* 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 – Josh Low, English footballer

* Josh Keaton ( born 1979 ), born Joshua Luis Wiener, American actor, voice actor, singer, and music producer

* Josh Willingham ( born 1979 ), American baseball player

Joshua Aaron " Josh " Server ( born April 11, 1979 ) is an American actor and comedian, best known for being the only All That cast member to remain through all six original seasons.

Joshua " Josh " Keaton ( born February 8, 1979 ) is an American actor, voice actor, singer and music producer.

Wehshi ( 1971 ) another Supper Performance Won Nigar award for best actor, Afsana zindagi ka and Mere humsafar ( 1972 ), Aas ( 1973 ), Year 1974 Proved Most Successful year Super Hits like Tum Salamat Raho, Aina Aur Soorat Won Nigar award for best actor, Phool mere gulshan ka and Shamma, In ( 1975 ) Mohabbat zindagi hai, and Popular movies Naukar, Soorat Aur Seerat and Bin Badal Barsat, In ( 1976 ) An-data, In ( 1977 ) Classical movie Salakhen and Comedy Bhrosa, In ( 1978 ) Histoical Movie Hiader ali, and Character role movie Amber, Intekhab, Millan and Awaz ( 1978 film ), In ( 1979 ) Josh an action movie, romantic drama Chori chori and Aap se kya parda.

Joshua " Josh " Cooke ( born November 22, 1979 ) is an American actor.

In 1987 the Shepherd Express was formed in a merger with the Express, a monthly music paper founded in 1979 by Kevn Kinney and David Luhrssen.

In 1979, after some protracted negotiations, National Kinney attempted to purchase The Aladdin hotel and casino in Las Vegas in a joint venture with Johnny Carson, planning to rename it after the star.

* 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