List of Famous people who are 79

Guy Dollé is a French businessman. He was the CEO of the European steel manufacturer Arcelor until 2006. He was ousted as CEO following Arcelor's merger with Mittal Steel, at the end of a protracted takeover contest.

Joseph Anthony Pepe is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the second Bishop of Las Vegas.

Per Willy Guttormsen is a former Norwegian speed skater and cyclist. He was among the world's best long distance skaters in the 1960s.

Tom Lazarus is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known for writing the 1999 horror film Stigmata, and is the author of the screenwriting manuals, Secrets of Film Writing and The Last Word: Definitive Answers to All Your Screenwriting Questions.

Melinda O. Fee was an American actress who starred in films and on television.

José María Álvarez, is a Spanish poet and novelist.

Maree Cheatham is an American actress, who is known for her performances on the daytime soap operas Days of Our Lives, Search for Tomorrow and General Hospital, as well as for her role as Nona on the Nickelodeon comedy series Sam & Cat (2013–14). She has also worked in many feature films, including Soul Man (1986), A Night at the Roxbury (1998), Hanging Up (2000), Labor Pains (2009) and Letters to God (2010).

David W. Miller is an English philosopher and prominent exponent of critical rationalism. He taught in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Warwick in Coventry, UK. where he is Reader in Philosophy. He has been Honorary Treasurer of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science.

Charlie Morrow is an American sound artist, composer, conceptualist and performer. His creative projects have included chanting and healing works, museum and gallery installations, large-scale festival events, radio and TV broadcasts, film soundtracks, commercial sound design and advertising jingles.