List of Famous people who are 79

Joseph Alfred McNeil is a retired major general in the United States Air Force who is best known for being a member of the Greensboro Four; a group of African American college students who, on February 1, 1960, sat down at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina challenging the store's policy of denying service to non-white customers.

Carlos Núñez Cortés is an actor, composer, multi-instrumentist and singer. He has been a member of Les Luthiers since 1965 until 2017, when he retired. He also wrote 3 books : "Los juegos de Mastropiero", "100 caracoles argentinos" and "Memorias de un luthier".

Muhammad Jusuf Kalla is an Indonesian politician and businessman who served as the 10th and 12th Vice President of Indonesia, the only vice president in Indonesian history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office. He was unsuccessful as Golkar's presidential nominee in the 2009 presidential election. Before Kalla declared himself as the running mate for Joko Widodo in the 2014 presidential election, a 2012 poll placed his popularity among likely voters in the top three contenders for the presidency and ahead of his own party's nominee Aburizal Bakrie.

Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah is a Kuwaiti royal and former politician who was the Prime Minister of Kuwait from 2011 to 2019. Previously he served as minister of defense as well as deputy prime minister.

Terence Donovan, also billed as Terence J. Donovan and Terry Donovan, is an English-Australian actor of stage and television, and the father of fellow actor and singer Jason Donovan. He is best known for his roles as Doug Willis in soap opera Neighbours and has appeared in TV drama series since its early days, including police drama series Division 4 and Cop Shop, as well as minor parts in numerous serials including The Prisoner, Sons and Daughters, A Country Practice, E Street and Al Simpson in Home and Away.

Eládio Taboas Clímaco is a Portuguese television presenter best known for hosting Festival da Canção, Jeux Sans Frontières and commentating on the Eurovision Song Contest for RTP viewers.

Dorothy "Dot" Counts-Scoggins is an American civil rights pioneer, and one of the first black students admitted to the Harry Harding High School.

Philomena Begley is a country music singer from Northern Ireland. Today, Begley is affectionately known as 'The Queen of Country'.

Carlos Augusto Ayres de Freitas Britto is a Brazilian jurist and was a Justice of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil. He has been appointed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and served from June 25, 2003, to November 16, 2012, when he faced mandatory retirement upon reaching the age of 70.

Claudette Annette Rogers Robinson is an American singer-songwriter. She was a member of The Miracles from 1957 to 1972. Her brother Emerson "Sonny" Rogers was a founding member of the group, which before 1957 was named "The Matadors." Claudette replaced her brother in the group after he was drafted into the U.S. Army.