List of Famous people who born in 1979

Yi-Ren Ng is a Malaysian American scientist who is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the founder, executive chairman and CEO of Lytro, a Mountain View, California-based startup company. Lytro was developing consumer light-field cameras based on Ng's graduate research at Stanford University. Lytro ceased operations in late March 2018.

Megumi Hinata is a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer and musician.

Lior Kroyter is an Israeli badminton player. He was the men's and mixed doubles runner-up of the 2014 and 2015 Hatzor International tournament.

Gnana Shekar V. S. is an Indian cinematographer and painter. He marked his beginning with his student film titled Tetris which was an official selection at Cinéfondation, Cannes Film Festival. First gained critical recognition for his debut as an independent cinematographer with the film Vedam (2010). His work is noted for its realistic approach. In 2017 his cinematography for Gautamiputra Satakarni received accolades and rave reviews for his unique way of painting the canvas of the silver screen using natural flame.