* 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

The earliest significant usage of the term ( as applied to music ) was by Joy Division's producer, Tony Wilson on 15 September 1979 in an interview for the BBC TV program's Something Else: Wilson described Joy Division as " Gothic " compared to the pop mainstream, right before a live performance of the band.

* Evita ( 1979 ) – Che ( Tony Award, 1980 )

* 1979 – Tony Frias, American footballer

* 1979 – Tony Torcato, American baseball player

Later it was the subject of a 1959 ballet by English composer Sir Malcolm Arnold and, in 1979, a Tony award-winning Broadway musical by Stephen Sondheim.

In 1979, the Tony Awards committee gave Fonda a special award for his achievements on Broadway.

Tony Shryane MBE was the programme's producer from 1 January 1951 to 19 January 1979.

It has also been used by some to describe the beliefs of the British government while Thatcher was Prime Minister between May 1979 and November 1990, and beyond into the governments of John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron.

* 1979 Para Amar Members: Chayanne, Ray Diaz, Migue Santa and Tony Ocasio

* Tony Bedeau of Torquay United and Walsall was born in Hammersmith in 1979.

* 1979 Tony Award for Best Original Score ( The Grand Tour ) ( nominee )

* Tony Galento ( 1910 – 1979 ), heavyweight boxer.

His Broadway credits also included the 1967 Neil Simon comedy The Star-Spangled Girl, the Frank Loesser musical Greenwillow ( 1960 ), for which he was nominated for another Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and Bernard Slade's 1979 play Romantic Comedy opposite Mia Farrow.

Norwich, Norfolk, UK: Tony North, 1979.

In November and December 1979, Wings toured the United Kingdom, once again adding the horns and brass section consisting of Tony Dorsey, Howie Casey, Thaddeus Richard, and Steve Howard.

* " NBC News " by Joseph Paul Sicurella, Tony Smythe, and Bob Christianson ( 1979 – 1982 as a bumper ; April 5, 1982 – September 6, 1985 as main theme )

* Simpson, Tony ( 1979 ).

* Simpson, Tony ( 1979 ).

However, the team had a new manager every year, with Sverre Andersen, Stuart Williams and Olav Nilsen leading them to the title in the subsequent years, and Tony Knapp managing the 1979 team.

* Simpson, Tony ( 1979 ).

The Adolescents were formed by Steve Soto and Tony Cadena in January 1980 after Steve left Agent Orange in December 1979.

* Simpson, Tony ( 1979 ).

* Simpson, Tony ( 1979 ).

* Simpson, Tony ( 1979 ).