* 1911 – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist, Nobel laureate ( d. 1979 )

* 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

Notable residents of Whitehorse include Audrey McLaughlin, the first woman to lead a represented political party ( NDP ) in Canadian federal politics, who has resided in Whitehorse since 1979, Robert W. Service, author of " The Cremation of Sam McGee ", who lived in Whitehorse from 1904 to 1908, and Pierre Berton, an author and television host, born in Whitehorse.

* 1979: Buried Child – Sam Shepard

Gillian Armstrong's My Brilliant Career ( 1979 ) featured Judy Davis and Sam Neill in early lead roles.

The Sam Eckman Covered Bridge No. 92 and Kramer Covered Bridge No. 113 were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

The Sam Eckman Covered Bridge No. 92, Jud Christie Covered Bridge No. 95, Creasyville Covered Bridge, and Shoemaker Covered Bridge were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

* Sam Hunt, linebacker for the New England Patriots from 1974 to 1979

In 1979, team owner Sam Battistone moved the Jazz to Salt Lake City, Utah.

In 1979, Sam & Dave enjoyed a significant resurgence of interest as a result of Dan Aykroyd's and John Belushi's sketch characters The Blues Brothers, and the comic actors ' 1979 top 40 cover of " Soul Man.

Also in 1979, Sam and Dave opened shows for The Clash on their U. S. tour, including at the Palladium in New York City.

A 1979 film version, produced by Margaret Fink, directed by Gillian Armstrong and starring Judy Davis and Sam Neill as Sybylla and Harry.

Sam Francis in his Santa Monica Studio, 1979: Photo by Meibao D. Nee

These interests led him to leading-man cowboy roles in Western films, starting with his role as cowboy and frontier marshal Orrin Sackett in the 1979 film The Sacketts, opposite Sam Elliott, Jeff Osterhage, and Western legends Glenn Ford and Ben Johnson.

After a hit version of Sam Cooke's " Wonderful World " and " Let ’ s Go Dancing " in 1979, for many years he seemed to have dropped out of sight, with the exception of a brief resurgence in the mid-1980s with the album Here Again ( 1986 ), which was preceded by the minor UK hit, " Rock Me Baby "; however, in May 2006 he was singing again at SugarHill Recording Studios and at Tierra Studios in his native Houston.

* Sam Fife ( 1926 – 1979 )

In May 1979, Kim Young Sam was elected as the chairman of New Democratic Party ( NDP ) despite intense behind-the-scene manueverings by KCIA to back a more pliable candidate Yi Chul-seung.

In the NDP's election for its chairman in 1979, KCIA backed Yi Chul-seung to prevent the election of hardliner Kim Young Sam, but Cha Ji-chul interfered in KCIA's political sabotage with its own behind-scene manueverings.

* Sam Jones III ( born 1979 ), American actor, played Pete Ross on Smallville

Before the 1979 NFL Draft, Bill Walsh, who was the new coach of the San Francisco 49ers, flew to Morehead State with Assistant Coach Sam Wyche to work out Simms.

* Sam Young ( DJ ) ( born 1979 ), English DJ, remixer and producer

* Sam Rivers, Contrasts ( ECM, 1979 )

* The global class war and the destiny of American labor by Sam Marcy New Haven, CT: Distributed by Revolutionary Communist League ( Internationalist ), 1979

Lyle partnered with Sam Torrance for Scotland to finish runner-up at the World Cup of Golf team event in both 1979 and 1980 ; in the latter year Lyle captured the low individual trophy in that event.

* 1979: The Death of Ocean View Park: Sam Jackson