Who Was Alive in 1979
145 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1979
Georgia O'KeeffeAge 92
Jorge Luis BorgesAge 80
Alfred HitchcockAge 80
HirohitoAge 78
Marlene DietrichAge 78
Bob HopeAge 76
Salvador DalíAge 75
Jean-Paul SartreAge 74
Simone de BeauvoirAge 71
Dorothy HodgkinAge 69
Mother TeresaAge 69
Akira KurosawaAge 69
Jacques CousteauAge 69
Ronald ReaganAge 68
Naguib MahfouzAge 68
Rosa ParksAge 66
Jesse OwensAge 66
Richard NixonAge 66
Gerald FordAge 66
Hedy LamarrAge 65
Orson WellesAge 64
Frank SinatraAge 64
Ingrid BergmanAge 64
Roald DahlAge 63
Ella FitzgeraldAge 62
Indira GandhiAge 62
Ingmar BergmanAge 61
Nelson MandelaAge 61
Richard FeynmanAge 61
Edmund HillaryAge 60
Pope John Paul IIAge 59
Toshiro MifuneAge 59
Stan LeeAge 57
Marlon BrandoAge 55
James BaldwinAge 55
Jimmy CarterAge 55
George H. W. BushAge 55
Margaret ThatcherAge 54
B.B. KingAge 54
Fidel CastroAge 53
Elizabeth IIAge 53
Gabriel García MárquezAge 52
Pope Benedict XVIAge 52
James WatsonAge 51
Andy WarholAge 51
Stanley KubrickAge 51
Maya AngelouAge 51
Vera RubinAge 51
Noam ChomskyAge 51
Audrey HepburnAge 50
Grace KellyAge 50
Chinua AchebeAge 49
Neil ArmstrongAge 49
Ray CharlesAge 49
Tu YouyouAge 49
Desmond TutuAge 48
Toni MorrisonAge 48
Mikhail GorbachevAge 48
Johnny CashAge 47
Elizabeth TaylorAge 47
Yoko OnoAge 46
Wole SoyinkaAge 45
Carl SaganAge 45
Jane GoodallAge 45
Dalai LamaAge 44
Woody AllenAge 44
Pope FrancisAge 43
Jack NicholsonAge 42
Saddam HusseinAge 42
Kofi AnnanAge 41
Francis Ford CoppolaAge 40
PeléAge 39
John LennonAge 39
Wangari MaathaiAge 39
Bob DylanAge 38
Muhammad AliAge 37
Aretha FranklinAge 37
Stephen HawkingAge 37
Paul McCartneyAge 37
Muammar GaddafiAge 37
Joe BidenAge 37
Billie Jean KingAge 36
George HarrisonAge 36
Lech WałęsaAge 36
George LucasAge 35
Aung San Suu KyiAge 34
Bob MarleyAge 34
Freddie MercuryAge 33
Steven SpielbergAge 33
Donald TrumpAge 33
George W. BushAge 33
Bill ClintonAge 33
David BowieAge 32
Hillary ClintonAge 32
Charles IIIAge 31
Haruki MurakamiAge 30
Benjamin NetanyahuAge 30
Narendra ModiAge 29
Robin WilliamsAge 28
Vladimir PutinAge 27
Xi JinpingAge 26
Oprah WinfreyAge 25
Angela MerkelAge 25
Hugo ChávezAge 25
Recep Tayyip ErdoğanAge 25
François HollandeAge 25
Steve JobsAge 24
Bill GatesAge 24
Nicolas SarkozyAge 24
Pope Leo XIVAge 24
Ai WeiweiAge 22
Osama bin LadenAge 22
Michael JacksonAge 21
PrinceAge 21
Keith HaringAge 21
MadonnaAge 21
Rigoberta MenchúAge 20
Jean-Michel BasquiatAge 19
Diego MaradonaAge 19
NaruhitoAge 19
Princess DianaAge 18
Wayne GretzkyAge 18
Barack ObamaAge 18
Whitney HoustonAge 16
Michael JordanAge 16
Rafael CorreaAge 16
Jeff BezosAge 15
Michelle ObamaAge 15
Kamala HarrisAge 15
J. K. RowlingAge 14
Dmitry MedvedevAge 14
Jimmy WalesAge 13
Kurt CobainAge 12
Michael SchumacherAge 10
Elon MuskAge 8
Tupac ShakurAge 8
Anna NetrebkoAge 8
EminemAge 7
BanksyAge 6
Angelina JolieAge 4
ShakiraAge 2
Emmanuel MacronAge 2
Kobe BryantAge 1
Volodymyr ZelenskyyAge 1
Heath LedgerAge 0
Born in 1979
Also Born in 1979
American actor (born 1979)
Yemeni-Turkish journalist, politician and human rights activist (born 1979)
Finnish racing driver (born 1979)
Norwegian terrorist (born 1979)
American singer and songwriter (born 1979)
Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1979)
American actress and singer (born 1979)
Italian football player and manager (born 1979)
Canadian actress (born 1979)
English footballer (born 1979)
Malaysian singer-songwriter and actress (born 1979)
American actor (born 1979)
Also Died in 1979
American actor (1907–1979)
Canadian actress and producer (1892–1979)
President of South Korea from 1963 to 1979
4th President and 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan (1928–1979)
Hungarian-British physicist (1900–1979)
German–American philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist (1898–1979)
Nazi SS doctor at Auschwitz (1911–1979)
Vice President of the United States from 1974 to 1977
English bassist (1957–1979)
French filmmaker (1894–1979)
President of Angola from 1975 to 1979
Italian chemist (1903–1979)
Notable World Events in 1979
1979 Iranian Revolution
Sources
- 1979 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- Georgia O'Keeffe — Wikipedia
- Jorge Luis Borges — Wikipedia
- Alfred Hitchcock — Wikipedia
- Hirohito — Wikipedia
- Marlene Dietrich — Wikipedia
- Bob Hope — Wikipedia
- Salvador Dalí — Wikipedia
- Jean-Paul Sartre — Wikipedia
- Simone de Beauvoir — Wikipedia
- Dorothy Hodgkin — Wikipedia
- Mother Teresa — Wikipedia
- Akira Kurosawa — Wikipedia
- Jacques Cousteau — Wikipedia
- Ronald Reagan — Wikipedia
- Naguib Mahfouz — Wikipedia
- Rosa Parks — Wikipedia
- Jesse Owens — Wikipedia
- Richard Nixon — Wikipedia
- Gerald Ford — Wikipedia
- Hedy Lamarr — Wikipedia
- Orson Welles — Wikipedia
- Frank Sinatra — Wikipedia
- Ingrid Bergman — Wikipedia
- Roald Dahl — Wikipedia
- Ella Fitzgerald — Wikipedia
- Indira Gandhi — Wikipedia
- Ingmar Bergman — Wikipedia
- Nelson Mandela — Wikipedia
- Richard Feynman — Wikipedia
- Edmund Hillary — Wikipedia
- Pope John Paul II — Wikipedia
- Toshiro Mifune — Wikipedia
- Stan Lee — Wikipedia
- Marlon Brando — Wikipedia
- James Baldwin — Wikipedia
- Jimmy Carter — Wikipedia
- George H. W. Bush — Wikipedia
- Margaret Thatcher — Wikipedia
- B. B. King — Wikipedia
- Fidel Castro — Wikipedia
- Elizabeth II — Wikipedia
- Gabriel García Márquez — Wikipedia
- Pope Benedict XVI — Wikipedia
- James Watson — Wikipedia
- Andy Warhol — Wikipedia
- Stanley Kubrick — Wikipedia
- Maya Angelou — Wikipedia
- Vera Rubin — Wikipedia
- Noam Chomsky — Wikipedia
- Audrey Hepburn — Wikipedia
- Grace Kelly — Wikipedia
- Chinua Achebe — Wikipedia
- Neil Armstrong — Wikipedia
- Ray Charles — Wikipedia
- Tu Youyou — Wikipedia
- Desmond Tutu — Wikipedia
- Toni Morrison — Wikipedia
- Mikhail Gorbachev — Wikipedia
- Johnny Cash — Wikipedia
- Elizabeth Taylor — Wikipedia
- Yoko Ono — Wikipedia
- Wole Soyinka — Wikipedia
- Carl Sagan — Wikipedia
- Jane Goodall — Wikipedia
- 14th Dalai Lama — Wikipedia
- Woody Allen — Wikipedia
- Pope Francis — Wikipedia
- Jack Nicholson — Wikipedia
- Saddam Hussein — Wikipedia
- Kofi Annan — Wikipedia
- Francis Ford Coppola — Wikipedia
- Pelé — Wikipedia
- John Lennon — Wikipedia
- Wangarĩ Maathai — Wikipedia
- Bob Dylan — Wikipedia
- Muhammad Ali — Wikipedia
- Aretha Franklin — Wikipedia
- Stephen Hawking — Wikipedia
- Paul McCartney — Wikipedia
- Muammar Gaddafi — Wikipedia
- Joe Biden — Wikipedia
- Billie Jean King — Wikipedia
- George Harrison — Wikipedia
- Lech Wałęsa — Wikipedia
- George Lucas — Wikipedia
- Aung San Suu Kyi — Wikipedia
- Bob Marley — Wikipedia
- Freddie Mercury — Wikipedia
- Steven Spielberg — Wikipedia
- Donald Trump — Wikipedia
- George W. Bush — Wikipedia
- Bill Clinton — Wikipedia
- David Bowie — Wikipedia
- Hillary Clinton — Wikipedia
- Charles III — Wikipedia
- Haruki Murakami — Wikipedia
- Benjamin Netanyahu — Wikipedia
- Narendra Modi — Wikipedia
- Robin Williams — Wikipedia
- Vladimir Putin — Wikipedia
- Xi Jinping — Wikipedia
- Oprah Winfrey — Wikipedia
- Angela Merkel — Wikipedia
- Hugo Chávez — Wikipedia
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — Wikipedia
- François Hollande — Wikipedia
- Steve Jobs — Wikipedia
- Bill Gates — Wikipedia
- Nicolas Sarkozy — Wikipedia
- Pope Leo XIV — Wikipedia
- Ai Weiwei — Wikipedia
- Osama bin Laden — Wikipedia
- Michael Jackson — Wikipedia
- Prince (musician) — Wikipedia
- Keith Haring — Wikipedia
- Madonna — Wikipedia
- Rigoberta Menchú — Wikipedia
- Jean-Michel Basquiat — Wikipedia
- Diego Maradona — Wikipedia
- Naruhito — Wikipedia
- Diana, Princess of Wales — Wikipedia
- Wayne Gretzky — Wikipedia
- Barack Obama — Wikipedia
- Whitney Houston — Wikipedia
- Michael Jordan — Wikipedia
- Rafael Correa — Wikipedia
- Jeff Bezos — Wikipedia
- Michelle Obama — Wikipedia
- Kamala Harris — Wikipedia
- J. K. Rowling — Wikipedia
- Dmitry Medvedev — Wikipedia
- Jimmy Wales — Wikipedia
- Kurt Cobain — Wikipedia
- Michael Schumacher — Wikipedia
- Elon Musk — Wikipedia
- Tupac Shakur — Wikipedia
- Anna Netrebko — Wikipedia
- Eminem — Wikipedia
- Banksy — Wikipedia
- Angelina Jolie — Wikipedia
- Shakira — Wikipedia
- Emmanuel Macron — Wikipedia
- Kobe Bryant — Wikipedia
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy — Wikipedia
- Heath Ledger — Wikipedia