List of Famous people who born in 1979

Rodrigo Santana, commonly known as Rodrigão, is a former Brazilian volleyball player who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. Santana with brazil team won the World Championship in 2002 Argentina, 2006 Japan and 2010 Italy. He also won the World Cup, the Pan-American Games, and the South American Championship, in Chile, where he was elected as the Best attacker.

Luize Altenhofen is a Brazilian actress, model and television presenter.

Alexandre Da Costa is a Canadian concert violinist from Montreal, Quebec.

Mehmet Parsak is a Turkish politician from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), who has served as a Member of Parliament for Afyonkarahisar since 7 June 2015.

Michael Woodrow Jackson, known professionally as Oh No, is an American rapper and record producer who has released several albums on Stones Throw Records. He is half of the hip hop duo Gangrene along with The Alchemist. He is also half of the hip-hop duo The Professionals with his brother Madlib.

Shihomi Shinya is a Japanese speed skater. She competed in the women's 500 metres at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Taavi Rõivas is an Estonian politician, former leader of the Reform Party and former Prime Minister of Estonia. Before his term as the Prime Minister, Rõivas was the Minister of Social Affairs from 2012 to 2014. On 9 November 2016 his second cabinet lost a no confidence motion after two parties in the ruling coalition sided with the opposition.