List of Famous people who born in 1979
Yamato Tamura
Yamato Tamura is a Japanese figure skating coach and former competitor. As a single skater, he is a two-time Japanese national champion and represented Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics, placing 17th.
Andrey Nikitin
Andrey Sergeyevich Nikitin is a Russian economist and government official. He serves as the Governor of Novgorod Oblast.
Gabriela Cuevas Barron
Gabriela Cuevas Barron is a Mexican politician. She is the current President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and a current senator for Mexico.
Ransom Riggs
Ransom Riggs is an American writer and filmmaker best known for the book Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
Damien Seguin
Damien Seguin is a French sailor born on 3rd September 1979 in Briançon (Hautes-Alpes). He is a paralympic champion and was a Nominee for World Sailing - World Sailor of the Year Awards. With sailing no longer on the Paralympic agenda he has pursued offshore yacht racing, competing in the 2020–2021 Vendée Globe a solo round the world race.
Pilar Palomero
Pilar Palomero is a Spanish film director and screenwriter.
Oscar Leung
Oscar Leung is an actor working for TVB. His uncle is the actor Bryan Leung.
José Fidalgo
José Manuel Fidalgo Soares is a Portuguese model and actor.
Felipe Tigrão
Felipe de Oliveira Conceição, known as Felipe Conceição, is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who is the current coach of Cruzeiro.
Anastasia Shevchenko
Anastasia Nukzarievna Shevchenko is a Russian public figure and civil activist. She is the first person in Russia to have a criminal case brought against her on charges of participating in an "undesirable" organisation under Russian Federation law. As of 8 April 2019, she remains under investigation. She is recognised as a political prisoner and a prisoner of conscience.