John Wayne (1907-1979)
Movie Actor
1
Sid Vicious (1957-1979)
Punk Singer
2
Minnie Riperton (1947-1979)
Soul Singer
3
Jim Hutton (1934-1979)
TV Actor
4
Etan Patz (1972-1979)
5
Vivian Vance (1909-1979)
TV Actress
6
Jack Haley (1897-1979)
7
Darla Hood (1931-1979)
Movie Actress
8
Donyale Luna (1935-1979)
Model
9
Donny Hathaway (1945-1979)
10
Conrad Hilton (1887-1979)
Entrepreneur
11
Mamie Eisenhower (1896-1979)
First Lady
12
Mary Pickford (1892-1979)
13
Nelson Rockefeller (1908-1979)
Vice President
14
Charles Mingus (1922-1979)
Bassist
15
Ahmad Zahir (1946-1979)
World Music Singer
16
Jack Pepper (1902-1979)
Stage Actor
17
Vernon Presley (1916-1979)
Family Member
18
Ted Cassidy (1932-1979)
19
Park Chung-hee (1917-1979)
World Leader
20
Nicholas Ray (1911-1979)
Director
21
Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979)
Religious Leader
22
Lester Flatt (1914-1979)
Guitarist
23
Van McCoy (1940-1979)
Music Producer
24
Celebrities Born in 1979
Deaths by Year
Joan Blondell (1906-1979)
25
Emmett Kelly (1898-1979)
Comedian
26
John Carroll (1906-1979)
27
Jimmy McCulloch (1953-1979)
28
James T. Farrell (1904-1979)
Novelist
29
Jean Seberg (1938-1979)
30
Barbara Luddy (1908-1979)
Voice Actress
31
Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
Composer
32
Talcott Parsons (1902-1979)
Sociologist
33
Gracie Fields (1898-1979)
Pop Singer
34
David Campbell (1915-1979)
Poet
35
Merle Oberon (1911-1979)
36
Dolores Costello (1903-1979)
37
Vagif Mustafazadeh (1940-1979)
Pianist
38
Thurman Munson (1947-1979)
Baseball Player
39
Allen Tate (1899-1979)
40
Agostinho Neto (1922-1979)
41
Henrich Focke (1890-1979)
42
Mike Patto (1942-1979)
Rock Singer
43
Aaron Douglas (1899-1979)
Painter
44
A Philip Randolph (1889-1979)
Civil Rights Leader
45
Barnes Wallis (1887-1979)
Engineer
46
Archibald Roosevelt (1894-1979)
47
Al Capp (1909-1979)
Cartoonist
48
