List of Famous people who born in 1979

Ariane Hingst is a retired German footballer who is currently an analyst for Fox Sports. She was primarily utilized as a defender or a defensive holding midfielder. Hingst announced in the middle of 2011 that she would be retiring from international football with the German national team. In addition it was announced by 1. FFC Frankfurt manager Siegfried Dietrich that Hingst had left the Frankfurt club.

Peter Benedict Holmes is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and podcaster. Holmes is known for his cheerful personality, self-aware humor, and musings on spirituality and religion, which are all frequent themes across his works.

Iván Daniel Alonso Vallejo is an Uruguayan former footballer who played as a striker.

Carlos Latre, is a Spanish comedian actor.

Ramón Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican actor known for his roles on the television series The Wire (2006–08) and Day Break (2006–07), and in the films Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) and The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009). He portrayed John Bosley on the short-lived ABC television reboot of Charlie's Angels (2011). In 2014, Rodríguez starred as Ryan Lopez on the Fox crime drama television series Gang Related. In 2018, he played the role of Benjamin Cruz on the Showtime television series The Affair.

Melanie Ann Stansbury is an American politician and scientist who has been a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives from the 28th district since 2019. She is the U.S. Representative-elect for New Mexico's 1st congressional district, after winning the 2021 special election.

Ayako Fujitani is a Japanese writer and actress. She is fluent in English and Japanese.

Akbar Oluwakemi-Idowu Gbajabiamila is a former professional American football player in the National Football League (NFL) who is a commentator on the American Ninja Warrior television series. He is also a sports analyst for the NFL Network.

Yurina Hase , formerly Yurika Ochiai , is a Japanese voice actress, singer and gravure idol. She is also known by her nickname Yurishi (ゆりしー) in Japan.

Junichi Inamoto is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for SC Sagamihara. He played for Japan national team.