List of Famous people who died at 59

Dong Xiwen was a Chinese painter best known for his 1953 work The Founding Ceremony of the Nation.

João Antônio Ferreira Filho was a Brazilian journalist and short story writer, who became known for portraying the lives of marginalized people inhabiting the outskirts of large cities, such as bandits, workers, vagrants and malandros.

Muhammad Ali Taher Parasong was an Indonesian politician from the National Mandate Party who was the member of the People's Representative Council from the Banten III electoral district from the 2014 Indonesian legislative election until his death.

Melky Goeslaw was an Indonesian singer and boxing manager. He is the father of songstress Melly Goeslaw. His song, "Pergi untuk Kembali", was chosen by Rolling Stone Indonesia as the 117th-best Indonesian song of all time in 2009.

Lan Jen Chu (1913–1973) was a noted electrical engineer and a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Chu is noted for his work on the fundamental limitations for small antennas, also known as Chu's limit.

Jameh Jameh was a Syrian Armed Forces major general who held the position of head of military intelligence in Deir ez-Zor Governorate. He was killed by rebels on 17 October 2013, during the Syrian Civil War. He was likely shot by a rebel sniper in the Reshdiya neighbourhood of Deir ez-Zour city.

John Wesley Blassingame was an American historian and pioneer in the study of slavery in the United States. He was the former chairman of the African-American studies program at Yale University.