List of Famous people who died at 59

Aline Kiner was a French journalist and novelist.

John Ningark was a territorial level politician in Nunavut Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories and Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.

Anatoliy Klimanov was a Ukrainian boxer. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics. At the 1976 Summer Olympics, he defeated Roger Fortin of Canada, before losing to Leon Spinks of the United States.

Jan Hugo Robert Arne Stenbeck was a Swedish business leader, media pioneer, sailor and financier. He was head of Kinnevik Group from 1976 and founded among other things the companies Comviq, Invik & Co AB, Tele2, Banque Invik, Millicom, Modern Times Group and NetCom Systems. Stenbeck was one of Sweden's wealthiest people, worth some $800 million.

Zainuddin Muhammad Zein, also colloquially known as Zainuddin M.Z., was an Indonesian Islamic preacher, da'i, and politician. He was nicknamed as Dai Sejuta Umat due to his sheer popularity among the Indonesian society. He entered politics later in his career, first serving as an administrator of the United Development Party (PPP), and later the chairman of the Reform Star Party (PBR).

Basil Francis Nicholas Fitzherbert, 14th Baron Stafford was an English soldier, landowner, and peer, a member of the House of Lords for almost forty years.

Sorin Frunzăverde was a Romanian politician. He served as the Minister of National Defense of Romania on two occasions as well as the Minister of Tourism and Ministry of Water, Forestry and Environmental Protection. He was also the President of the Caraș-Severin County Council a member of the Parliament of Romania and a Member of the European Parliament from 2007 to 2009. Formerly a member of the Democratic Liberal Party, he joined the National Liberal Party in 2012.

Giorgio Prodi was an Italian medical scientist, oncologist and semiotician.