List of Famous people who died in 1979

Ahmet Kireççi, was a Turkish sports wrestler, who won the Olympic medal twice, the bronze medal in the Middleweight class of Men's Freestyle Wrestling at the 1936 Olympics and the gold medal in the Heavyweight class of Men's Greco-Roman category at the 1948 Olympics.

Stephen Hope Fry was an English first-class cricketer. A right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper, he was the son of C. B. Fry. He made his first-class debut for Hampshire in 1922 against local rivals Sussex at the County Ground, Southampton. Fry played for Hampshire three times in 1922, with his third and final match coming against Surrey at The Oval.

Issa Alexandrovich Pliyev was a Soviet military commander, Pliyev would rise to become the premier cavalry general of the Soviet Army. He became Army General (1962), twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic (1971).

Sir Giles Connop McEachern Guthrie, 2nd Baronet, was an English aviator, merchant banker and later, an airline industry executive, serving as the chairman and chief executive of the state owned airline British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC).