering in Corinthians. From 2004 to July 2008 Quieroz led Operation Satiagraha, a major operation into misuse of public funds, money laundering and corruption, leading to the arrest of the banker Daniel Dantas and several other prominent figures, including Celso Pitta, another former mayor of São Paulo.