List of Famous people who born in 1979

Fábio Aurélio Rodrigues is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played for Grêmio, São Paulo, Valencia and Liverpool. He played as either a left back or left winger and represented Brazil at under-17 and under-20 levels and at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Daria Andreyevna Khaltourina is a Russian sociologist, anthropologist, demographer, and a public figure. She is the head of the Group of the Monitoring of Global and Regional Risks of the Russian Academy of Sciences, co-chairperson of the Russian Coalition for Alcohol Control, as well as the Russian Coalition for Tobacco Control. She is a laureate of the Russian Science Support Foundation Award in "The Best Economists of the Russian Academy of Sciences" nomination (2006).

Bachir Baccour, better known by his stage name Tunisiano, is a Tunisian rapper living in France. Prior to pursuing a solo career, he was a member of M, Sniper and other rap groups.

Lúcio Flávio dos Santos, known as Lúcio Flávio, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current assistant manager of Botafogo.

Amnat Ruenroeng is a Thai professional boxer who held the IBF flyweight title from 2014 to 2016.

Mai Nakamura is a former backstroke swimmer from Japan. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Nakamura won the silver medal in the 100m Backstroke and a bronze medal as part of the Women's Relay Team for the 4 x 100 metre Medley.

Nordine Ben Allal is a Belgian criminal of Moroccan origin who was sentenced to a 27-year prison sentence in June 2004 for several robberies. In October 2007 he made headlines when he used a helicopter to escape from prison.

Elisabeth Harnois is an American actress. Her career started at the age of five, where she began appearing in a number of film and television roles. As a child, she starred as Alice in Disney's Adventures in Wonderland and as an adult, she starred as Morgan Brody in the CBS forensics drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation from 2011 to 2015.

Francileudo Silva dos Santos is a retired professional footballer who played as a forward.