List of Famous people who died at 79

Francisco Martínez Soria better known as Paco Martínez Soria was a Spanish actor. He was born in Tarazona, Zaragoza, Aragon.

Karin Dor was a German actress most famous for her role in the late-1960s as a Bond girl in the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice (1967).

Yves Allégret was a French film director, often working in the film noir genre. He was born in Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine and died in Paris.

Reinhard Bonnke was a German-American Pentecostal evangelist, principally known for his gospel missions throughout Africa. Bonnke had been an evangelist and missionary in Africa since 1967.

Michel Serrault was a French stage and film actor who appeared from 1954 until 2007 in more than 130 films.

J. Alexander, known professionally as Mahendran, was an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor, known for his work in the Tamil film industry. Mahendran is regarded as one of the greatest film makers of Tamil cinema and has influenced several filmmakers of the generations that followed.

Alessandro Federico Petricone Jr., known professionally as Alex Rocco, was an American actor. Often cast as a villain, he is best known for his portrayal of Moe Greene in The Godfather and his Primetime Emmy Award-winning role in The Famous Teddy Z. He did a significant amount of voice-over work later in his career, and was known for his gravelly voice.

Adrienne Bolland, born Boland, was a French test pilot and the first woman to fly over the Andes between Chile and Argentina. She was later described as "France's most accomplished female aviator", setting a woman's record for loops done in an hour. The French government eventually recognized her with the Legion of Honor and other awards. Since her death, she has been commemorated with a postage stamp of Argentina.

William Christopher Barrett (1913–1992) was a professor of philosophy at New York University from 1950 to 1979.

Günter Pfitzmann was a German film actor who appeared in more than 60 films between 1950 and 2001. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany.