List of Famous people who born in 1979

Taiyo Fujita is a professional Japanese baseball player.

Denisse Astrid van Lamoen is a Chilean archer. In 2000, she became the first Chilean archer to compete at the Summer Olympics, but after failing a drug test in 2002 she left archery to study law. She later returned to the sport. In 2011, she was voted "Chile's Athlete of the Year" after winning at the 2011 World Archery Championships. She was selected to be Chile's flag-bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is of Dutch descent.

Takahiro Masukawa is a Japanese football player who plays for Kyoto Sanga FC.

Ibrahim Said is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as a centre back.

Yuta Minami is a Japanese football player who plays for Yokohama FC.

Martin Jiránek is a former Czech international footballer. A defender, Jiránek played in the top division of several countries.

Andriy Mykolayovych Nesmachnyi is a retired Russian-born Ukrainian footballer. He has spent his entire career at Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League. He was a skillful, attacking left-back who could also play as central defender and left midfielder. Nesmachniy also played for the Ukrainian national football team and is the most capped foreign-born player for Ukraine with 67 matches.

Natalia Rodríguez Martínez is a Spanish middle distance runner, who specializes in the 1500 metres. She was born in Tarragona, and represented Spain at the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012.

Ismed Sofyan is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays for Liga 1 club Persija Jakarta. He normally plays as a right back or a wing back and his height is 169 cm. His speciality are free kick taking and assisting with high-curved pass. He has made 53 appearances for the Indonesia national football team.

Gorka Otxoa Odriozola is a Spanish comedian and actor.