* 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

* Jason Chimera ( born 1979 ), NHL ice hockey forward for the Washington Capitals

* 1979 – Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1979 – Jason Weaver, American actor

* 1979 – Jason Chimera, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1979 – Jason Bartlett, American baseball player

In 1979 Jason appeared as Buttons in the pantomime Cinderella at Newcastle's Theatre Royal with Leah Bell and Bobby Thompson produced by Michael Grayson and directed by John Blackmore.

* Jason of Star Command ( live-action TV series ) ( 1979 CBS )

The trend continued on a larger scale with The Hindenburg ( 1975 ) starring George C. Scott ; The Cassandra Crossing ( 1976 ) starring Burt Lancaster ; Two-Minute Warning ( 1976 ) starring Charlton Heston ; Black Sunday ( 1977 ) starring Robert Shaw ; Rollercoaster in Sensurround ( 1977 ) starring George Segal ; Damnation Alley ( 1977 ) starring Jan-Michael Vincent ; Avalanche ( 1978 ) starring Rock Hudson ; Gray Lady Down ( 1978 ) also starring Charlton Heston ; Hurricane ( a 1979 remake of John Ford's 1937 film ) starring Jason Robards ; and City on Fire ( 1979 ) starring Henry Fonda.

Premyer-Ministr was comprised Jean Grigoriev-Milimerov ( Moscow, December 5, 1979 ), Peter Jason ( Moscow, September 9, 1979 ), Vyacheslav Bodolika ( Ungeny, Moldavia, June 18, 1977 ) and Marat Chanyshev ( Moscow, March 25, 1975 ).

* Vampire ( 1979 film ), a 1979 TV film, starring Jason Miller and E. G. Marshall

* Pamela Lincoln as Doreen Aldrich No. 2 ( 1977 – 1979 ) Doreen was Jason Aldrich's first wife and was at odds with Carolee, Nola and Mona on and off, thought to have leukemia but that was a lie, but after that ordeal she went insane and presumably left Madison.

Treen's eldest grandson, Jason Stewart Neville ( born May 21, 1979 ), was one of the founding members of the Green Party of Louisiana and ran unsuccessfully in 2003 for the Louisiana State Senate.

Robert Williams ( 11 September 1979 — 2 March 2009 ) and Jason Tavaria, while still at Liverpool University, used their credit cards & student loans to set up a company that would sell musical equipment by mail order and over the internet.

As a Northwest League franchise ( dating back to 1979 in Medford, Oregon ), the Canadians have had players such as José Canseco, Pat Britt, Rod Beck, Rickey Henderson, Scott Brosius, Jason Giambi, Tim Hudson, Nick Swisher, Jeremy Brown, Troy Glaus, Sammy Sosa, Jason Windsor, Joe Blanton, Rich Harden, Travis Buck, Sean Triplett, Danny Putnam, Dallas Braden and Miguel Tejada.

Prior to McKee's record, the most ever won on a television game show was The Joker's Wild contestant Eileen Jason, who won $ 305, 280 ($ 250, 000 of which was won during the 1979 Tournament of Champions ).

Frank Dillon won the $ 50, 000 and $ 100, 000 tournaments in 1977 and 1978, respectively ; Eileen Jason won the $ 250, 000 tournament in 1979 by defeating Dillon in the finals.

* Jason T. Miller ( born 1979 ), American record producer, songwriter, and television and film composer

Monica C. Keena ( born May 25, 1979 ) is an American actress, known for her roles as Abby Morgan on Dawson's Creek, Rachel Lindquist on the short-lived comedy Undeclared, Kristin on HBO's Entourage, and as Lori Campbell in Freddy vs. Jason.

A remake of this movie was released in 1979, directed by Jan Troell and starring Jason Robards Jr. and Mia Farrow.

Jason " Chippy " Chimera (; born May 2, 1979 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League ( NHL ).