John Wayne (1907-1979)
Movie Actor
1
Minnie Riperton (1947-1979)
Soul Singer
2
Sid Vicious (1957-1979)
Punk Singer
3
Jim Hutton (1934-1979)
TV Actor
4
Donny Hathaway (1945-1979)
5
Mamie Eisenhower (1896-1979)
First Lady
6
Etan Patz (1972-1979)
7
Jack Haley (1897-1979)
8
Conrad Hilton (1887-1979)
Entrepreneur
9
Vernon Presley (1916-1979)
Family Member
10
Darla Hood (1931-1979)
Movie Actress
11
Jean Seberg (1938-1979)
12
Vivian Vance (1909-1979)
TV Actress
13
Nelson Rockefeller (1908-1979)
Vice President
14
Jack Soo (1917-1979)
15
Aaron Douglas (1899-1979)
Painter
16
Mary Pickford (1892-1979)
17
Ted Cassidy (1932-1979)
18
Emmett Kelly (1898-1979)
Comedian
19
Charles Mingus (1922-1979)
Bassist
20
Ahmad Zahir (1946-1979)
World Music Singer
21
Barbara Luddy (1908-1979)
Voice Actress
22
Jack Pepper (1902-1979)
Stage Actor
23
Park Chung-hee (1917-1979)
World Leader
24
Vagif Mustafazadeh (1940-1979)
Pianist
25
Donyale Luna (1935-1979)
Model
26
Joyce Grenfell (1910-1979)
27
Joan Blondell (1906-1979)
28
Al Capp (1909-1979)
Cartoonist
29
Nicholas Ray (1911-1979)
Director
30
Edgar Buchanan (1903-1979)
31
David Campbell (1915-1979)
Poet
32
Sara Carter (1898-1979)
Country Singer
33
Gracie Fields (1898-1979)
Pop Singer
34
Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
Composer
35
Lowell George (1945-1979)
Rock Singer
36
Richard Beckinsale (1947-1979)
37
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1911-1979)
38
Dhyan Chand (1905-1979)
Field Hockey Player
39
Arthur Hunnicutt (1910-1979)
40
Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890-1979)
Children's Author
41
A Philip Randolph (1889-1979)
Civil Rights Leader
42
Agostinho Neto (1922-1979)
43
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979)
44
Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898-1979)
45
Merle Oberon (1911-1979)
46
Jimmy McCulloch (1953-1979)
Guitarist
47
Immanuel Velikovsky (1895-1979)
Psychologist
48
Celebrities Born in 1979
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