* 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

On February 1, 1979 in Istanbul, under orders from the Grey Wolves, he murdered Abdi İpekçi, editor of a major Turkish newspaper Milliyet.

* Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft ( 1979 on Ata Tak, reissued in 2000 on The Grey Area )

Although not commercial successes, Dear World ( 1969 ) starring Angela Lansbury, Mack & Mabel ( 1974 ) starring Robert Preston and Bernadette Peters, and The Grand Tour ( 1979 ) starring Joel Grey are noted for their interesting concepts and their melodic, memorable scores.

* Chris Payne – synthesizers ( 1979 Old Grey Whistle Test and Top of the Pops performances )

* Billy Currie ( of Ultravox ) – synthesizers ( 1979 Old Grey Whistle Test and Top of the Pops performances )

* Cedric Sharpley – drums ( 1979 Old Grey Whistle Test and Top of the Pops performances )

* Trevor Grant – guitar ( 1979 Old Grey Whistle Test and Top of the Pops performances )

By this time, Billy Currie had been recruited by the rising star Gary Numan in 1979 to do a presentation at the Old Grey Whistle Test show with his band Tubeway Army.

* George Grey ( skier ) ( born 1979 ), Canadian cross-country skier

The term " Neue Deutsche Welle " was first coined by journalist Alfred Hilsberg, whose article about the movement titled " Neue Deutsche Welle — Aus grauer Städte Mauern " (" New German Wave — From Grey Cities ' Walls ") was published in the German magazine Sounds in 1979.

* Joe Mercer – Grey of Falloden ( 1965 ), Charlton ( 1971 ), Zab ( 1975 ), Sea Anchor ( 1976 ), Buckskin ( 1979 )

* Joe Mercer – Nick La Rocca ( 1953, dead-heat ), Grey of Falloden ( 1964 ), The Accuser ( 1968 ), Biskrah ( 1972 ), Sea Anchor ( 1976 ), Buckskin ( 1978 ), Le Moss ( 1979, 1980 )

Joe Clark presents the 1979 Grey Cup to victorious Edmonton Eskimos Dan Kepley and Tom Wilkinson.

He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the constituency of Vancouver-Point Grey in the general elections of 1966, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1979, and 1983.

Brander studied as an undergraduate at the Point Grey campus of the University of British Columbia at the UBC Department of Economics, in 1975, which is currently the top Economics Department in Canada and among the best in the world ; then received an MA ( 1978 ) and a PhD ( 1979 ) from Stanford University.

Wellington — Grey, renamed Wellington — Grey — Dufferin — Waterloo in 1970, was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979.

A Day and a Night at the Baths ( 1979 ) by Grey Fox Press ( reprinted by Triton Books, 2010 )

* 509th Tactical Fighter ( Activated 1 October 1979 ) ( Woodbridge ) ( Grey tail stripe )( Received A-10s 1 October 1979 )