List of Famous people who are 79

Gerardo Díaz Ferrán is a Spanish Businessman.

Yevgeniy Petrovich Zagorulko is a Russian high jump coach.

Akira Fujishima (藤嶋 昭, Fujishima Akira, b. March 10, 1942) is a Japanese chemist and president of Tokyo University of Science. He is known for significant contributions to the discovery and research of photocatalytic and superhydrophilic properties of titanium dioxide (TiO₂), which is also known as the Honda-Fujishima effect.

Antonio Cezar Peluso is a Brazilian jurist. He was a member of the Supreme Federal Court and has been the Court's Chief Justice from April 2010 to April 2012.

Dragomir Milošević is a former Bosnian Serb commander of the Sarajevo-Romanija Corps (SRK) of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) which besieged Sarajevo for three years during the Bosnian War. He was subsequently convicted of war crimes and sentenced to 29 years in prison.

Gérard Pirès is a French film director and writer.

Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai is a senior Hong Kong politician. She was the first President of the Hong Kong SAR Legislative Council from 1998 to 2008 and a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC).

Sheikh Ahmad bin Hamad Al-Khalili is the Grand Mufti of the Sultanate of Oman.

Miguel Ángel Santoro is a retired Argentine football goalkeeper. He played most of his career for Club Atlético Independiente and represented the Argentina national football team at the 1974 World Cup.

Pedro Solbes Mira is a Spanish economist. He was the president of FRIDE, Madrid-based think tank.