List of Famous people who are 79

Yan Pak is a former Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Pak is credited with over 55 films and many TVB series.

Ayoob Tarish Absi is a Yemeni singer and musician from the area of Al-Aboos in the Ta'izz Governorate. Tarish composed "United Republic", the national anthem of Yemen, which was adopted following the Yemenite reunification.

Osman Nuri Topbaş is a Turkish Sufi master and author who lives in Istanbul, Turkey. He is the spiritual leader of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order based in Kadıköy, İstanbul.

Hu Deping is a Chinese politician and former vice chairman of All-China General Chamber of Industry & Commerce, Secretary of National Association of Industry and Commerce, former chairman of China-Africa Business Council. He is the eldest son of Hu Yaobang.

Tariq al-Hashimi is an Iraqi politician who served as the general secretary of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) until May 2009. He served as the Vice President of Iraq from 2006 to 2012. As a Sunni, he took the place of fellow Sunni politician Ghazi al-Yawar.