List of Famous people who born in 1979

Evrim Sülün Akın is a Turkish cinema, television, and theatre actress and TV presenter.

Damián Ariel Álvarez, also known as "La Chilindrina", is a former professional footballer. Born in Argentina, he represented the Mexico national team.

Yōko Honna is a Japanese actress and singer from Sōka, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She works at Re-Max, although she formerly worked at 81 Produce.

Geike Arnaert is a Belgian singer, best known for being the lead vocalist of the band Hooverphonic from 1997 until 2008 and again since 2020. Geike was born in Poperinge and grew up in Westouter, a town that is close to the French border. From a young age she was captivated by music and therefore she decided to audition for the Belgian band Hooverphonic, the group of guitarist Raymond Geerts and Alex Callier.

Fernanda Erlanger Rodrigues is a Brazilian actress and television presenter.

Joseph Ryan Meehan, is an American professional wrestler and promoter.

Toru Araiba is a former Japanese football player.

Jimmy Cournoyer, sometimes called the Pot Playboy or the King of Pot, is a convicted Canadian drug trafficker and prior to being arrested, the biggest supplier of marijuana to New York and the U.S. East Coast. He was known for his lavish lifestyle, which included dating lingerie models and partying with Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

James Tate Ellington is an American actor. He portrayed Aidan Hall, the best friend of Tyler Hawkins in the 2010 romantic drama film Remember Me. Ellington starred as Oliver Hunt in The Elephant King (2006), and has appeared in television shows such as The Unusuals, Rescue Me, The Good Wife, and Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23. He appeared in the 2009 Broadway production of The Philanthropist, which starred Matthew Broderick. He is best known for his role as FBI recruit Simon Asher on the ABC thriller Quantico. Beginning September 25, 2017, Ellington joined the main cast of NBC's new drama The Brave. He played Noah Morgenthau in the military thriller, which was one of the first two new series announced by NBC for the 2017–18 season.

Rino Nakasone is a Japanese dancer, choreographer, artistic director and actor. Nakasone and her dance crew, Beat Freaks, participated in the third season of America's Best Dance Crew, where they finished in second place. Nakasone has worked as a choreographer in South Korea and Japan, working with groups such as SHINee, Girls' Generation, TVXQ, f(x), Red Velvet, and SMAP.