John Wayne (1907-1979)
Movie Actor
1
Minnie Riperton (1947-1979)
Soul Singer
2
Sid Vicious (1957-1979)
Punk Singer
3
Jim Hutton (1934-1979)
TV Actor
4
Etan Patz (1972-1979)
5
Donyale Luna (1935-1979)
Model
6
Jack Haley (1897-1979)
7
Darla Hood (1931-1979)
Movie Actress
8
Donny Hathaway (1945-1979)
9
Charles Mingus (1922-1979)
Bassist
10
Ahmad Zahir (1946-1979)
World Music Singer
11
Vivian Vance (1909-1979)
TV Actress
12
Conrad Hilton (1887-1979)
Entrepreneur
13
Mary Pickford (1892-1979)
14
Vernon Presley (1916-1979)
Family Member
15
Nelson Rockefeller (1908-1979)
Vice President
16
Ted Cassidy (1932-1979)
17
Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979)
Religious Leader
18
Jack Pepper (1902-1979)
Stage Actor
19
Aaron Douglas (1899-1979)
Painter
20
Van McCoy (1940-1979)
Music Producer
21
Gracie Fields (1898-1979)
Pop Singer
22
Barbara Luddy (1908-1979)
Voice Actress
23
Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
Composer
24
Celebrities Born in 1979
Deaths by Year
Vagif Mustafazadeh (1940-1979)
Pianist
25
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1911-1979)
World Leader
26
Sara Carter (1898-1979)
Country Singer
27
Nicholas Ray (1911-1979)
Director
28
Joan Blondell (1906-1979)
29
Jean Seberg (1938-1979)
30
Emmett Kelly (1898-1979)
Comedian
31
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
Poet
32
Archibald Roosevelt (1894-1979)
33
Thurman Munson (1947-1979)
Baseball Player
34
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979)
35
Park Chung-hee (1917-1979)
36
Mamie Eisenhower (1896-1979)
First Lady
37
Jon Hall (1915-1979)
38
John Carroll (1906-1979)
39
David Campbell (1915-1979)
40
Lowell George (1945-1979)
Rock Singer
41
Ben Lyon (1901-1979)
42
Corinne Griffith (1894-1979)
43
Sally Rand (1904-1979)
Dancer
44
Carlos Camacho (1924-1979)
Politician
45
Charles Sawyer (1887-1979)
46
Arthur Fiedler (1894-1979)
47
Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890-1979)
Children's Author
48
