List of Famous people who are 79

Inés Pertiné Urien is an Argentine public figure and widow of former President Fernando de la Rúa. She served as First Lady of Argentina from 1999 until 2001. She also held the position of First Lady of Buenos Aires, the country's capital city, from 1996 to 1999.

Chang Hsien-yi is a scientist who served as deputy director of Taiwan's Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (INER). He defected to the United States in 1988 after he exposed Taiwan's nuclear weapons program, causing it to shut down under American pressure.

Andrés Montañez Rodríguez, better known as Andy Montañez, is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter.

Roger Woodward AC OBE is an Australian who plays the piano.

Monika Wulf-Mathies is a German politician, who was European Commissioner for Regional Policy.

Emre Taner is a Turkish civil servant born in Lice, Diyarbakır Province and was until May 2010 the undersecretary of the governmental intelligence agency of Turkey, the National Intelligence Organization. He is known for rejuvenating the organization, and encouraging the government to adopt a more active stance with regard to foreign policy.

Michel Kafando is a Burkinabé diplomat who served as the transitional President of Burkina Faso from 2014 to 2015. He served in the government as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1982 to 1983 and was the Permanent Representative (Ambassador) of Burkina Faso to the United Nations from 1998 to 2011.

Katsuhiko Kumazaki is the commissioner for the Nippon Professional Baseball league. He has served as the Commissioner of Baseball (NPB) since 2014. He has handed out punishments for many reasons including gambling. He has been key in the return of baseball to the 2020 Olympics.

Joseph Allen "Country Joe" McDonald is an American musician who was the lead singer of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Country Joe and the Fish.

Sigrid Löffler is an Austrian cultural commentator, arts correspondent and literary critic.