List of Famous people who born in 1979

Hernán Eduardo Boyero is a retired Argentine-Bolivian football striker. Boyero is best remembered for his time at Blooming, where he netted 92 goals in 207 league matches, becoming a club legend due to his great eye for goal and the intensity he always played with.

John Rhys Coiro is an American film, television and stage actor who got his start on Broadway but is best known for his on-screen roles such as Billy Walsh on Entourage.

Nehomar Andrés Cermeño Febres is a Venezuelan professional boxer who held the WBA (Regular) super bantamweight title from 2016 to 2017. He also held the WBA interim titles at bantamweight and super bantamweight between 2009 and 2014. As an amateur, Cermeño represented Venezuela at the 2000 Olympics as a bantamweight, reaching the Round of 16.

Paul Edward Terry is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made 206 appearances in the Football League for Yeovil Town and Leyton Orient between 2003 and 2009.

Murilo Antonio Fischer is a retired Brazilian professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI ProTeam FDJ. He represented Brazil in five Olympic Games (2000-2016).

Christophe Guénot is a French wrestler who won the Bronze medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 74kg in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Mohammed Hasan Alwan is a Saudi Arabian novelist. He was born in Riyadh and studied Computer Information Systems at King Saud University, obtaining a bachelor's degree in 2002. He also obtained an MBA from the University of Portland, Oregon in 2008 and Ph.D from Carleton University, Ottawa in 2016.