* 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 – Jesse Carmichael, American musician ( Maroon 5 )

* 1979 – Jesse Bradford, American actor

* 1979 – Jesse Camp, American VJ

* 1979 – Jesse Marunde, American strongman ( d. 2007 )

Cecilia is the birthplace of several Louisiana political figures: state Representative and House Speaker Robert Joseph " Bob " Angelle ( 1896 – 1979 ), former Secretary of State of Louisiana and Lieutenant Governor Paul J. Hardy ( born 1942 ), and former state Representative Jesse J. Guidry, who became the director of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

However, it was opposed by others, including civil-rights leader Bayard Rustin, who argued that the 1979 election had been " free and fair ", as well as senators Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ( I-VA ) and Jesse Helms ( R-NC ).

Chief CIA Iran analyst Jesse Leaf in an interview on 6th Jan. 1979 stated that the CIA taught Nazi torture techniques to SAVAK.

* Frank H. Cushing, edited by Jesse Green, foreword by Fred Eggan, Introduction by Jesse Green, Zuni: Selected Writings of Frank Hamilton Cushing University of Nebraska Press, 1978, hardcover, 440 pages, ISBN 0-8032-2100-2 ; trade paperback, 1979, 449 pages, ISBN 0-8032-7007-0

A law in 1921 replaced hanging with the gas chamber, which was used from the 1928 execution of Gee Jon to the 1979 execution of Jesse Bishop, both at Nevada State Prison.

Pyle's best-known and longest-running television role was that of Uncle Jesse Duke in the CBS series The Dukes of Hazzard ( 1979 – 1985 ) ( 146 episodes ).

* October 21, 1979: Franklin used a rifle to kill an interracial couple, Jesse Taylor, who was black, and Marian Bresette, in Oklahoma City.

The game was also the basis for Player One's " Space Invaders " ( 1979 ), which in turn provided the bassline for Jesse Saunders ' " On and On " ( 1984 ), the first Chicago house music track.

He moved with his family to Seattle, Washington in January 1967, where he adopted the moniker Jesse, and began performing and self-publishing chapbooks of his poetry ( the first chapbook was Choking On Sixth, 1979 ).

Jesse Billauer ( born February 24, 1979 ) is a well known surfer from Pacific Palisades, California.

Jesse Camp ( born November 6, 1979 ) was the winner of the first Wanna Be a VJ contest on MTV.

Jesse Percee Chatman ( born September 22, 1979 ) is an American football running back for the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League.

Death from Above 1979 members are Jesse F. Keeler on bass, synths, backing vocals and Sebastien Grainger on vocals, drums.

Jesse F. Keeler posted the following message on the official Death from Above 1979 forum:

Femme Fatale was a band that featured Jesse F. Keeler before Death from Above 1979.

After Florida Blair moved on to Bob Geigel ’ s NWA Central States promotion out of Kansas City around 1978 where he ’ d finally start to make a name of himself as he feuded with Jesse Ventura in 1979.

* Jesse F. Keeler, Eva Michon, You're a Woman, I'm a Machine by Death from Above 1979

* Jesse Keeler, musician, known for his work in Death from Above 1979 and MSTRKRFT

Jesse Bradford ( born May 28, 1979 ) is an American actor.