* 1911 – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist, Nobel laureate ( d. 1979 )

* 1979 – Sam Atwell, Australian actor

* 1979 – Christine Smith, American model and actress

* 1979 – Lord Frederick Windsor, British financial analyst

* 1907 – Hardie Gramatky, American author and animator ( d. 1979 )

* 1979 – Claire Danes, American actress

* 1979 – Jordan De Jong, American baseball player

* 1979 – Elena Grosheva, Russian gymnast

* 1979 – Mateja Kežman, Serbian footballer

* 1979 – Jennifer Morrison, American actress and model

* 1979 – Paul Nicholls, English actor

* 1979 – Cristian Ranalli, Italian footballer

* 1979 – Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer

* 1979 – A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb kills British World War II admiral Louis Mountbatten and three others while they are boating on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland.

* 1886 – Rebecca Clarke, English composer and violist ( d. 1979 )

* 1979 – Giovanni Capitello, American actor and producer

* 1979 – Tian Liang, Chinese diver

* 1979 – Sarah Neufeld, Canadian violinist ( Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre )

* 1979 – Aaron Paul, American actor

* 1979 – Rusty Smith, American speed skater

* 1979 – Francesco Bellotti, Italian cyclist

* 1979 – Megumi Okina, Japanese actress and singer

* 1929 – Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist ( d. 1979 )

* 1979 – Michael Kingma, Australian basketball player

* 1979 – Tony Stewart, American football player

* 1979 – Brandon Lyon, American baseball player

* 1979 – Brandon Webb, American baseball player

* 1979 – Brandon Barash, American actor

* 1979 Champions vs. Brandon Wheat Kings

Brandon Cole " Bam " Margera ( or ; born September 28, 1979 ) is an American professional skateboarder, television and radio personality, actor and daredevil.

He has also appeared in several movies, including The Man from Planet X ( 1951 ) with Robert Clarke, The Tarnished Angels ( 1958 ) with Robert Stack, Blue Denim ( 1959 ) with Brandon deWilde, In the Heat of the Night ( 1967 ) with Rod Steiger, Speedway ( 1968 ) with Elvis Presley, The Jerk ( 1979 ) with Steve Martin, Teachers ( 1984 ) with Nick Nolte, and Innerspace ( 1987 ), in which he played Martin Short's doctor.

Brandon Silvestry ( born September 6, 1979 ) is an American professional wrestler.

Ancier's network television career began in 1979 when NBC Entertainment President Brandon Tartikoff hired him as a program associate.

Kenny Bernstein and son Brandon were sponsored by Budweiser for two years longer ( 1979 – 2009 ).

* Brandon Lyon ( born 1979 ), American baseball pitcher

* He received honorary doctorates from the University of Manitoba ( 1952 ), University of Iceland ( 1961 ), Brandon University ( 1970 ), and University of Winnipeg ( 1979 ).

Brandon James Routh ( born October 9, 1979 ) is an American actor and former fashion model.

Brandon Allen Falker Claussen ( born May 1, 1979, in Rapid City, South Dakota ) is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher.

Routh, the third of four children, was born in Norwalk, Iowa, on October 9, 1979, the son of Catherine ( née Lear ), a teacher, and Ronald Ray Routh, a carpenter.

* 1979 – Kyle Watson, American mixed martial artist

* 1979 – Kathryn Fiore, American actress

* 1979 – Corey Patterson, American baseball player

* 1912 – Ann Dvorak, American actress ( d. 1979 )

* 1979 – Barbara Luddy, American actress ( b. 1908 )

* 1979 – Jason Momoa, American actor

* 1911 – Nicholas Ray, American director and scenarist ( d. 1979 )

* 1979 – Rashard Lewis, American basketball player

* 1979 – Sean Costello, American singer and musician ( d. 2008 )

* 1979 – Carl Edwards, American race car driver

* 1979 – D. J. Houlton, American baseball player

* 1979 – Dave Douglas, American singer-songwriter and musician ( Relient K and Ace Troubleshooter )

* 1979 – Kelis, American singer-songwriter

* 1979 – Deanna Nolan, American basketball player

* 1979 – Jesse Carmichael, American musician ( Maroon 5 )

* 1979 – Ruth Riley, American basketball player