List of Famous people who born in 1979

Eva Llorach is a Spanish actress. Her breakout performance was her role in the 2018 drama film Quién te cantará, which earned her the Goya Award for Best New Actress in 2019.

José de Avillez Burnay Ereira, known as José Avillez, is a Portuguese chef and restaurateur. He is one of the most renowned Portuguese chefs. In the beginning of 2012, José Avillez opened the fully renovated Belcanto winning a Michelin star that same year. In 2014, Belcanto earned its second Michelin star and in 2019 was considered one of the 50 best restaurants in the world by The World’s 50 Best Restaurants. Currently, he has several restaurants in Portugal, in Lisbon and Porto, and also in Dubai. His cooking style, contemporary and Portuguese-inspired, has earned him several national and international accolades, including 2015's “Chef of the Year” by WINE magazine.

Koji Nakata is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Megumi Kobashi is a Japanese actress who has appeared in a number of television series, feature films and stage productions. She is represented by the agency FMG. She was born in Tokyo.

William Collum is a Scottish football referee.

Karen Cecilia Martínez Insignares better known as Karen Martínez, is a Colombian actress and model. She is married to the Colombian singer Juanes.

Anton Yuriiovych Herashchenko is a deputy minister at the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs. He is a former member of the Ukrainian parliament (2014–2019). and was the subject of an assassination attempt in part because of his actions.

Muriel Hurtis-Houairi is a French track and field athlete. She came to prominence in 2002 when she won the 200 m gold medals at both the European Indoor Championships and the European Athletics Championships. The following year she added the World Indoor title and won a bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics and a gold in the 4×100 metres relay with France.

Virginie Dedieu is a French former synchronized swimmer and Olympic medalist.

Fantine Rodrigues Thó is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, dancer and instructor. In 2002, she won the talent show Popstars and joined the Brazilian girl group Rouge until 2005, with which she released four studio albums, Rouge (2002), C'est La Vie (2003), Blá Blá Blá (2004) and Mil e Uma Noites (2005), selling in all 6 million copies and becoming the most successful girl group of Brazil and one of the twenty that more sold in the world. In 2006 formed the progressive rock band Banda Thó with his brother Jonathan and some friends, which did not give continuity at the end of the following year, when married and moved to Netherlands.