List of Famous people who died at 79

Sotir Ferrara was the Bishop of the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi, a diocese of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church in Sicily, Italy.

Claudio Baggini was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop.

Åse Gruda Skard was a Norwegian university professor, child psychologist and author. She was a noted pioneer in the field of childhood development and psychology.

Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov was a Soviet/Russian cosmonaut who flew on two missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 19, and commanded Soyuz 36 in the Intercosmos programme. On 21 July 1975, the Soyuz 7K-TM module used for ASTP landed in Kazakhstan at 5:51 p.m. and Kubasov was the first to exit the craft. Kubasov performed the first welding experiments in space, along with Georgy Shonin.

Edwin Duncan Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys, was a British politician and minister in successive Conservative governments in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a son-in-law of Winston Churchill.

Casildo Maldaner was a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He represented Santa Catarina in the Federal Senate from 2011 to 2015. He was governor of Santa Catarina from 1990 to 1991. He was a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party.

Martin Schliessler (1929–2008) was a German adventurer, cinematographer and sculptor.

Ali Salem, also transliterated Ali Salim, was an Egyptian playwright, author, and political commentator known for controversially endorsing cooperation with Israel. The Los Angeles Times once described him as "a big, loud man known for his satiric wit".

Willy Taminiaux was a Belgian Socialist politician.

Guadalupe Muñoz Sampedro (1896–1975) was a Spanish film actress. She was the mother of the actress Luchy Soto.