* 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

* 1929 – Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist ( d. 1979 )

* 1979 – Michael Kingma, Australian basketball player

* 1979 – Tony Stewart, American football player

* 1979 – Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician

* 1979 – Yōichirō Morikawa, Japanese director

The original companies that spawned Capcom's Japanese branch were I. R. M Corporation founded on May 30, 1979, as well as its subsidiary Japan Capsule Computers Co., Ltd., both of which were devoted to the manufacturing and distribution of electronic game machines.

Notable violations of embassy extraterritoriality include repeated invasions of the British Embassy, Beijing ( 1967 ), the Iran hostage crisis ( 1979 – 1981 ), the Japanese embassy hostage crisis at the ambassador's residence in Lima, Peru ( 1996 ), the overrunning of the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, Egypt ( 2011 ).

* 1979 – Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player

* 1979 – Ryo Fukuda, Japanese race car driver

* 1979 – Yumiko Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress

* 1979 – Mai Nakamura, Japanese swimmer

* 1914 – Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna ( d. 1979 )

* 1979 – Rie Kugimiya, Japanese voice actress

* 1906 – Shin ' ichiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate ( d. 1979 )

* 1979 – Yukie Nakama, Japanese actress

* 1979 – Hiromi Yanagihara, Japanese singer ( d. 1999 )

* Solid State Survivor, a 1979 album by the Japanese band Yellow Magic Orchestra

It was also voted the " Best Japanese Film ever " in a 1979 Kinema Junpo critics ’ poll.

* March 31 – Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate ( d. 1979 )

* Forrer, Matthi, Willem R. van Gulik, Jack Hillier A Sheaf of Japanese Papers, The Hague, Society for Japanese Arts and Crafts, 1979.

* Atsushi Hara ( 原篤志 ?, born 1979 ), a Japanese professional radio-controlled car racer

* Nobuki Hara ( born 1979 ), a former Japanese football player

* Maya ( musician ) ( born 1979 ), vocalist of Japanese visual kei band LM. C

The original Japanese D51 steam locomotives were used by the Soviet Railways until 1979.

In 1979 with funding from a Japanese bank a large modern extension was opened that would also house larger income generating exhibitions.

* Rosetta-Home planet of Rosemary and Takeshi Shishidou, who fled to Earth when it was invaded by the Black Star Army ; in the 1979 Japanese TV series Honou no Choujin Megaloman ( Megaloman: Superman of Flame ).