List of Famous people who are 79

Dan Hennessey is a Canadian voice director and voice actor who, early on in his career, performed with a children's comedy troupe. That same year, in 1973, he played Claudius, King of Denmark in his first film, a Canadian adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet play.

Emmanuel T. Cabajar is a Filipino bishop of the Catholic Church. He was Bishop of Pagadian from 2004 to 2018.

Luiz Mancilha Vilela was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate.

Mike Elliott is an American cross-country skier. He competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics, the 1968 Winter Olympics and the 1972 Winter Olympics.

Hartmut Jörg Heinz Perschau was a German politician. He served as a candidate for three elections of the Hamburg Parliament, but Perschau had previously served as a member from 1974 to 1989. He served as a member of the European Parliament for Germany from 1989 to 1991.