List of Famous people who born in 1979
Yukiko Akaba
Yukiko Akaba is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres, half marathon and marathon events.
Elaine Cassidy
Elaine Cassidy is an Irish actress. She is known for playing the lead character Abby Mills in the American television series Harper's Island for CBS, Felicia in Felicia's Journey, Runt in Disco Pigs, Lydia in The Others, Amy Harris in The Ghost Squad, Katherine Glendenning in The Paradise, and DC Dinah Kowalska in No Offence.
Salvatore Cascio
Salvatore Cascio is an Italian actor. His most famous performance was in Cinema Paradiso (1988), for which he received critical acclaim and a BAFTA Award.
Yahir
Yahir Othón Parra, commonly known as Yahir, is a Mexican singer and actor from Hermosillo, Sonora. He began his career as one of the participants in the music reality show La Academia in 2002 and in addition to Yuridia, also from Hermosillo, is one of the most popular stars to come from the show. He became a judge of the show's tenth season.
Maxim Reshetnikov
Maxim Gennadievich Reshetnikov is a Russian politician, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation since January 21, 2020. Previously he served as the Governor of the Perm Krai from September 18, 2017 to January 21, 2020. He is Member of the Supreme Council of the United Russia political Party.
Aysun Kayacı
Aysun Kayacı is a former Turkish model, current actress and presenter.
Julien Lizeroux
Julien Lizeroux is a retired French World Cup alpine ski racer. He competed mainly in slalom, but also in giant slalom and combined.
Brandon Quintin Adams
Brandon Quintin Adams is an American actor, known for having played Jesse Hall in the first two Mighty Ducks movies and Kenny DeNunez in The Sandlot. He also played in the 1989 film Polly as Jimmy Bean.
Julián Speroni
Julián Maria Speroni is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Katsuyori Shibata
Katsuyori Shibata is a Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and professional wrestling trainer. In professional wrestling, he is known for his hard hitting offense. He is currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), though on indefinite hiatus due to injury. In New Japan he is a former three-time NEVER Openweight Champion, one-time IWGP Tag Team Champion and the winner of the 2017 New Japan Cup. He is also a former holder of Revolution Pro Wrestling's British Heavyweight Championship. Since March 2018, Shibata has served as the head coach of NJPW's dojo in Los Angeles.