List of Famous people who born in 1979

André Gonçalves Dias, or simply André Dias is a retired Brazilian football central defender.

Paul Telfer is a Scottish actor. He portrays the role of Xander Kiriakis on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, for which he was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in May 2020.

Sophia Chikirou is a French politician who has represented the 6th constituency of Paris in the National Assembly since 22 May 2022. A member of La France Insoumise (FI), she was elected to Parliament in the first round of the 2022 legislative election. Chikirou has also served as a member of the Regional Council of Île-de-France since 2021.

Vitalij Valerievich Durkin is a Russian badminton player. In 2015, he competed at the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Stian Barsnes-Simonsen is a Norwegian actor and television host of Amigo, Midt i smørøyet and Melodi Grand Prix.

Jenny Wolf is a former German speed skater. On 10 March 2007 at the ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in Salt Lake City, Utah, she broke the world record for the women's 500 m in her second race. She finished sixth on the 500 m at the 2006 Winter Olympics of Turin, and tenth on the same distance in 2002.

Emily St. John Mandel is a Canadian novelist.