List of Famous people who died at 79

Per Kirkeby was a Danish painter, poet, film maker and sculptor.

Prince Alfonso Maximiliano Victorio Eugenio Alejandro María Pablo de la Santísima Trinidad y Todos los Santos zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg was a Spanish businessman known for his promotion of the Spanish resorts of Marbella and the Costa del Sol. He also founded the Marbella Club Hotel.

Lev Pavlovich Barashkov was a Soviet actor of theater and cinema, pop singer. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1970). Honored Artist of the Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

Gilbert Renault was known during the French Resistance under the name Colonel Rémy. He is one of the most famous secret agents of occupied France during World War II, and was known under various pseudonyms such as Raymond, Jean-Luc, Morin, Watteau, Roulier, Beauce and Rémy.

Júlio César de Mello e Souza, was a Brazilian writer and mathematics professor. He is well known in Brazil and abroad by his books on recreational mathematics, most of them published under the pen names of Malba Tahan and Breno de Alencar Bianco.

Ivan Desny, born Ivan Nikolaevich Desnitskij was a Swiss actor of Russian descent, born in China.

Akira Noguchi was a Japanese baseball pitcher, infielder, catcher, and manager who played 15 total seasons in the Japanese Baseball League and then Nippon Professional Baseball, during the period 1936 to 1955. The rare two-way player, Noguchi was particularly unusual in that he excelled in the specialized positions of both pitcher and catcher.

Rudolf "Rudi" Gramlich was a German football player and chairman.

Marianne Kiefer was a German actress. Born in Dresden, she was the daughter of a married couple of artists. She died in Kreischa.

Antônio Carlos Peixoto de Magalhães was a Brazilian politician. He served as Governor of Bahia three times and represented Bahia in the Senate of Brazil three times. Magalhães was one of Brazil's most powerful politicians serving as a Minister for Communications, as Leader of the Liberal Front Party (PFL) and as President of the Federal Senate.