List of Famous people who are 79

Kathleen C. Taylor is a chemist who won the Garvan–Olin Medal in 1989, and is notable for developing catalytic converters for cars. She currently works at Columbia University and consults for the United States Department of Energy.

Bert Gentry Lee is an American scientist, currently chief engineer for the Planetary Flight Systems Directorate at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and science fiction writer. He had engineering oversight responsibility for the twin rover missions to Mars that landed in January 2004, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) in 2006, and the Deep Impact and Stardust missions. He was also the chief engineer for the Galileo project from 1977–1988 and director of science analysis and mission planning during the Viking projects.

Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for California from 1979 to 1999.

Álvaro Corrada del Río, S.J. is a Puerto Rican prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and member of the Society of Jesus. He served as the second Bishop of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. He previously served as the Bishop of Tyler, Texas.

Ann A. Kiessling is an American reproductive biologist and one of the leaders in human parthenogenic stem cell research at The Bedford Research Foundation. She was an associate professor in teaching hospitals of Harvard Medical School from 1985 until 2012.

Wakio Mitsui is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Sapporo, Hokkaido and graduate of Showa Pharmaceutical University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 after an unsuccessful run in 1996.