List of Famous people who died in 1979

James Edward Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn styled Viscount Strabane until 1913 and Marquess of Hamilton between 1913 and 1953, was a British peer. He was the son of James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, and Lady Rosalind Cecilia Caroline Bingham. He inherited his father's peerages on 12 September 1953.

Paul Nevermann was a German politician, member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and First Mayor of Hamburg.

Christine Böhm was an Austrian actress. She performed in many comedies and appeared on Arsen Lupin, a 1970s television series. She died in an accident at age 25.

Iskhak Razzakov was the first secretary of Communist Party of Kirghizia from 7 July 1950 to 9 May 1961.

Jean-Guy Cardinal was Deputy Premier of Quebec, Canada.

Darla Jean Hood was an American child actress, best known as the leading lady in the Our Gang series from 1935 to 1941. She was born in Leedey, Oklahoma, the only child of music teacher Elizabeth Davner, and James Claude Hood, who worked in a bank.

Walter Bosse was a Viennese artist, designer, ceramist, potter, metalworker, and craftsman noted for his modernist bronze animal figurines and grotesques.

Émile Gagnan was a French engineer and, in 1943, co-inventor with French Navy diver Jacques-Yves Cousteau of the Aqua-Lung, the diving regulator used for the first Scuba equipment. The demand-valve, or regulator, was designed for regulating gas in gas-generator engines, but was found to be excellent for regulating air-supply under varied pressure conditions. This allowed people to explore the ocean more easily, even though the original purpose was different.