List of Famous people who are 79

Frank Mills is a Canadian pianist and recording artist, best known for his solo instrumental hit "Music Box Dancer".

William L. Kruer is an American physicist, specializing in plasma physics.

Vincent Condol Gray is an American politician who served as the seventh Mayor of the District of Columbia from 2011 to 2015. He served for one term, losing his bid for reelection in the Democratic primary to D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser in the 2014 election. Prior to his inauguration as mayor in January 2011, Gray served as Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, and as Councilmember for Ward 7. In the 1990s he also served as director of the DC Department of Human Services. In June 2016, he defeated incumbent Yvette Alexander in the Democratic primary for the council seat he previously held in Ward 7.

Luis Alberto Ammann was an Argentine politician of the Humanist Party as well as journalist, schoolteacher and writer.

Francisco de la Torre Prados is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician who has been the mayor of Málaga since 2000. He has also been president of the Provincial Deputation of Málaga (1971–1975), a member of the Congress of Deputies (1977–1982) and Senate (2011–2014).