List of Famous people who died in 1979

John Joseph Francis Mulhall was an American film actor beginning in the silent film era who successfully transitioned to sound films, appearing in over 430 films in a career spanning 50 years.

Lesley Selander was an American film director of Westerns and adventure movies. His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from 1936 to 1968. Before that, Selander was assistant director on films such as The Cat and the Fiddle (1934), A Night at the Opera (1935), and Fritz Lang's Fury (1936).

Dorothy Josephine Colpoys (1894-1980), was a badminton player from England who represented Ireland at badminton.

Zdenka Ticharich was a Hungarian pianist, music educator and composer.

Julia Manuela Codesido Estenós was a Peruvian painter, one of the most significant representatives of the Peruvian plastic movement, popularly known as “indigenismo”.