John Wayne (1907-1979)
Movie Actor
1
Sid Vicious (1957-1979)
Punk Singer
2
Minnie Riperton (1947-1979)
Soul Singer
3
Jim Hutton (1934-1979)
TV Actor
4
Etan Patz (1972-1979)
5
Jack Haley (1897-1979)
6
Donyale Luna (1935-1979)
Model
7
Vivian Vance (1909-1979)
TV Actress
8
Ted Cassidy (1932-1979)
9
Mary Pickford (1892-1979)
Movie Actress
10
Conrad Hilton (1887-1979)
Entrepreneur
11
Donny Hathaway (1945-1979)
12
Darla Hood (1931-1979)
13
Charles Mingus (1922-1979)
Bassist
14
Joan Blondell (1906-1979)
15
Ahmad Zahir (1946-1979)
World Music Singer
16
Nelson Rockefeller (1908-1979)
Vice President
17
Jack Pepper (1902-1979)
Stage Actor
18
Vernon Presley (1916-1979)
Family Member
19
Mamie Eisenhower (1896-1979)
First Lady
20
Nicholas Ray (1911-1979)
Director
21
Merle Oberon (1911-1979)
22
Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979)
Religious Leader
23
Dolores Costello (1903-1979)
24
Celebrities Born in 1979
Deaths by Year
James T. Farrell (1904-1979)
Novelist
25
Gracie Fields (1898-1979)
Pop Singer
26
Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
Composer
27
Emmett Kelly (1898-1979)
Comedian
28
Jean Seberg (1938-1979)
29
Thurman Munson (1947-1979)
Baseball Player
30
Barbara Luddy (1908-1979)
Voice Actress
31
David Campbell (1915-1979)
Poet
32
Richard Beckinsale (1947-1979)
33
Juana de Ibarbourou (1892-1979)
34
Talcott Parsons (1902-1979)
Sociologist
35
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979)
World Leader
36
Vagif Mustafazadeh (1940-1979)
Pianist
37
Corinne Griffith (1894-1979)
38
Kurt Kasznar (1913-1979)
39
Park Chung-hee (1917-1979)
40
Van McCoy (1940-1979)
Music Producer
41
Ann Dvorak (1911-1979)
42
John Carroll (1906-1979)
43
Lester Flatt (1914-1979)
Guitarist
44
Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890-1979)
Children's Author
45
Allen Tate (1899-1979)
46
Jack Soo (1917-1979)
47
Dennis Gabor (1900-1979)
Physicist
48
