List of Famous people who are 79

Ronald Stephen Baron is an American mutual fund manager and investor. He is the founder of Baron Capital, an investment management firm. The New York City based firm, manages the Baron Funds, which he also founded, and has approximately $45 billion in assets under management.

Rod Loomis is an American actor. Loomis is best known for his role in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure as Sigmund Freud.

Robert Whiting is a best-selling author and journalist who has written several successful books on contemporary Japanese culture - which include topics such as baseball and American gangsters operating in Japan. He was born in New Jersey, grew up in Eureka, California and graduated from Sophia University in Tokyo. He has lived in Japan for a total of more than three decades since he first arrived there in 1962, while serving in the U.S. Air Force. He currently divides his time between homes in Tokyo and California.