* 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 – 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

* Party Leader in the Chamber of Deputies: Giovanni Gronchi ( 1946 – 1948 ), Giuseppe Cappi ( 1948 – 1949 ), Giuseppe Spataro ( 1949 ), Giuseppe Cappi ( 1950 ), Giuseppe Bettiol ( 1950 – 1953 ), Aldo Moro ( 1953 – 1956 ), Attilio Piccioni ( 1956 – 1958 ), Luigi Gui ( 1958 – 1962 ), Benigno Zaccagnini ( 1962 – 1968 ), Fiorentino Sullo ( 1968 ), Giulio Andreotti ( 1968 – 1972 ), Flaminio Piccoli ( 1972 – 1978 ), Giovanni Galloni ( 1978 – 1979 ), Gerardo Bianco ( 1979 – 1983 ), Virginio Rognoni ( 1983 – 1986 ), Mino Martinazzoli ( 1986 – 1989 ), Vincenzo Scotti ( 1989 – 1990 ), Antonio Gava ( 1990 – 1992 ), Gerardo Bianco ( 1992 – 1994 )

* Gerardo Mariñas ( 1979 – 1981 )

Shalim Gerardo Ortiz Goyco ( born February 26, 1979 in San Juan, Puerto Rico ) is a singer / actor.

He joined Gerardo Vera's All-Stars in 1979 and formed Orquesta Liberacion in 1982.

In 1979, Bueno joined Gerardo Vera's All-Stars, later recording a local hit called " Piel Canela " with Fernando Villalona.

* 1979 – Edgar Sosa, Mexican boxer

* 1979 – Mariana Ochoa, Mexican singer and actress ( OV7 )

* 1979 – Rafael Márquez, Mexican footballer

* 1979 – Jorge Arce, Mexican boxer

* 1979 – Luis Ernesto Michel, Mexican footballer

* 1979 – Perro Aguayo, Jr., Mexican wrestler

* 1979 – José Luis López, Mexican footballer

* 1979 – Jorge Solís, Mexican professional boxer

* March 12 – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican president ( d. 1979 )

After the minor league season ended, he played the 1978 – 1979 winter season for the Navojoa Mayos of the Mexican Pacific League.

In 1979, in the TV series WKRP In Cincinnati, Dr. Johnny Fever explained a past arrest in Mexico, " It was a minor misunderstanding one night with 145 Mexican cops.

Jorge Armando Arce Armenta ( pronounced " ar-seh "; born July 27, 1979 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico ) is a Mexican professional boxer, and the second Mexican boxer to win a world title in four weight divisions.

* Diego Dreyfus ( born 1979 ), Mexican actor ( Código Postal )

* B. J. Flores ( b. 1979 ), a Mexican American professional boxer

Rodolfo Usigli ( November 17, 1905 – June 18, 1979 ) was a Mexican playwright.

In 1979, SIL's agreement with the Mexican government was officially terminated, but it continued to be active in that country.

María Antonieta de las Nieves ( born December 22, 1950 ) is a Mexican actress of voice-over, film, and television ; best known for her portrayal of " La Chilindrina " in the Televisa sitcom, El Chavo del Ocho ( 1973 – 1979 ).

* Mani ( embedded in the Pérez Codex: Craine and Reindorp 1979, an adaptation of the 1949 Mexican translation of Solís Alcalá );

* Mario Méndez ( born 1979 ), Mexican footballer

As a city councilman from 1975 to 1979, Cisneros had an ability to form a political bridge between the pro-growth business interests and an underrepresented Mexican American community.

* Juan Rodríguez ( beach volleyball ) ( born 1979 ), Mexican beach volleyball player & medalist in 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games

* Juan Pablo Rodríguez ( born 1979 ), Mexican footballer

Jane Jarvis, the organist at the New York Mets ' home Shea Stadium from 1964 to 1979, played the " Mexican Hat Dance " during the stretch.