List of Famous people who born in 1979

Carlos Joaquín Ruiz, nicknamed "Chooch", is a Panamanian former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Seattle Mariners. Ruiz stands 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) tall, and weighs 215 pounds (98 kg). He bats and throws right-handed.

Youssef Hajdi, born June 8, 1979 in Tarascon, is a French actor.

Tania Sánchez Melero is a Spanish politician. She was United Left deputy in the Assembly of Madrid until she left that party on 4 February 2015.

Claire Wang is a Taiwanese politician. Following the murder of her daughter in March 2016, Wang was named to the Presidential Office Organizing Committee for National Conferences on Judicial Reforms. She subsequently joined the New Power Party and won a seat on the Legislative Yuan in 2020.

Nihat Alptuğ Altınkaya is a Turkish actor, model and sportsman. He is also the winner of the 2012 season of Survivor: Ünlüler vs. Gönüllüler.

Mary Elizabeth Ellis is an American actress and writer. She is known for her role as The Waitress on the FX sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Ellis also starred in the NBC sitcom Perfect Couples and the Fox sitcom The Grinder. She also appeared as Nick's ex-girlfriend in the sitcom New Girl. From 2017 to 2019, she starred as Lisa Palmer on the Netflix horror-comedy Santa Clarita Diet.

Artur Manuel Soares Dias is a Portuguese football referee who is a listed international referee for FIFA and UEFA since 2010.

Robert Edward Davis, better known by his stage name B-Tight, is a German rapper.

Raquel Martínez Rabanal is a journalist and a television and radio hostess from Palencia, Spain. Martinez began working for RNE in Valladolid, where she hosted the show La memoria del vino in 2004. In 2006, she began hosting the news for Canal 24 Horas.

Yuta ; born Anna Vladimirovna Syomina is a Russian singer, composer, songwriter and actress. She is the leader and founder of the professional singing group "Yuta". In June 2012 she announced that she would be starting a solo career.