List of Famous people who died in 1979

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Rudolf Welskopf

August Rudolf Welskopf

First Name Rudolf

Last Name Welskopf

Born on August 26, 1902

Died on January 17, 1979 (aged 76)

Born in Germany, Lower Saxony

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Count Cosmo Diodono de Bosdari

First Name Count

Last Name Bosdari

Born on July 29, 1901

Died on May 19, 1979 (aged 77)

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James Humphrey Butler

First Name James

Last Name Butler

Born on June 30, 1897

Died on March 2, 1979 (aged 81)

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Victor Arnautoff

First Name Victor

Last Name Arnautoff

Born on November 11, 1896

Died on March 22, 1979 (aged 82)

Born in Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya Oblast

Victor Mikhail Arnautoff was a Russian-American painter and professor of art. He worked in San Francisco and the Bay Area from 1925 to 1963, including two decades as a teacher at Stanford University, and was particularly prolific as a muralist during the 1930s. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen, but returned to the Soviet Union after the death of his wife, continuing his career there before his death.

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John Murray, 9th Earl of Dunmore

First Name John

Last Name Dunmore

Born on November 30, 1938

Died on November 30, 1979 (aged 41)

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Stephen Dane Player

First Name Stephen

Last Name Player

Died on January 1, 1979 (aged 9)

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Patrick Abbott Stewart-Brown

First Name Patrick

Last Name Stewart-Brown

Born on January 20, 1916

Died on June 29, 1979 (aged 63)

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Paul Massing

First Name Paul

Last Name Massing

Born on August 30, 1902

Died on April 30, 1979 (aged 76)

Born in Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate

Paul Wilhelm Massing was a German sociologist.

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Barnes Wallis

First Name Barnes

Last Name Wallis

Born on September 26, 1887

Died on October 30, 1979 (aged 92)

Born in United Kingdom, England

Sir Barnes Neville Wallis, was an English scientist, engineer and inventor. He is best known for inventing the bouncing bomb used by the Royal Air Force in Operation Chastise to attack the dams of the Ruhr Valley during World War II.

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Alice Kleinwort

First Name Alice

Last Name Kleinwort

Died on January 22, 1979 (aged 9)

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