List of Famous people who born in 1979
Stromile Swift
Stromile Emanuel Swift is an American retired professional basketball player. At 6'10" and 220 lbs, he played the power forward and center positions.
Erika Mabuchi
Erika Mabuchi is a Japanese actress.
Ryan Nyquist
Ryan Nyquist is an American professional BMX rider with 16 X-Games medals, 39 X-Games competition starts and 60 Dew Tour finals appearances. Nyquist is considered one of the greatest and diversely skilled BMX riders ever. Nyquist has won numerous gold medals in the X Games Dirt Jumping & Bike Park events. Recently Nyquist has had an interest in freeride mountain biking and has been training in mountain biking as well as BMX. He currently rides for Haro Bikes, Vans Shoes, Rockstar Energy Drink, and The Jiffy Market of Los Gatos.
Farid Gayibov
Farid Gayibov is the minister of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan and President of European Gymnastics.
Jeff Reed
Jeffrey Montgomery Reed is a former National Football League placekicker. He was signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent in 2002. He played for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2002 until 2010, and is second all-time behind Gary Anderson for the most points scored by a Steeler.
Flavia Wasserfallen
Flavia Wasserfallen is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party (SP)
Nisha Ayub
Nisha Ayub is a Malaysian transgender rights activist. Ayub is the co-founder of the community-run SEED Foundation and transgender grassroots campaign Justice for Sisters and she was awarded the prestigious International Women of Courage Award in 2016.
Natalie Sawyer
Natalie Lorraine Sawyer is an English television and podcast presenter and Talksport radio presenter.
Shelley Duncan
David Shelley Duncan is an American former professional baseball player. He was a left fielder, designated hitter, and first baseman. Duncan played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, and Tampa Bay Rays. He was the Major League Field Coordinator for the Toronto Blue Jays. He is currently the analytics coordinator for the Chicago White Sox.
Liu Xuan
Liu Xuan is a former artistic gymnast from China. She competed in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games and won two Olympic medals, including gold on the balance beam in 2000. She was born in Changsha, Hunan.