List of Famous people who born in 1979

Nathan James Wilmot is a sailor, and a member of the Australian sailing team. He has won five world titles along with teammate Malcolm Page in the 470 class. They also won the Olympic test event in Qingdao in 2007 and were considered favourites to win the 470 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Helge Payer is a retired Austrian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for the Austrian national team.

Ekaterina Valentinovna Shipulina is a Russian principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet and a People's Artist of Russia.

Steven Ira Hofstetter is an American stand-up comedian. As of Sep 22, 2020, his YouTube channel has accumulated over 637k subscribers and 171,000,000 views. Hofstetter starred in the FS1 special Finding Babe Ruth, has been a regular panelist on MLB Now on MLB Network, and was the host and executive producer of Laughs on Fox television stations.

Neil Seery is a retired Irish professional mixed martial artist, who most recently competed in the flyweight division of the UFC. Beginning his career in 2005, Seery also competed for BAMMA, Cage Warriors, and RINGS. He was the Cage Warriors Flyweight Champion.

Kristopher Rudy-Charles Jenkins is a former American football defensive tackle who played for the Carolina Panthers and New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Maryland. He was drafted by the Panthers in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. A two-time All-Pro and four-time Pro Bowl selection, Jenkins played seven seasons for the Panthers before being traded to the New York Jets in 2008.

Timothy Campbell, MBE is an English businessman best known as the winner of the first series of the British version of The Apprentice, a BBC TV reality show in which contestants battle to win a £100,000-a-year job working for businessman Alan Sugar. Campbell, a Middlesex University graduate in psychology, worked as a Senior Planner within the Strategy and Service Development directorate of London Underground before applying to appear on the show.

Casey Urlacher is an American politician and former football player. He has been the mayor of Mettawa, Illinois since 2013. Urlacher previously played football in the Arena Football League for two seasons for the Chicago Rush and Nashville Kats. He is the brother of former National Football League linebacker Brian Urlacher.

Christopher Loffredo Hayes is an American political commentator, television news anchor and author. Hayes hosts All In with Chris Hayes, a weekday news and opinion television show on MSNBC. Hayes also hosts a weekly MSNBC podcast, Why Is This Happening? Hayes formerly hosted a weekend MSNBC show, Up with Chris Hayes. He is an editor-at-large of The Nation magazine.

David John Rainford is an English former footballer. He is now on the coaching staff at Tottenham Hotspur.