List of Famous people who born in 1979

Jean-Alain Boumsong Somkong is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. He began his senior career with French club Le Havre in 1997 before joining AJ Auxerre in 2000. His performances at Auxerre earned him a move to Rangers in 2004. One season later, he signed with Newcastle United. where he spent two seasons. In 2006, he joined Juventus, freshly relegated to Serie B and helped the club return to Serie A. He returned to France with Lyon in 2008. His last spell was at Greek Super League side Panathinaikos before ending his career in 2013. Between 2003 and 2009, he made 27 appearances scoring 1 goal for the France national team.

Francisco "Fran" Javier Yeste Navarro is a Spanish retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or a left winger, and is a manager.

José Luis López Monroy is a former Mexican football player.

Luis Alberto Valdez Farías is a Peruvian politician. He is a Congressman representing La Libertad for the 2020–2021 term, and belongs to the Alliance for Progress party. Previously, he served as Lieutenant Governor of La Libertad Region throughout 2015 until governor César Acuña Peralta resigned in order to run for President in the 2016 general election. He thus served as Governor throughout the 2015–2018 term.

Stipe Pletikosa is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Alexander Frei or Alex Frei is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was interim manager of FC Basel.

Wayne Barnes is an English international rugby union referee and barrister. He is a regular referee in the English Premiership, and has refereed games in the Heineken Cup and the European Challenge Cup. At international level, Barnes has refereed matches at the Rugby World Cup, the Six Nations, the Rugby Championship and the Pacific Nations Cup competitions.

Alejandro Sirvent, also credited as Alex Sirvent, is a Mexican actor, singer and composer.

Atom Shukugawa is a Japanese comedian from Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. His real name is Hiroyuki Tanaka and the screen name's "Shukugawa" derives from the name of a river running through Nishinomiya. As of August 2009 he belongs to the management company ASH & D corporation.

Jonathan Joubert is a French-born Luxembourgian football player, who currently plays for F91 Dudelange.