1959 births

president of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019

Vice President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015

Minister of Finance, former prime minister of Norway and NATO secretary general

Guatemalan human rights activist

10th German Federal President

Kevin Spacey Fowler is an American actor. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and two Laurence Olivier Awards as well as nominations for twelve Emmy Awards.

Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and photographer

President of Romania from 2014 to 2025

Dame Emma Thompson is a British actress and screenwriter. Her work spans over four decades of screen and stage, and her accolades include two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2018, she was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to drama.

Russian scientist, statesman and liberal politician (1959–2015)

Val Edward Kilmer was an American actor. Initially a stage actor, he later found fame as a leading man in films in a wide variety of genres, including comedies, dramas, action adventures, westerns, historical films, crime dramas, science fiction films, and fantasy films. Films in which Kilmer appeared grossed more than $3.85 billion worldwide. In 1992, the film critic Roger Ebert remarked, "if there is an award for the most unsung leading man of his generation, Kilmer should get it".

James Hugh Calum Laurie is an English actor, comedian, and musician. Laurie first gained professional recognition as a member of the English comedy double act Fry and Laurie with Stephen Fry. Fry and Laurie acted together in several projects during the 1980s and 1990s, including the BBC sketch comedy series A Bit of Fry & Laurie and the P. G. Wodehouse adaptation Jeeves and Wooster. From 1986 to 1989, Laurie appeared in three series of the period comedy Blackadder.

American basketball player and entrepreneur (born 1959)

French filmmaker (born 1959)

president of Argentina from 2019 to 2023

President of Gabon (2009–2023)

American former tennis player (born 1959)

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

British actor

Irish crime reporter (1958-1996)

American actress (born 1959)

Japanese chemist

American actress

British singer

American filmmaker (born 1959)

Steven Patrick Morrissey (; born 22 May 1959) is an English singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the frontman and lyricist of the rock band the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. Since then he has pursued a successful solo career. Morrissey's music is characterised by his baritone voice and distinctive lyrics with anti-establishment stances and recurring themes of emotional isolation, sexual longing, self-deprecation, and dark humour.

King of Tonga

British actor

American actor

Senegalese singer, composer and politician (born 1959)

Sarah Margaret Ferguson, formerly Sarah, Duchess of York, and commonly known as Fergie, is a British author, spokesperson, and television personality. She is the former wife of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, then Prince Andrew, Duke of York, the second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the younger brother of King Charles III.

American track and field athlete (1959-1998)

Hawaiian singer (1959–1998)

American actress

American actor, comedian, director and television host

Japanese actor

Simon Phillip Cowell is an English television personality, record executive, and entrepreneur. He has judged on the British television talent competition shows Pop Idol (2001–2003), The X Factor, and Britain's Got Talent (2007–present), as well as the American television talent competition shows American Idol (2002–2010), The X Factor (2011–2013), and America's Got Talent (2016–present). Cowell founded the British entertainment company Syco Entertainment in 2005, as well as its defunct predecessor, Syco Music in 2002.

Italian association football manager

Brazilian environmentalist and politician (born 1958)

American actress

English singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter

Japanese video game programmer and businessman (1959-2015)

American actor

Italian association football player and manager

American actress

American singer-songwriter

Brazilian association football player

Indian actor and politician

German politician (SPD)

American writer

American film director, screenwriter and producer

Nigerian-born British poet and novelist (1959-)

Turkish film director and producer (born 1959)

American actress

American actor and filmmaker (born 1959)

President of Comoros

American singer and actress (1959–2022)

American actress

English writer