List of Famous people who died in 1979

Ernesto Zanzi was an Italian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1932 Tour de France.

Carlo Cattàneo was an Italian academic and one of the general relativity theorists and mathematical physicists in the 1960s and 1970s. He made contributions to general relativity theory, fluid mechanics, and elasticity theory.

Giovanni Sansone was an Italian mathematician, known for his works on mathematical analysis, on the theory of orthogonal functions and on the theory of ordinary differential equations.

Robert Peterson was an American art director. He received an Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Art Direction for the 1940 film Arizona. He died at the age of 69 in Los Angeles.

Robert Samuel Carson was an American actor noted for dozens of supporting roles in films and television series during a career that spanned three and a half decades. He was also occasionally billed as Bob Carson or Robert S. Carson.

Gustav Frands Wilzeck Winckler was a popular Danish singer, composer and music publisher. He grew up in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen and started his career as a decorator.