* 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

Marlon Rojas ( born November 11, 1979 in Arima ) is a Trinidadian footballer who last played for Bermuda Hogges in the USL Second Division.

Marlon Anderson Harewood ( born 25 August 1979 ) is an English footballer who currently plays for Barnsley as a striker.

The term was used in the 1979 film Apocalypse Now, in which Martin Sheen's character, Captain Willard, is ordered by Jerry, a man in civilian attire ( presumably CIA, played by Jerry Ziesmer ) to " terminate the command " of the allegedly insane Colonel Kurtz ( played by Marlon Brando ) with " extreme prejudice.

* 1979 – Donna Air, English model, actress, and singer

* 1979 – Richard Harwood, English cellist

* 1979 – Pooja Shah, English actress

* Adrian Forbes ( born 1979 ), English footballer

* 1906 – Jim Smith, English cricketer ( d. 1979 )

* 1979 – Ritchie Neville, English singer ( Five )

* 1979 – Leon Lopez, English actor and singer

* 1979 – Matthew Upson, English footballer

Nicaragua's legal system also is a mixture of the English Common Law and the Civil Law through the influence of British administration of the Eastern half of the country from the mid-17th century until about 1905, the William Walker period from about 1855 through 1857, USA interventions / occupations during the period from 1909 to 1933, the influence of USA institutions during the Somoza family administrations ( 1933 through 1979 ) and the considerable importation between 1979 and the present of USA culture and institutions.

After publishing its own edition in 1979, the First Presidency announced in 1992 that the KJV was the church's official English Bible, stating " hile other Bible versions may be easier to read than the King James Version, in doctrinal matters latter-day revelation supports the King James Version in preference to other English translations.

* 1979 – David Dunn, English footballer

More generations of English speakers have learned about China through Wade – Giles ( proposed in 1859, revised in 1892 ) than through Pinyin ( approved in 1958, adopted in 1979 ).

* 1979 – George Lamb, English radio and TV presenter

* 1979 – Michael Owen, English footballer

* 1979 – Andrew Buchan, English Actor

* 1979 – Claire Cooper, English actress

* 1979 – Josh Low, English footballer

A. Richards, English literary critic ( d. 1979 )

* 1979 – Corinne Bailey Rae, English singer

* 1979 – Michael Bisping, English mixed martial artist