List of Famous people who died at 79

Margaret Ellis Millar was an American-Canadian mystery and suspense writer.

Tatyana Pavlovna Ehrenfest, later van Aardenne-Ehrenfest, was a Dutch mathematician. She was the daughter of Paul Ehrenfest (1880–1933) and Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva (1876–1964).

Harry Frederick Houghton was a British naval officer and a spy for the People's Republic of Poland and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. He was a member of the Portland Spy Ring.

Zsigmond Fülöp was a Hungarian actor. He was best known for acting in Édes Anna, a film that was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. He was married to Ági Margitai.

Renzo Ricci was an Italian stage and film actor. He was also a noted theatre director. Ricci played the title role in Roberto Rossellini's 1961 film Garibaldi.

Oleg Aleksandrovich Kerensky CBE FRS, was a Russian civil engineer, one of the foremost bridge designers of his time.

Roy Lee Walford, M. D. was a professor of pathology at University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, a leading advocate of calorie restriction for life extension and health improvement, and a crew member of Biosphere 2.