List of Famous people who are 79

Hans Scholl is a German astronomer, who worked at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut in Heidelberg, Germany, and at the Côte d'Azur Observatory in Nice, France. In 1999, he was part of a team that discovered three moons of Uranus: Prospero, Setebos and Stephano. He has also co-discoverered 55 minor planets together with Italian astronomer Andrea Boattini at ESO's La Silla Observatory site in northern Chile during 2003–2005.

Anita Neville is a former Canadian politician. She was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal in the general election of 2000. She was re-elected in 2004, 2006 and 2008 before finally being defeated in 2011.

John Whittaker is a real estate British businessman. He is the Chairman of the Peel Group, a property investment enterprise that mainly invests in North West England. Although publicity-shy, he has been named as one of the most influential business leaders for Greater Manchester and the North West by the Manchester Evening News (2007) and was named the most influential northerner by The Big Issue magazine in 2010.

Bo "Bosse" Ingvar Karchimirer Ringholm is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. He held the titles of Minister of Finance, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Policy Coordination, and Minister for Sport in the Persson administration.

Laurel Goodwin is a retired American actress.

Peter Taaffe is a British Marxist political activist and journalist. He was the general secretary of the Socialist Party of England and Wales from its founding until 2020 and was a member of the International Executive Committee of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI).