List of Famous people who died in 1979

Emmaline Henry was an American actress best known for playing Amanda Bellows, the wife of Dr. Alfred Bellows, on the hit 1960s situation comedy I Dream of Jeannie.

Sir Cecil Francis Joseph Dormer was the British Minister to Norway between 1934 and 1941.

Georges Lampin was a French actor and film director. He directed twelve films between 1946 and 1963.

Germaine Aussey was a French actress. She was at one time married to circus impresario John Ringling North.

Jean Mohamed Ben Abdeljlil was a Moroccan Roman Catholic priest and a Catholic convert from Islam.

Willi Oberbeck was a German professional road bicycle racer. In 1938, Oberbeck won the first stage of the Tour de France, and was therefore leading the general classification for one day. He was born in Hagen.

Jean-Louis Allibert (1897–1979) was a French film and television actor. He is sometimes also known as Louis Allibert.

Basil Dignam was an English character actor.

Angus Gilchrist Wynne Jr. was an American businessman. He was the founder of Wynnewood Shopping Center and community development in Oak Cliff, a residential and commercial district south of downtown Dallas. He also developed the Six Flags Over Texas, Six Flags Over Georgia, and Six Flags St. Louis theme parks in Texas, Georgia, and Missouri. He was CEO of Great Southwest Corp and Great Southwest Industrial District in Arlington, Texas. Angus Wynne Jr. later started Wynne Enterprises, conceptualizing one of the first water amusement parks in Galveston, Texas, but died before his dream could be developed.