List of Famous people who born in 1979

Manuel Quinziato is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2017 for the Lampre, Saunier Duval–Prodir, Liquigas–Doimo and BMC Racing Team squads.

Timothy Todd McCord is the current bassist of the American rock band Evanescence. He replaced bassist Will Boyd who left the band in mid-2006. Previously, McCord was best known for playing guitar for the band The Revolution Smile from 2000 to 2004. McCord is also a member of the Japanese music label, Brave Wave Productions. McCord has two children through his wife, Danielle: Maddie and Declan. He also has two stepdaughters, Alyssa and Arianna.

Raymond "Ray" Smith is an Australian professional darts player who currently plays in both Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events.

Jayne Louise Ludlow is a Welsh football coach and former player who was most recently the manager of the Wales women's national football team. In 2018, she was inducted onto the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame Roll of Honour along with Roy Francis, Lynne Thomas, Kelly Morgan (Badminton) and Becky James (Cycling).

Ricardo Villar is a former Brazilian footballer.