List of Famous people who born in 1979

Dota is a singer-songwriter from Berlin and the leader of the musical group Dota und die Stadtpiraten. With her topical, critical texts delivered in often rapid flowing rhythm and sound influenced by Bossa Nova and Jazz, the singer has amassed a following in the German-speaking music world. Her records have been self-published on her own Kleingeldprinzessin Records label and distributed by Broken Silence, and she also declined to perform at party conventions during the 2005 Bundestag elections. In October 2006, she performed five concerts in Russia upon the invitation of the Goethe Institute and in the spring of 2009 she toured New Zealand.

Cédric Herrou is a French olive farmer and immigration activist. He became known in France and internationally following his arrests for helping more than 250 migrants cross into France from Italy. Herrou's efforts have been described in the media as the "French Underground railroad". After numerous convictions for assisting migrants to cross the border, Herrou's actions were found to be legal by the French Constitutional Council, which found Herrou's actions to be covered under the constitutional exercise of fraternity to others.

Mehdi Raza Hasan is a British-American political journalist, broadcaster and author of Indian descent.

Wu I-ding, also romanized Wu Yi-ting is a Taiwanese politician. She was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2020.

Nobuo Kyo is a Japanese actor who is represented by the talent agency Cube. He graduated from Ichikawa High School.

Nihat Kahveci is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Olivia Ciappa is a French photographer and film director. She is a director of short films, a director of musicals for the theater, illustrator of books for children, producer and director of documentaries, journalist of cinema, photographer also creator of stamps.

Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Omelyan is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician. He is a former Ukraine's infrastructure minister in the government of Volodymyr Groysman.

Sharon Chan is a Hong Kong actress and model. She is currently under contract with TVB in Hong Kong.

Yanina "Yana" Farkhadovna Batyrshina is a former individual rhythmic gymnast who competed for Russia. She is the 1996 Olympics All-around silver medalist, two time (1995,1997) World All-around bronze medalist, two-time European All-around silver medalist, the 1998 European All-around bronze medalist and 1996 Grand Prix Final All-around champion.