List of Famous people who born in 1979

Sharbel Touma is a Swedish former football player and manager. Born in Lebanon, Touma is of Aramean descent, and has represented Sweden internationally between 2001 and 2004.

Micaela Ramazzotti is an Italian actress. Her film credits include Non prendere impegni stasera, The First Beautiful Thing and The Big Heart of the Girls. Ramazzotti was a regular cast member of the show Crimini bianchi.

Kevin Blue Johnson is an American professional boxer. He has challenged once for the WBC heavyweight title against Vitali Klitschko in 2009. He holds notable wins over former world champions Bruce Seldon and Yoan Pablo Hernández.

Yin Tao is a Chinese actress. In 2017, she became one of the Chinese actresses to win the "Grand Slam", after winning the three biggest awards including the Feitian Awards, Golden Eagle Awards and the Magnolia Awards.

Sasha Mikhailovna Antonova, better known by her stage name Sasha Gradiva, is a Russian-born American singer, songwriter, producer and performing artist. Her music is a blend of pop dance with infusions of electronica. She began her professional career at the age of 16, and has gained recognition within the European music scene, on MTV and in the Russian music industry.

Jamie Draven is an English actor whose career in films and television began in 1998. One of his early notable parts was as Billy's bullying older brother, Tony, in the hit 2000 film Billy Elliot and as Jamie Dow in Ultimate Force.

José Renan Vasconcelos Calheiros Filho is a Brazilian economist and politician. He is currently governor of Alagoas since January 2015. He is affiliated with the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party.

Maël Renouard is a French writer and translator.

Katarzyna Anna "Kasia" Smutniak is a Polish-born Italian actress and model. She starred in the movie From Paris with Love. She speaks fluent Polish, Russian, English and Italian.

Peter Hochschorner is a Slovak slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 1996. Competing together with his twin brother Pavol Hochschorner, they are the most successful C2 paddlers in the history of canoe slalom.