List of Famous people who born in 1979

Vitali Novikov is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With Svetlana Kulikova, he is the 2003 Nebelhorn Trophy champion.

Roberto José Leal Guillén is a Spanish television presenter, reporter and journalist.

Tang Wei is a Chinese actress. She rose to prominence for her appearance in Lust, Caution (2007).

Carl Benjamin is a British anti-feminist YouTuber also known by his online pseudonym Sargon of Akkad. A former member of the Eurosceptic right-wing UK Independence Party (UKIP), he was one of its unsuccessful candidates for the South West England constituency in the 2019 European Parliament election.

Jack Brewer is a former American football safety who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, and the Arizona Cardinals. He attended Grapevine High School in Grapevine, Texas where he competed in football and track.

Ivica Olić is a Croatian former professional footballer who is currently working as an assistant manager of the Croatia national team. During his career, he played for German Bundesliga clubs such as Hamburger SV, VfL Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich as well as CSKA Moscow, winning the 2004-05 UEFA Cup for the latter, and also for the Croatia national team. Olić primarily played as a striker but could also operate as a winger. He has been described as a relentless pursuer of the ball and possessing "power and a decent bit of pace with him". Former Croatia manager Slaven Bilić described him as a typical "match-winner" and "king of important matches" due to his ability to score in important matches against big opponents.

Brody Dalle is an Australian singer, songwriter, and musician. She began playing music in her adolescence and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 18, where she founded the punk rock band the Distillers. The group released three albums before disbanding in 2006. She began another project, Spinnerette, which released an eponymous album in 2009. In 2014, she released Diploid Love, her first album under her solo name.

Samin Nosrat is an American chef, TV host and food writer. She is the author the James Beard Award–winning New York Times Bestselling cookbook Salt Fat Acid Heat and host of a Netflix docu-series of the same name. Until February 2021, she was a columnist for The New York Times Magazine.

Bo Svensson is a Danish professional football coach and a former defender. He is currently managing Mainz 05.

Hiroko Anzai is a Japanese actress, model and gravure idol, who has appeared in various magazines and photo albums.