John Wayne (1907-1979)
Movie Actor
1
Minnie Riperton (1947-1979)
Soul Singer
2
Sid Vicious (1957-1979)
Punk Singer
3
Jim Hutton (1934-1979)
TV Actor
4
Etan Patz (1972-1979)
5
Donyale Luna (1935-1979)
Model
6
Donny Hathaway (1945-1979)
7
Jack Haley (1897-1979)
8
Ahmad Zahir (1946-1979)
World Music Singer
9
Darla Hood (1931-1979)
Movie Actress
10
Vivian Vance (1909-1979)
TV Actress
11
Conrad Hilton (1887-1979)
Entrepreneur
12
Vernon Presley (1916-1979)
Family Member
13
Mary Pickford (1892-1979)
14
Jack Pepper (1902-1979)
Stage Actor
15
Nelson Rockefeller (1908-1979)
Vice President
16
Charles Mingus (1922-1979)
Bassist
17
Ted Cassidy (1932-1979)
18
Gracie Fields (1898-1979)
Pop Singer
19
Jean Seberg (1938-1979)
20
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979)
World Leader
21
Barbara Luddy (1908-1979)
Voice Actress
22
Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979)
Religious Leader
23
Thurman Munson (1947-1979)
Baseball Player
24
Celebrities Born in 1979
Deaths by Year
Emmett Kelly (1898-1979)
Comedian
25
Joan Blondell (1906-1979)
26
Nicholas Ray (1911-1979)
Director
27
Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
Composer
28
Lowell George (1945-1979)
Rock Singer
29
Park Chung-hee (1917-1979)
30
Carlos Camacho (1924-1979)
Politician
31
Aaron Douglas (1899-1979)
Painter
32
Ben Lyon (1901-1979)
33
Arthur Fiedler (1894-1979)
34
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
Poet
35
Vagif Mustafazadeh (1940-1979)
Pianist
36
Jimmy McCulloch (1953-1979)
Guitarist
37
Lester Flatt (1914-1979)
38
Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890-1979)
Children's Author
39
Van McCoy (1940-1979)
Music Producer
40
Mamie Eisenhower (1896-1979)
First Lady
41
Beauford Delaney (1901-1979)
42
John Simmons (1918-1979)
43
Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893-1979)
44
Dolores Costello (1903-1979)
45
Dimitri Tiomkin (1894-1979)
46
Charles Sawyer (1887-1979)
47
Merle Oberon (1911-1979)
48
